To that end, I give you: unsettled.
To capture the mood I was going for, I tried to stick to a few criteria. I looked for prominent, dark synths, often arpeggiated. I tried, for the most part, to avoid other instruments (especially drums, though some do appear here) and vocals. Reverb always helps, too — in fact, I cheated a bit and drenched one of the drier tunes in reverb myself.
Don’t worry, though — after all that dread, I did allow the last tune to be a little uplifting, so you’ll be able to continue on with your day, a little unscathed.
So, enjoy. Tracklist below.
- Disasterpeace, “It Follows: Title” (2015)
- Walls/Oram, “Extremely Long Corridor” (196X?/2014)
- Daft Punk, “Armory” (2010)
- John Carpenter, “Wrong Flavour” (1976)
- Johnathan Snipes & William Hutson, “Universal Weak Male” (2013)
- Laurel Halo, “Carcass” (2012)
- YOU, “Zone Black” (1983)
- Makeup and Vanity Set, “The Faceless Man” (2011)
- Majeure, “Termination Shock” (2014)
- Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory, “TEST” (2011)
- Skinny Puppy, “Love” (1986)
- Harper / Russe / St. George, “Nightwalker” (1972)
- AFX, “ssnb” (1994?)
- µ-Ziq, “Sleep” (1991)
- (d), “Trust” (2014)
- Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom, “Black Spring” (2005)
- X-TG, “E.H.s.” (2012)
- Ricardo Donoso, “Klatu” (2014)
- OK Ikumi, “Slope” (2012)
- Nathaniel Ritter, “Tleilaxu Metaphors” (2012)
- Chroma Key, “Come In, Over” (2004)
