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Spenner · 01-27-2014, 05:47 PM

Everything on the album Campfire Headphase by Boards of Canada. I could post a link to every song, here's the most important cathartic one to me:

Tears from the Compound Eye is a song I can't listen to unless I want to taste some salt running down my cheeks. Something about it just seems to sum up every single existential anxiety, depression, everything is cleansed when I listen to it. I also get powerful mental imagery of stuff and it's inspired some crazy drawings of mine.

This also hits me pretty good but in a much less salty way. It's just intense the pulsating of the guitar strumming, that catches resonance into the chorus, it's like something moving very fast is aligning. It's cool.

I love all of MBV by My Bloody Valentine, the entire album is a great ride with peaks of heavy hitting stuff. Only problem is that it tends to lower my mood afterwards for awhile; leaves some emotional debris.

**Crazyjayde** · 01-28-2014, 12:31 PM

This thread is the pinnacle of sweetness. That BoC song is glorious, hits the right chords.
And of course, everything out of Noname's list I approve since we share basically the same discography lel.

Not to forget:

Amon Tobin - Morning Ms. Candis

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Berlin

(Not a cathartic piece in itself imo, but mesmerizing enough to bring you into a trance, which can be quite soothing at times. The whole album and Vrioon are a must have.)

**Cavernio** · 02-3-2014, 07:28 PM

**devonin** · 02-4-2014, 11:58 PM

One of my most favourite pieces of piano music of all time, played by a frigging genius.

**VisD** · 02-5-2014, 09:36 AM

Been getting into The Best Pessimist's stuff lately. Beautiful stuff.
Lights Of Your Innocence represents his style quite well, I think, so if you like this check out the rest.

Spenner · 02-5-2014, 09:56 AM

Good stuff VisD.

That Alva Noto song also brings back memories, been awhile since hearing that song and I recall the whole album being solid and quite a trance.

Some really heavy shit:

Celer - Delaying The Entropy, In Emptiness, Forms Are Born

Stars of the Lid - Requiem For Dying Mothers

^I could write an novel on this song alone, fuck. It's one of those songs where the title along with the music illustrates such an immersive story and feeling between people, somehow. It feels like it captures the mood of someone being by the bedside of their dying mother. How did they do that?

Stars of the Lid - The Atomium, pt 3

^This one is cathartic to me for a weird reason. The whole song feels like a reflection of someone on opiates thinking "why am I enjoying just staring off into space more than anything else? What have I done to myself?" i think the video captures that in a way too (album is avec laudenum (contains opiates), which makes sense with the heavy, nodding sounds in the album for most of it).

Celer - Thinking The Globe Is Exploding

and the mother of all cathartic tracks IMO (dunno if it's been posted):

Brian Eno - An Ending

Spenner · 02-5-2014, 05:52 PM

Good picks, that reminds me that I haven't listened to Sigur Ros in ages.

IDK why but despite it's incredibly cathartic sound, Darkness Before Dawn always makes falling asleep interesting.

Here's some more droney ones:

Tim Hecker - Dungeoneering

William Basinski - dlp 3

Loscil - Sickbay

EzExZeRo7497 · 02-6-2014, 10:55 AM

Your picks are fantastic, Spenner. Darkest Before Dawn is really good too. So many great tracks here...

I think I'll post some more before I go to bed:

Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - This Room Seems Empty Without You

This to me is one of the most depressing tracks out there... that state when you feel solitude to the point that you actually feel like you're being absolutely torn apart silently.

Celer - This Thinking Globe Exploding

Mono & World's End Girlfriend - Part 3 (Mass Murder Refrain / Palmless Prayer)

The entire album is really good, but this part is unarguably the most cathartic for me. It's a very visceral experience for me, I can't really seem to understand why this is so painfully depressing to listen to. Nonetheless, can't seem to stop myself from tearing up every time I listen to this.

William Basinski - Part 3 (Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive)

This has a slightly less depressing and isolative atmosphere compared to The Garden of Brokenness (mainly because there's more going on) but this to me is one of the best tracks Basinski has made.

Spenner · 02-6-2014, 01:24 PM

In reverse order,

That Basinski track is definitely one of my favourites. To me it spells out helplessness, mood swings, the circular nature of the track really gives this impression. I picture a majorly depressed person in a rocking chair.

I've never heard Mono &WEGF, but that track was very intense. With those types of post-rock songs I always picture decay and things alluding to a life fallen apart. Really intense song, I don't think I need to elaborate on why; I feel a similar response to what you'd expect. It's very beautiful.

That Celer track is one of my all time favourites by him/+her (I forget, rip). Just the history of Celer is enough to ensure that every track has some level of cathartic feeling. To me this song has always reminded me of a more transcendental version of Darkest Before Dawn. Very similar feeling of deep breathing in the music too.

That first track is also an interesting pick, have't heard it before, but it feels isolating/empty for sure.

Glad you guys have good tastes

**squeesfan** · 02-7-2014, 06:41 AM

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster - Exegesis

Hauntingly awesome build up with cool use of vocals.

Nordic Giants - Speed the Crows Nest (live)

http://vimeo.com/66600339

One of those bands that needs to be seen live (hence why a live video link)

EARTHMASS - Luna Dawn (Keep, Relic & Ritual)

Stick with this one and it is a thing of beauty (Prefer listening to this one late at night with headphones)

Spenner · 02-8-2014, 06:32 AM

GY!BE - Static

The speech about god always gets to me for some reason. It almost sounds wonderful.

**Reincarnate** · 02-8-2014, 10:44 AM

Dev already posted Orbital - Halcyon and On and On so I won't repeat it here (would have posted it otherwise)

This scene from Dredd (if you haven't seen the movie yet, go see it or get spoiled below -- really beautiful sequence here):

The actual song (Ma-Ma's Requiem):

Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)

Amethystium - Calantha

Not sure if this counts but I find the chorus of this song really cathartic -- Alex M.O.R.P.H - New York City

Conjure One - Center Of The Sun (Solar Stone's Chilled Out Remix)

Incubus - Aqueous Transmission

will post more here as I think of them

**Dynam0** · 02-8-2014, 11:05 AM

UNKLE ft Moby - God Moving Over the Face of the Waters

Personal fav of mine that came to mind today

choof · 02-8-2014, 01:32 PM

d|p 3 is one of my favorite pieces in the disintegration loops, the decay at the end is perfect

bvdub - there was nothing but beauty in my heart

goldenscan - only with you (3:20 and on gives me shivers)

jacaszek - taniec

ludovico einaudi - monday

belong - october language

tsb_whocares · 02-8-2014, 01:35 PM

lets keep the youtube embedding to a minimum so as not to make computers shit on themselves

blockhead - insomniac olympics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvcHGu95XGM

Spenner · 02-8-2014, 08:45 PM

Yeah holy shiiiiiiiet even typing this post is incredibly lagged up, gonna link from now on.

I'm really glad this is on youtube, one of my favourites by Robert Rich, very reminiscent of those Celer tracks posted, but a bit more ethereal...

Robert Rich - Seascape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3SOAHSwZ3g

I can't explain why, but it depicts a seascape to me truly as well as a romantic painting of one would, with a lot of texture. Power of suggestion? Maybe. But that's part of the art too. It sparks your stream of consciousness journey.

**DossarLX ODI** · 02-12-2014, 09:29 PM

Mark Morgan's "My Chrysalis Highwayman"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jxn1sqAQ-c

Just picture yourself driving through a desert in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. This captures that scene exceptionally well.

**rayword45** · 02-13-2014, 12:30 AM

Just remembered. This has been my cathartic song since 7th grade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjxH_a5U7wA

**AlexDest** · 02-26-2014, 05:12 AM

BT - All That Makes Us Human Continues

Bvdub & Loscil - Aether

Reliq - tea

Serph - vent

Uyama Hiroto - Stratus

Alioth · 02-26-2014, 09:22 AM

Tiesto - Forever Today

Sunday Club - Healing Dream

Chicane - Lost You Somewhere

Armin Van Buuren - Burned with Desire (Chillout Mix)

Union Jack - Two Full Moons and A Trout (Casper Pound Remix)

Orkidea - Unity

BT - Skylarking

Gouryella - Ligaya (Instrumental Mix)

iio - Smooth (Airbase Remix)

Pink Floyd - Great Gig In The Sky

All of these songs made me emotional from time to time.

01-27-2014, 05:47 PM	#21
Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 33 Posts: 2,403	Re: Share cathartic music Everything on the album Campfire Headphase by Boards of Canada. I could post a link to every song, here's the most important cathartic one to me: Tears from the Compound Eye is a song I can't listen to unless I want to taste some salt running down my cheeks. Something about it just seems to sum up every single existential anxiety, depression, everything is cleansed when I listen to it. I also get powerful mental imagery of stuff and it's inspired some crazy drawings of mine. This also hits me pretty good but in a much less salty way. It's just intense the pulsating of the guitar strumming, that catches resonance into the chorus, it's like something moving very fast is aligning. It's cool. I love all of MBV by My Bloody Valentine, the entire album is a great ride with peaks of heavy hitting stuff. Only problem is that it tends to lower my mood afterwards for awhile; leaves some emotional debris. __________________ Last edited by Spenner; 01-27-2014 at 05:55 PM..

01-28-2014, 12:31 PM	#22
Crazyjayde FFR Veteran Wiki Administrator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Quebec Posts: 1,169	Re: Share cathartic music This thread is the pinnacle of sweetness. That BoC song is glorious, hits the right chords. And of course, everything out of Noname's list I approve since we share basically the same discography lel. Not to forget: Amon Tobin - Morning Ms. Candis Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Berlin (Not a cathartic piece in itself imo, but mesmerizing enough to bring you into a trance, which can be quite soothing at times. The whole album and Vrioon are a must have.)

02-3-2014, 07:28 PM	#23
Cavernio sunshine and rainbows Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 1,987	Re: Share cathartic music

02-4-2014, 11:58 PM	#24
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 41 Posts: 10,120	Re: Share cathartic music One of my most favourite pieces of piano music of all time, played by a frigging genius.

02-5-2014, 09:36 AM	#25
VisD FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,196	Re: Share cathartic music Been getting into The Best Pessimist's stuff lately. Beautiful stuff. Lights Of Your Innocence represents his style quite well, I think, so if you like this check out the rest. __________________

02-5-2014, 09:56 AM	#26
Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 33 Posts: 2,403	Re: Share cathartic music Good stuff VisD. That Alva Noto song also brings back memories, been awhile since hearing that song and I recall the whole album being solid and quite a trance. Some really heavy shit: Celer - Delaying The Entropy, In Emptiness, Forms Are Born Stars of the Lid - Requiem For Dying Mothers ^I could write an novel on this song alone, fuck. It's one of those songs where the title along with the music illustrates such an immersive story and feeling between people, somehow. It feels like it captures the mood of someone being by the bedside of their dying mother. How did they do that? Stars of the Lid - The Atomium, pt 3 ^This one is cathartic to me for a weird reason. The whole song feels like a reflection of someone on opiates thinking "why am I enjoying just staring off into space more than anything else? What have I done to myself?" i think the video captures that in a way too (album is avec laudenum (contains opiates), which makes sense with the heavy, nodding sounds in the album for most of it). Celer - Thinking The Globe Is Exploding and the mother of all cathartic tracks IMO (dunno if it's been posted): Brian Eno - An Ending __________________ Last edited by Spenner; 02-5-2014 at 09:58 AM..

02-5-2014, 05:52 PM	#27
Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 33 Posts: 2,403	Re: Share cathartic music Good picks, that reminds me that I haven't listened to Sigur Ros in ages. IDK why but despite it's incredibly cathartic sound, Darkness Before Dawn always makes falling asleep interesting. Here's some more droney ones: Tim Hecker - Dungeoneering William Basinski - dlp 3 Loscil - Sickbay __________________

02-6-2014, 10:55 AM	#28
EzExZeRo7497 ⠀ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Singapore, SG Age: 28 Posts: 6,858	Re: Share cathartic music Your picks are fantastic, Spenner. Darkest Before Dawn is really good too. So many great tracks here... I think I'll post some more before I go to bed: Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - This Room Seems Empty Without You This to me is one of the most depressing tracks out there... that state when you feel solitude to the point that you actually feel like you're being absolutely torn apart silently. Celer - This Thinking Globe Exploding Mono & World's End Girlfriend - Part 3 (Mass Murder Refrain / Palmless Prayer) The entire album is really good, but this part is unarguably the most cathartic for me. It's a very visceral experience for me, I can't really seem to understand why this is so painfully depressing to listen to. Nonetheless, can't seem to stop myself from tearing up every time I listen to this. William Basinski - Part 3 (Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive) This has a slightly less depressing and isolative atmosphere compared to The Garden of Brokenness (mainly because there's more going on) but this to me is one of the best tracks Basinski has made.

02-6-2014, 01:24 PM	#29
Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 33 Posts: 2,403	Re: Share cathartic music In reverse order, That Basinski track is definitely one of my favourites. To me it spells out helplessness, mood swings, the circular nature of the track really gives this impression. I picture a majorly depressed person in a rocking chair. I've never heard Mono &WEGF, but that track was very intense. With those types of post-rock songs I always picture decay and things alluding to a life fallen apart. Really intense song, I don't think I need to elaborate on why; I feel a similar response to what you'd expect. It's very beautiful. That Celer track is one of my all time favourites by him/+her (I forget, rip). Just the history of Celer is enough to ensure that every track has some level of cathartic feeling. To me this song has always reminded me of a more transcendental version of Darkest Before Dawn. Very similar feeling of deep breathing in the music too. That first track is also an interesting pick, have't heard it before, but it feels isolating/empty for sure. Glad you guys have good tastes __________________

02-7-2014, 06:41 AM	#30
squeesfan Ale Nerd Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, England. Age: 37 Posts: 405	Re: Share cathartic music Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster - Exegesis Hauntingly awesome build up with cool use of vocals. Nordic Giants - Speed the Crows Nest (live) http://vimeo.com/66600339 One of those bands that needs to be seen live (hence why a live video link) EARTHMASS - Luna Dawn (Keep, Relic & Ritual) Stick with this one and it is a thing of beauty (Prefer listening to this one late at night with headphones) __________________ Time to start indexing again.

02-8-2014, 06:32 AM	#31
Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 33 Posts: 2,403	Re: Share cathartic music GY!BE - Static The speech about god always gets to me for some reason. It almost sounds wonderful. __________________

02-8-2014, 10:44 AM	#32
Reincarnate x'); DROP TABLE FFR;-- Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 6,332	Re: Share cathartic music Dev already posted Orbital - Halcyon and On and On so I won't repeat it here (would have posted it otherwise) This scene from Dredd (if you haven't seen the movie yet, go see it or get spoiled below -- really beautiful sequence here): The actual song (Ma-Ma's Requiem): Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent) Amethystium - Calantha Not sure if this counts but I find the chorus of this song really cathartic -- Alex M.O.R.P.H - New York City Conjure One - Center Of The Sun (Solar Stone's Chilled Out Remix) Incubus - Aqueous Transmission will post more here as I think of them Last edited by Reincarnate; 02-8-2014 at 10:57 AM..

02-8-2014, 11:05 AM	#33
Dynam0 The Dominator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: North Bay, ON Age: 36 Posts: 8,987	Re: Share cathartic music UNKLE ft Moby - God Moving Over the Face of the Waters Personal fav of mine that came to mind today

02-8-2014, 01:32 PM	#34
choof Banned Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 8,563	Re: Share cathartic music d\|p 3 is one of my favorite pieces in the disintegration loops, the decay at the end is perfect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pau48X5TlU#t=231 still waiting for basinski to release this, he replied to an email of mine about this piece and it's currently unreleased. maybe this year ??? bvdub - there was nothing but beauty in my heart goldenscan - only with you (3:20 and on gives me shivers) jacaszek - taniec ludovico einaudi - monday belong - october language

02-8-2014, 01:35 PM	#35
tsb_whocares FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 13	Re: Share cathartic music lets keep the youtube embedding to a minimum so as not to make computers shit on themselves blockhead - insomniac olympics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvcHGu95XGM

02-8-2014, 08:45 PM	#36
Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 33 Posts: 2,403	Re: Share cathartic music Yeah holy shiiiiiiiet even typing this post is incredibly lagged up, gonna link from now on. I'm really glad this is on youtube, one of my favourites by Robert Rich, very reminiscent of those Celer tracks posted, but a bit more ethereal... Robert Rich - Seascape http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3SOAHSwZ3g I can't explain why, but it depicts a seascape to me truly as well as a romantic painting of one would, with a lot of texture. Power of suggestion? Maybe. But that's part of the art too. It sparks your stream of consciousness journey. __________________

02-13-2014, 12:30 AM	#38
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02-26-2014, 05:12 AM	#39
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02-26-2014, 09:22 AM	#40
Alioth Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 34 Posts: 526	Re: Share cathartic music Tiesto - Forever Today Sunday Club - Healing Dream Chicane - Lost You Somewhere Armin Van Buuren - Burned with Desire (Chillout Mix) Union Jack - Two Full Moons and A Trout (Casper Pound Remix) Orkidea - Unity BT - Skylarking Gouryella - Ligaya (Instrumental Mix) iio - Smooth (Airbase Remix) Pink Floyd - Great Gig In The Sky All of these songs made me emotional from time to time.

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