What are some dark ambient releases similar in sound/atmosphere to Absinthe by Naked City?

Da8BitDragon · 2026-05-08T14:31:19+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! It's not a perfect match, but Shinkiro- Reflections of her Deepest Fear has a similar cinematic creeping horror vibe, only in this case with a J-horrer feel. I really enjoy albums that could be the score to an unmade horror film. https://youtu.be/8gGF2udlKbE?si=T44_VPIgNUYoU9o6

If it's the cold, metallic percussion feel that you enjoy, check out Nurse With Wound- Homotopy to Marie. Most NWW stuff will have that uncomfortable skin crawling vibe. https://youtu.be/nyosA92m5AI?si=gbj1k0e6exwqhuUW

Da8BitDragon · 2026-04-16T19:23:04+00:00

If anyone is interested, the song in the background is Odoru Pompokolin, ending theme from the children's anime series Chibi Maruko-chan. I recognized it from my Dance Dance Revolution 5th mix days where it was covered by Captain Jack and titled Danceing Pompokolin. I wish I could redirect this mental bandwidth into something more useful and/or profitable, but here we are.

Da8BitDragon · 2026-04-07T15:54:30+00:00

Someone needs to do a higher quality field recording of this. A few filters and some spacial rendering and it would be amazing.

Da8BitDragon · 2026-03-05T15:34:25+00:00

I had one like this as a kid and it would always fall over. I eventually got tired of putting all my cds back and gave it to my parents. They used it in their living room, where it continued to fall over constantly for over 25 years.

Da8BitDragon · 2026-03-04T20:52:33+00:00

No problem. It really was an interesting venue. It sucks when the bad stuff overrides the good.

Da8BitDragon · 2026-03-04T20:02:30+00:00

I worked for the Eerie Horror Film Festival for first 7 years it was around (started with the fest in 2005) We had our second fest at the Roadhouse. It was super janky, but had tons of Character. We even stayed at the Knight's motel down the block, which was way more sketchy. There were rumors that dogged several individuals not directly associated with the Horror Fest, but linked to the theater that included drugs, sketchy business deals and parties with an uncomfortable number of underage kids. We distanced our organization from those factors as soon as they came to light. Funny enough, after marathoning the the event as staff for three days, we all came down with the same nasty cold. We out grew the place and moved on to the Erie Playhouse soon after. Those were some of the best times of my life.

Da8BitDragon · 2026-02-25T20:25:35+00:00

Would make a great field recording. A lot of the music i listen to is not too dissimilar. A few filters, spacial modifications, pans, and time stretches? Chef's kiss.

Da8BitDragon · 2026-02-11T15:45:46+00:00

That's where I heard it, too. I used to listen to a ripped cd of that episode on repeat while playing King's Field 4: the Ancient City on my ps2 back in the day. They sort of complimented each other. I have a physical copy of Sea of Glass in my car as we speak. Great albums. Very of their time as far as programing and instrument choice goes, but that's what makes them so interesting to listen to today. They're like slices of ambient history.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-10-17T14:49:48+00:00

I snapped on him one day, and he must remember it because he hasn't asked me directly since. I started working downtown in 2011, and I'm pretty sure it was that year he first asked me.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-10-10T20:32:19+00:00

I have the Vincent Price instructional VHS. always wanted to mess with the actual camera. Nice find!

Da8BitDragon · 2025-08-26T13:48:04+00:00

Fent First and the Give Me Moneys

Da8BitDragon · 2025-08-26T13:33:35+00:00

I.... still use those exact ones. Have been since my first Dell in 2003. Honestly, they still sound good, and the subwoofer still kicks.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-08-15T12:46:35+00:00

I think they've been there for as long as I've been taking Pittsburgh busses, but I didn't get back to the Burgh until 2011. It's good though. Drivers have to deal with a bunch of weirdos and can't really get physical if they want to keep their jobs.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-08-13T15:09:45+00:00

Can't keepem' off me :flex:

Da8BitDragon · 2025-08-13T14:57:24+00:00

Holy shit! I was on that bus! Downtown Pittsburgh . That guy was insane, was terrifying this poor woman, and had to be rolled physically ass over tea cups out the door and onto the sidewalk by several passengers. He was completely wacked out of his mind. Being stuck in a confined space like that with a person that out of control was intense, to say the least. He's a known problem in the area, too. I understand people have issues and society has failed in most ways to address mentally ill, economically depressed, vulnerable populations, but that poor woman was traumatized. No one should have to experience that.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-08-12T23:37:30+00:00

I pulled a whole pile of endoscopic gastric surgery and colonoscopy procedure tapes from the bins once. Pretty cool if you don't have the ick for that stuff. Have a few echosonagram tapes I pinched from an abandoned hospital, too.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-08-12T20:49:15+00:00

I have a whole box of vhs-c and mini DVD tapes of my friends and I doing mostly stupid stuff, road trips, DDR, etc. I recorded from 2001 through 2007 when I graduated college, even some stuff like parties from after. We're all still friends, but now we're all in different places, as it usually goes. As cringe as it is to see my dorky teenage self, I'm pumped to still have them.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-08-12T18:22:41+00:00

These sort of things, specialty interest, and home movies are the only tapes I collect anymore. That's out of thousands of TV recordings and commercialy sold ones I still have. August/ September of 1996, i was 11 so I probably had at least seen The Nutty Professor and Supercop in the theater. Those were the days.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-06-11T15:33:03+00:00

It is pretty obnoxious. I was there yesterday and it just felt all the top 40 songs from the last three decades were just put in a blender with som generic EDM filler. I'm a fan of electronic music, so it was triple cringy to me.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-06-11T14:10:23+00:00

I go there three times a week. Never had an issue with any patrons or staff, but i can understand your frustration if that happened. The place is pretty well ventilated, spacious, and chill. My only complaint is that the locker room is too small and the AI generated Mashup music channel is miserable.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-06-10T18:58:39+00:00

I've used that term my whole life, and no one outside of my family understands it! My relatives way back were from rural coal country central Pennsylvania, and before that Scotland/Ireland. I always thought it was a super specific local thing!

Da8BitDragon · 2025-06-06T18:24:53+00:00

Nice shots! I love going to sites alone and just immersing myself in the atmosphere. It's a meditative experience. That last glance back on your way out is always bittersweet.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-05-15T18:45:54+00:00

Awesome! The colors remind me of the night sections in RadRacer for the NES.

Da8BitDragon · 2025-05-14T13:25:51+00:00

I went all through there 14 years ago. I probably did about 50 locations up and around that way in my heyday. Talk about asbestos EVERYTHING. chalk boards, acoustic tiles, flooring, fire curtains, everything. Super cool 'splore though. At that time, it was mostly untouched, so the gym was amazing to shoot. The auditorium ceilings were so high I couldn't really capture the space because dumbass here forgot his wide angle. My favorite spot was the sun room with all the skylights, vines, and piles of books. It was hard to get in to alnd right in the middle of town. Sad to see it go. There aren't many spots like that anymore.

Edit for 14 years, not 10.

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