Music of Carcosa

[terje]

Atmospheric and haunting interpretation of Chambers poem by Lindbergh baby.



Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink beneath the lake,
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.

Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies
But stranger still is
Lost Carcosa.

Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in
Dim Carcosa.

Song of my soul, my voice is dead;
Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in
Lost Carcosa.

[terje]

Do you use music when you play Carcosa, if so what?

I prefer to use music for atmosphere and mood when I gm and for Carcosa I would choose themes from heroic fantasy movies and games (Conan the Barbarian! ), something exotic like Dead Can Dance or otherworldly ambient (Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Planete Sauvage).
And lots of dark ambient (Lustmord, Abominations of Yondo) for rituals and encounters with Great Old Ones and other nasties.

[bluskreem]

I intro'd a game with this once:



It was a little more upbeat then I meant it to be, but it is a groovy song.

[terje]

Yea, the Chemical Brothers are great! :-)

[bert]

I always imagined Carcosa as sounding a bit more like this...



or even



or maybe



or maybe I need to stop taking them yellow pills...

[terje]

bert - yes, lots of psychedelia / space / kraut!

Thanks for the link to A Scent Of Garmambrosia, great stuff!

When it comes to Hawkwind I think my favorite song is this:

Hassan I Sahba / Assassins of Islam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEmnqqFO1Gs

[verhaden]

GHOSTS I-IV by Nine Inch Nails

[skars]

I have always found the sounds of Eric Dolphy to embody some of the Jazz influence of the Old Ones

[vito]

I play a little music during games. I just try to keep it down so it doesn't drown out the roleplay.

I mostly use a lot of stoner/doom type stuff.
youtu.be/LKT0vKI3W8Y
youtu.be/okj2Y_GHRBs

[Malcadon]

Although, not the most appropriate music for a tabletop game - being loud speed metal - but the music of Bal-Sagoth have some awesome lyrics, inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and (of all things) Jack Kirby.

Here are some of my favorite lyrics from To Dethrone The Witch-queen Of Mytos K'unn:

"O' grim gods of battle, empower us this night...
Anoint us with the crimson rain, feed our steel with slaughter...
Let every blow be a killing blow, grant us victory, or a warrior's death."

and...

"Wolves of the north, raise thine steel to the skies, revel in the pride of your wounds,
Let our victory-song ride the winds of this blood-gorged eve,
For on this night of red swords we have wrought a legend,
Forged in the fires of our rage, and tempered with the spilled blood of the slain..."

The lyrics would make for great script or NPC dialog in a game.

[Deleted]

If you want something really evil, just play the latest release of whatever pop-music diva is being talked about around the 'net and on the news. That garbage they shovel out is straight from the pits of Hades.

[verhaden]

A solid rotation of N'SYNC, 98 Degrees, and the Backstreet Boys in the background, while a projector displays the Toxic Avenger in the background on an infinite loop with a slow shutter strobe light.

Edit: On a more serious note, Zeppelin 2 syncs up really well with the Road Warrior.

Proof: goo.gl/gMNxs

Mute the Road Warrior.

[18 Spears]

Nov 9, 2012 18:37:44 GMT -6 @dubeers said:

If you want something really evil, just play the latest release of whatever pop-music diva is being talked about around the 'net and on the news. That garbage they shovel out is straight from the pits of Hades.

LOL! Just in Beavers and Lady CaCa are EEEEEV-yil! Exalted.

[snorri]

I second about hawkwind. But about Carcosa, I could go to Ozric tentacles. or, for a more disturbing ambiance, Einsturzende Neubauten.

[skars]

oh yeah totally, when not playing the Piper Dolphy I tend to rock out -Baroness Horse called Golgotha or another boost for Hawkwind The Xenon Codex or Gojira From mars to Sirius for example.

[zeraser]

I always play Stereolab at the table; it sets a very wide-eyed science-fantasy tone, though - maybe not quite appropriate for Carcosa, which might benefit from the likes of Horatiu Radulescu, Eliane Radigue, or the young Alex Mincek.

[Deleted]

Anything by Phillip Glass. Played backwards.

[crusssdaddy]

Open mike during feeding at the reptile exhibit, slowed down 61% and with a theremin in the back.

[Deleted]

Nov 29, 2012 19:12:48 GMT -6 crusssdaddy said:

Open mike during feeding at the reptile exhibit, slowed down 61% and with a theremin in the back.

Isn't that the same as Philip Glass played backwards? ;D

[terje]

Nov 29, 2012 19:12:48 GMT -6 crusssdaddy said:

Open mike during feeding at the reptile exhibit, slowed down 61% and with a theremin in the back.

Haha, I'd buy the record in no time! ;D

[Mushgnome]

I often listen to Akira soundtrack while I'm working on my Chainmail Carcosa game.

[CivilianZero]

Howbout the soundtrack for the original Quake by Nine Inch Nails? Or any of the various instrumental tracks by NIN (specifically from his Ghosts I-IV album, which I've used for many different Lovecraft or Horror inspired games).

[crusssdaddy]

Soundtrack for Upstream Color was just released and it's now my goto CARCOSA play list:

www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/02/an_interview_wi_81.html

The track names also read as sorcerer/leader names, filtered through a slightly optimistic lens.

[kent]

Dec 16, 2010 9:04:52 GMT -6 terje said:

I prefer to use music for atmosphere and mood when I gm and for Carcosa I would choose themes from heroic fantasy movies and games (Conan the Barbarian! ), something exotic like Dead Can Dance or otherworldly ambient (Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Planete Sauvage).

I listen to music when creating background material for games but we don't listen to music at the gametable.

For the mood you are describing Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream (early period) are excellent choices. It sounds like you should check out more Krautrock. The best introduction is Julian Cope's survey Krautrocksampler, an expensive book 2nd hand at the moment

www.amazon.com/Krautrock-Sampler-Julian-Cope/dp/0952671913

You can however check his list of recommendations here:
rateyourmusic.com/list/muzex/a_krautrock_top_50___julian_cope

[zeraser]

Cope himself (what a fascinating guy) might not be the worst choice: the underrated World Shut Your Mouth conveys a combination of grandeur and wryness that might fit the affect of some games. Could also bring in some Roxy Music to that end.

My knowledge of The Teardrop Explodes is pretty shallow - have to look into that in greater detail.

[eaterofkittens]

Definitely looking into Baal Sagoth. This song disturbs the skin as pebbles disturb a pond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqUeirXg9nk

[skars]

...even the cover drips appendix N

[Deleted]

Whatever kind of music is associated with the aborigines of Australia, Native American drum chants (Mezzo-American) as well. Anything minimalistic and natural works.

[raritus]

Hi:

Some of mine:

Lustmord
Nox Arcana - Necronomicon
Coil - Hellraiser OST (rejected)
Coil - Astral Disaster
In Slaughter Natives
(Some) Throbbing Gristle
Isis
The Messenger OST
Tribes of Neurot
Lycantropen Themes
Conan the Barbarian OST (REQUIRED!)
Passion (Peter Gabriel) OST Last Temptation of Christ
Birdy (Peter Gabriel) OST
Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music
Arcana
Dead Can Dance - The Serpents Egg
Dead Can Dance - Aion
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Hocico - Día de la Furia
Amon Duul II
Dulce Líquido - Disolución
Glen Danzig (I know I know) - Black Aria & Black Aria II
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Can

All that come to mind...
For now...

R

[tkdco2]

I cast a Raise Dead spell on this thread with this song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszLwBaC4Sw