Ethereal Wave
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| Ethereal Wave | |
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| Stylistic origins: | darkwave, gothic rock, shoegazing, dreampop, neo-classical |
| Cultural origins: | Early 1990s United States / Europe |
| Typical instruments: | synthesizer, violin, flute, piano, drum machine, guitar, bass |
| Mainstream popularity: | Small |
Ethereal Wave, also called Ethereal Darkwave [1], Etheric Wave [2] or Heavenly Voices in Europe and is simply called Ethereal in the United States, is a term that describes a subgenre of Darkwave music. Typical of this kind of music is the use of atmospheric guitar soundscapes, including sound effects like echo and delay. A second characteristic is the use of hazy, celestial or whispering female vocals and a strong influence of ambient, classical and world music.
The American music group Siddal described the music as follows: „A product of influences such as the Cocteau Twins, Low, Slowdive, The Cure, and Dead Can Dance, use a blend of ambient music, shoegazer style guitars, synths and sequenced rhythms.“ [3]
There are therefore overlaps between Ethereal Wave, Shoegazing and Dreampop, with many artists being heavily influenced by Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, early All About Eve and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
The style is strongly associated with the Projekt label, which features some of the biggest names in the US scene. Other labels that featured some of the leading lights of the scene in the 1990s were Tess Records (This Ascension) and Hyperium Records (Chandeen, Love Is Colder Than Death).
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[edit] References
- ^ Encyclopedia Gothica
- ^ Music genre classification of the bands Trance To The Sun, This Ascension and Soul Whirling Somewhere · Glasnost Wave Magazine · Issue No. 42 · Pages 32/34 · Germany · April 1994
- ^ Description from the official homepage of Siddal
