iconDARK - The Kecksburg Incident - [Electronic] - [2019]
iconDARK - The Kecksburg Incident Genre: Electronic/Breakbeat
About the Song: On December 9, 1965, a large fireball was seen by thousands of residents in several US states and Ontario, Canada. The fiery object crashed in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania. Initially attributed to a meteor burning up in the atmosphere, NASA later declared the fireball and object to be the remains of a Russian satellite... however, records of their investigation were lost in the 1990s, leaving many to doubt their official stance and attribute the event to sources ranging from crashed alien spacecraft to occult Nazi technology.
iconDARK - Delumination
Genre: Dark Electronic / Ambient
Buy/Stream/Share: https://song.link/us/i/1444632122
About the Song:
My attempt at something chill and downtempo went horribly wrong.
Now witness the power of this fully armed and operational phrygian scale...
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"Lava", author: nimitz
Twitter: @stormoid
Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/lslXRS
"SplinePeaks", author: David Hoskins
Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsXGDj
"Polar", author: K+OBV10U3_NINJA
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamicondark
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/icondark
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTWbjWkyHfg
iconDARK - The Horror of our Ways (Minimal Mix)
Genre: Dark Ambient
About the Song:
The Horror of Our Ways turned out out to be a pretty popular dark ambient track. The more I listened to it, however, the more I wondered what it would sound like stripped of all the effects and automation.
So I re-visited the original track and stripped away all the samples and most of the effects, including the reverse-track effect that created the original`s signature sound, leaving only a piano, mandolin, guitar, reverb, and reverb. (Yes, reverb is listed twice because there are two of them.) This necessitated some re-mixing and re-mastering, so the levels aren't exactly the same as the original.
I wasn't really surprised by the result. It was as I suspected: stripped down to an almost-unplugged level, the song still packs the same (if not more) emotional impact. It's still depressing as hell, but it does get a bit repetitive without the heavily manipulated samples between the guitar sections. Those samples were put there for a reason. Without them, this "minimal" version could do with a trim, but I chose to keep the length the same as the original for comparison purposes.
Find the original version here: https://youtu.be/jEdecS_XHDM
So which one do you like better?
About the Video:
I'll be honest. I literally just threw this visualization together in a few minutes by tweaking some things from the original version. However, I love what the kaleidoscope effect does to the waveforms. I'll probably play around some more with that in future videos.
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iconDARK - Strange Loops
Genre: Electronic
About the Song:
This is a remix of my dark ambient track "Lovecraft Road". The brand new bassline takes center stage. The chord progression which was lost in the outer darkness of the original song is more forward here, switching from normal/piano to arpeggio/synth and back again throughout. I also kept a lot (but not all) of the samples, and of course I tossed in a spooky breakbeat. The turntable work is multiple layered and distorted scratch samples.
The result is the exact opposite of a dark ambient song. And yet, the dark ambient origins are still not only present, but quite obvious.
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"SplinePeaks", author: David Hoskins
Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsXGDj
"CrystalCube", author: Rado1
"Polar", author: K+OBV10U3_NINJA
"TextTrueType", author: Ville
"FrameBlur", author: Cynex
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpqSYWdsdco
iconDARK - The Kirkyard.
About the Song:
Inspired by the "Greyfriars Kirkyard" episode of the Astonishing Legends podcast ( http://www.astonishinglegends.com ) The Kirkyard is a genuinely dark and creepy story/place. Did this song do it justice? Probably not...
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About the Song:
My attempt at some sad and/or contemplative electronic music. Didn't quite turn out that way. For Gino Handley and Dora... neither had to mourn the other. Don't drink and drive.
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"Electric", author: nimitz
Twitter: @stormoid
Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/ldlXRS
"ScanLines", author: StevenM
"WaveSimple", author: Jph Wacheski
http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
"Linear", author: StevenM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrJFXt_EKY8
iconDARK - The Heptagon
Genre: Electronic
About the Song:
This piece of dark fun is the result of me trying to turn an obscure horror movie into something you can tap your foot and nod your head to. The obscure horror movie in question is the 1973 anthology "Encounter With The Unknown", which featured three stories of the supernatural. One of them, "The Heptagon" is a tale of witchcraft and revenge in which a woman curses three men after their prank on her son turns deadly. This song takes that curse and runs with it...
The song will be officially released in mid-to-late January.
Until then, you can purchase it here: https://icondark.bandcamp.com/track/the-heptagon
About the Video:
Video made with FL Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
Youlean Image Rotation - Youlean
Reactive Sphere - glk7 (shadertoy.com/user/glk7)
Flow Noise - nimitz Twitter: @stormoid Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MdlXRS
StereoWaveForm - StevenM
SplinePeaks - David Hoskins Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsXGDj
TextTrueType - Ville
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Web: Http://www.icondark.com
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iconDARK - Criminal Abuse of a BreakBeat - Exhibit A
About the Song:
If you're unclear on what Gross Beat does, I offer this example. Both the drum sample and the synth are heavily mangled with FL Studio's plugin, using out-of-the-box presets for the most part. (Obviously there's some distortion and reverb involved as well.)
Weapons: FL Studio, Gross Beat
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About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"WaveSimple", author: Jph Wacheski
http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6zFiC5GeTM
iconDARK - These Dark Streets
Genre: Electronic
About the Song:
You got dark ambient in my breakbeat!
No, you got breakbeat in my dark ambient!
This techno remix of my dark ambient track, "Those Dark Streets", adds bass, a beat, and more musicality to the creepy minimalist vibe. All the original elements are still present, but now the you've got drums and a bassline to distract you from what's creeping out of the darkness behind y-
Original song here: https://youtu.be/j52l1KdpMqQ
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"Flow Noise", author: nimitz
Twitter: @stormoid
Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MdlXRS
"Blooming", author: Jph Wacheski
http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
"Linear", author: StevenM,OBV10U3_NINJA,Youlean
"TextTrueType", author: Ville
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iconDARK - The Horror of Our Ways
Genre: Dark Ambient/Drone
Buy/Stream/Share: https://song.link/us/i/1448112340
About the Song:
My return to dark ambient after the last few more "traditional" tracks.
Is... is that song playing backwards and forwards simultaneously? Yes, it is. By reversing and swapping the left/right tracks I've created what I call a sonic mirror... which I then distort unexpectedly just to mess with you.
Also, the bass guitar... isn't.
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"ImageMasked", author: Jph Wacheski
http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
"SplinePeaks", author: David Hoskins
Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsXGDj
"ScanLines", author: StevenM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEdecS_XHDM
iconDARK - And Never Will Be Again
Genre: Electronic
About the Song:
A remix of my dark ambient track, "As If We Never Were." Same chords and instruments, but now with a funky beat and an even funkier guitar groove. The desolate feel of the original is still present, but it is relegated to the background.
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"Linear", author: StevenM,OBV10U3_NINJA,Youlean
"BugTails", author: Jph Wacheski
http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
"Flaring", author: nimitz
Twitter: @stormoid
Adapted from: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/lsSGzy
"SplinePeaks", author: David Hoskins
Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsXGDj
"TextTrueType", author: Ville
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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/icondark
Web: Http://www.icondark.com
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