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Darkwave Music
Darkwave Music: The Genre
The term "darkwave" was originally used generically to refer to the combination of rock and electronic elements in popular music, though it has come to represent a separate genre. The darkwave music style
is typified by the combination of the repetitive, synth-driven elements of electronica and the lush, thought-provoking yet sorrowful lyrics of gothic rock. Building its roots in the post punk traditions of the late 1970s and early 80s, darkwave music encompassed some of the pop oriented style and synthesized production of new wave, and blended it with the more organic elements of goth to create a lush, dramatic style. Darkwave evolved into a thriving 80s subculture before returning to its more underground subgenre in recent years. Closely related to new wave, darkwave music was largely defined by artists like Depeche Mode.
Origins of Darkwave music: Bands, Artists and Influences
The first darkwave artists emerged in Europe in the 1980s, after the major insurgence of new wave brought attention to their moody, electronic sounds. Darkwave became a popular offshoot of the British New Wave style and
was known by several names throughout regions of Europe, including electrowave (Germany) and cold wave (France). Though the term darkwave was not widely used among the culture, bands such as Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, [Joy
Division], Cocteau Twins, and Psyche mixed darkwave elements with rock and pop to connect with a larger fan base.
Darkwave music formed a unique medley of dark theatrics, morose lyricism, and metaphoric songwriting, bringing together the best of gothic rock, electropop, and ethereal folk. Typical darkwave groups included Attrition, Clan of Xymox, and Pink Industry, though there were countless imitators who created their own unique hybrids of the genre. Some of the most popular and well-known offshoots include Switchblade Symphony and Collide, who merged darkwave with trip hop, and Lycia and Love Spirals Downward, both o
f whom recorded on Projekt Records, a label considered by many to be the origin of the darkwave genre. Because it was so loosely defined as a genre, many darkwave band and artists fell into and back out of the genre
in the span of a few subsequent album releases.
Darkwave Records and Darkwave CDs
Find all kinds of rare, hard to find and out-of-print Darkwave records and Darkwave CDs on MusicStack.
Depeche Mode
Cocteau Twins
Joy Division
Bauhaus
The Cure
Lycia
Love Spirals Downward
Switchblade Symphony
Attrition
Pink Industry
Clan of Xymox
In My Rosary
Die Form
In the Nursery
Annabelle's Garden
Faith & The Muse
Black tape for a blue girl
Love Like Blood
The Garden of Delight
Wolfsheim
Anne Clark
Fad Gadget
The Frozen Autumn
Love is Colder than Death
Das Ich
Lacrimosa
Diary of Dreams
Darkwave Websites
Darkwave A website dedicated to reviews of darkwave, gothic, and other electronic music
Musicfolio An online guide to alternative & gothic resources
Wikipedia Darkwave music genre information at Wikipedia
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