Winter Synth, A Cold Introduction | Esoteric Internet

[@Pseudiom]

Special thanks to Erang and Aindulmedir for permission to use their music for this video! Be warned, I assume the following video contains manglings of German, Russian, French, and even Finnish! Time to prepare for the winter...

[@swinehorde9118]

prounounce, in english: pay yee zahge dee vehr

[@balbulus666]

Hi, I've just stumbled across this, I thought I'd introduce myself. I am the blogger Balbulus who created the Winter Synth blog, and who coined the term. Thank you for your in-depth feature! I'm glad that Winter Synth has grown to become an established term in its own right, and I'm proud to have played a part in its story. 😊

[@thepotatoshow1887]

My man really goes into hibernation for months at a time and comes back with STRAIGHT BANGERS.

[@nshadex72]

First it's Dungeon Synth, now it's Winter Synth. How much farther can this man go into the depths??? You introduce me to so many interesting obscure topics every single time. One of my fav video creators on here.

[@Pseudiom]

There's even more obscure subdivisions of Dungeon Synth like Barbarian Synth (Cinematic Score influence/Conan) and Monk Synth (Religious Themes/Chants), but those aren't as fully realized as Winter Synth. They are more like Cozy and Dino Synth being small branches of DS. They're also not fully accepted. Winter Synth was unique enough to sort of be its own thing, but tied together with Dungeon Synth. JessiEye on RYM has some pretty good lists about weird Dungeon Synth splinters.

[@nshadex72]

@@Pseudiom Nice, you clearly have done a lot of research, I haven't watched the video quite yet but thanks for preparing me and keep up the great content!!

[@retroroy8720]

@@Pseudiom Comfy Synth is one of the more interesting branches of Dungeon Synth IMHO and it's basically become its own thing over time, which is interesting of itself but it has a clear point of origin with the Grandma's Cottage album. Dino Synth is cool but it's really just the stuff made by Diplodocus and maybe a couple of other acts.

[@Pseudiom]

I assume Dino Synth is pretty limited in what can actually be done with it artistically. Cozy Synth I think is more flexible because its essentially inverted Dungeon Synth. There's an old joke Black Metal sounds good as Synthwave (there's a pretty good Synthwave cover of Jesus' Tod that I think proves it). So, I guess mathematically, Cozy Synth is Black Metal + Synth (Dungeon Synth) then inverted. I know people say that is is kitschy, but I think that's a result of the process. (Disclaimer: I don't know anything about actual music theory.)

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Waiting for the inevitable video about black metal 😭

[@cometpingpong8976]

These days, I appreciate that the artists get to decide under what genre/sub-genres their music falls, given that most of it is produced and released by them.

[@rockerlalee]

Since then, Aindulmedir has released his 3rd album, called 'Star Lore'. It's like Lunar Lexicon v2.0, indescribably beautiful and soothing.

[@TheDeadmanTT]

My dude has been sitting on this topic for 8 months, waiting for winter!

[@Pseudiom]

I make an actually seasonally appropriate video for one!

[@altaycan389]

Aindulmedir's music is so good, and it actually fits your content extremely well. I'm so glad you know about this kind of music. Somehow, this feels very appropriate

[@Pseudiom]

I'm very glad they allowed permission for me to use their music! The person behind it is incredibly creative. They do most of their own art too, I believe.

[@driederprinz]

I was just thinking today "man, I really could do with a Pseudiom video today. I miss him" I know what I'll be listening to later tonight!

[@Pseudiom]

I'm always around. I'm actually glad I got this video out on time.

[@boredguy10100]

I've got another incredibly granular thing to talk to strangers about. Always great to see you're still doing your thing.

[@TheNumber]

Banger as always. I listen to a lot of this stuff since your Dungeon Synth video. Before, I only listened to Burzum and wondered if I could find more music like it.

[@Pseudiom]

Glad it was able to help you explore new stuff! I think this is a good overview if you want to explore more Ambient derived works.

[@woundofbriccius1611]

Once again, another phenomenal video on Dungeon Synth and Winter Synth! I think the description of the difference between DS and WS that "Dungeon Synth portrays a scene or concept while Winter Synth portrays an open, minimal landscape" is absolutely perfect. I've never heard of such a good analogy before. One of my favorite WS albums is Hymner Fr​å​n Sn​ö​kulla by Örnatorpet. You mentioned this artists in the video but not this specific album. I really enjoy Hymner Fr​å​n Sn​ö​kulla because it is perfect WS through and through, and although it is WS, it is more optimistic WS. Instead of focusing on the gloom, cold, and isolation of winter, it portrays the sounds of a happy winter, of taking a walk through a snowy forest in the afternoon and stargazing in the cold. I thought it was interesting because it shows how versatile and diverse a microgenre like WS can be, and is. Overall, great video!

[@georgewilson7432]

Merry Christmas, Pseudiom. To one of the few true creators of KZbin. Zhu dajie shengdanjie kuaile!

[@Pseudiom]

Merry Christmas too you too, George! I just read "A Visit from St. Nicholas" as everyone on my region is obligated to. I'm always passing my viewers like a ship in the night. I hope I'll actually be able to pay them back one day. I hope the upcoming last video of the year will be a good retrospective of where we came from and where we're going (in an musical, science fiction sort of way).

[@screwtapee]

I really love the term Dark Age for this fantasy inspired corner of ambient music. Great umbrella term

[@retroroy8720]

I loved your Dungeon Synth video and I'm absolutely hyped for this one too!

[@Pseudiom]

I didn't really touch Winter Synth in the first video so I think this one is due. There's obviously some stuff I missed, but I think people discover their favorites on their own.

[@georgewilson7432]

Pseudiom, I, from the scorching Southern Lands, appreciate your winter wonderland. Kinda jealous, not gonna lie.

[@Pseudiom]

Hopefully its not too hot. The fantasy of snow is often better than actual snow, but I live in a place where I can enjoy both (and often regret both).

[@magnadump]

Nice brooding, wintry analysis! I was reflecting on the "non-gothic mysticism" characterization. Its funny because a huge part of classic gothic sensibility and literature is that kind of raw dwelling on landscapes, harsh nature, barren open spaces... Just look at the amount of detail Ann Radcliffe or even the Marquis de Sade spend on describing natural scenes. Very often you get this dichotomy between the enclosed castle/dungeon type space that is immensely claustrophobic and the wide-open but harsh natural setting out of doors. Its a tension that has been there since the beginning and they often work very well together to paint the "dark age" atmosphere you are describing...

[@njdsakdi-h3i]

I'm so glad to have stumbled upon this channel

[@lolaryngoscope]

Always glad to see a new video from you.

[@TheUmart]

You need to do one on black metal. Yes, full one with first and second wave, subgenres, notable local scenes (Finland, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Japan...) full fucking nine yards, running 3+ hours and/or in series. Let that fucking thing be your magnum opus. :*

[@betum07]

Your videos are always a pleasure to watch.

[@Geonsleeps]

Thank you so much, I never thougth I will actually see any video about this topic, I am really glad to find your channel and your Esoteric Internet playlist. My favorites are Yearner and Ancient Boreal Forest. The last one is also a genius

[@clamberry]

I just stumbled across this video as I was interested in learning more about WS. Thank you so much for the thorough research on the topic-it is really helpful to have a documented history to help guide the discovery process.

[@SeraphimKnight]

I really liked the graph explaining the differences in the Dark Age subgenres, it really helped to explain their distinctions without going into musical minutiae.

[@Hb-me8dl]

love this video! so much new stuff for me to listen to

[@Pseudiom]

Let me know what you like! Always try to support the artists as well.

[@algiz21]

Örnatorpet and Aindulmedir are my favorite. It suprises me that you didn't mention Örnatorpet Hymner fran snökulla which is my favorite. Especially över frusen mark II.

[@strahinjazivkovic2272]

Huuuuge, these essay videos you put out are straight bangers, keep up the great work

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

LETS GOOOO WINTER SYNTH TIME

[@georgewilson7432]

On a personal note, I was having the most rotten time in years like a week ago, but then I got recommended a Warren Zevon song, Your Shit's Fucked Up, and it was marvelous. It helped me to row through the bullshit lake. Thanks for introducing me to Zevon.

[@wheelsofmercury]

Winter Synth is a pretty cool microgenre! ❄🎹❄

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Also semi related - I love Paysage d'hiver/Darkspace 🤩

[@meangreenmememachine2890]

It's "Dee FESTung"!

[@LordMarlle]

As much as I adore this channel you really should lookup how to pronounce foreign words, like the German die is pronounced dee, festung has pressure on fes and not on tung, Schulze isn't Schultz and so on

[@Pseudiom]

I do then I just forget. I'm just bad at it. That or Google Translate pronunciation lies to me. Thanks for putting up with me.

[@dimitri4004]

Out of the dungeon and into the cold...

[@zachabel805]

does Choices and Flowers by The Basedgod count as winter synth?

[@artseye00]

🤯💚

[@matrixmodulator]

uh did you just delete my comment about the paysage d'hiver pronunciation? Google translate will let you hear it closer to what it's supposed to sound like.

[@Pseudiom]

No. KZbin filters comments without my permission. I have this video set to allow all comments and it still deletes ones without my permission. Did you put a link in it? It may have tripped the spam filter. People have already told me I pronounced it wrong. I'm just bad at it and I try to improve with Google Translate, but it never works well for improving my pronunciation. Thanks for letting me know though!

[@TheDeadmanTT]

Is it christmas music tho? Depressed christmas music.

[@Pseudiom]

Not really, but, if you do want Christmas Music, I highly recommend Elyvilon's "Full Moon Over Yuletide Eve". It is Synth renditions of famous carols/tunes. I didn't really consider it Winter Synth, but I think its a great album.

[@TheDeadmanTT]

I'll let you know what people thought after our next Christmas party!

[@lastkim268]

copy dark wave and cold wave

[@harryisgamer]

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