Micro-goth

Isolee- "I Owe You" : I don't know, I hear some Cure in this song. Maybe those strings conjure Disintegration or something. Other Isolee songs fit as well, but this came to mind first.

Psychic TV- "Jigsaw" and "Horror House" : listen to "Jigsaw" and then listen to "Love Is Stronger Than Pride"

Superpitcher- "Tell Me About It" : lots of his stuff, per mentions above

Skinny Puppy- "Deep Down Trauma Hounds" : I'm kind of wondering if this is maybe THE original micro-goth track: the bubbly opening synths, then the kick drum, then the washes, then the deconstruction...I used to drop this in dance sets, but always had to quickly abandon ship because Ogre's vocals go off the deep end a few minutes in and it tends to clear the floor

Per posts above, also ref:
(complete works)
Dettinger
Lawrence
Pantha Du Prince
Closer Musik

Them early club mixes of Soft Cell you mention are incredibly great/evil/filthy-sounding (in more ways than one).

Where Marc Almond does sort of sneak in is with the Hacker remix of "Soul on Soul".

Maybe I don't quite understand the criteria, silly as it is....

I guess I'm hung up a bit on the muscularity of "Tottentanz". Definitely dark, with some very goth Middle Eastern compositional structure going on (at least that's what I'm hearing in the track), but I was thinking more melancholy than melodrama or muscularity. But then again all three is pretty much Creatures in a nutshell, or Blue Sunshine, so ok- I'm with you.

there also seems to be a substrata of cyber sounding goth coming around. The pan pot stuff hints at it. Not so romantic just dark and a bit brutal.

doesnt get much gothier than Roland Appel - Dark Soldier

Sounds like Kelly Polar does Luomo on Solak Kollektiv

So, I've gotten word Agoria's at the controls may be a micro-goth masterpiece of sorts. Any confirmation on this or other things about it worth noting?

The definitive micro-goth release?

Thomas Brinkmann - When Horses Die
http://www.discogs.com/release/1237455

isn't this "goth", I must listen to it again as I didn't hear any "micro".

I take it that Agoria mix mentioned a while ago never got US release or even wide import release? It's always fun tracking down stuff that isn't on any download stores. Is it really as good as the five star RA review says?

I've just browsed through the Brinkmann in a record shop this past weekend, so I only have a first impression, but it seemed to contain lots of "micro" elements (clicky percussive filaments and so on). Would like to hear from those more familiar with this release...

(I see there's a mention of it here.

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God, Radioslave's remix of Le Noir's Eleny is a truly spellbinding piece of work, brilliant. In fact, my dislike of Radioslave, as pushed to disguist come Bell Clap Dance has been well pacified by this.

Oh Micro-Goth, I think I've decided you are my very favourite style of music.

if pantha du prince didnt exist, we would have had to invent him

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/aequitas3/Freaky_Midget.jpg

And that is why I will never, ever use the term micro-goth in public.

Not that I like the term at all to begin with.

http://www.myspace.com/passarelladeathsquad

from K. Ross Hoffman's AMG review of PdP's Black Noise:

...and "Behind the Stars" brings on the grinding electro keyboards and dark, distorted vocals, recalling the "micro-goth" tag sometimes applied to his earlier work...

Is Shackleton qualified for this tag?

i can't stop looking at that pic latebloomer posted

This might just be the saddest of all micro-goth epics [for this record, this remains my favourite music genre]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdStHfg5kfE

Are Fever Ray, Nicolas Jaar and Aquarius Heaven allowed in here? I have a 'microgoth' playlist with some of the songs in here and I think their sound fits quite alright.

Oh man, looking over this thread is making me reminisce about first hearing Pantha du Prince and feeling all funny inside.

xp Post some Fever Ray, Nicolas Jaar and Aquarius Heaven youtubes in here so we can all decide.

xpost: You're doing it wrong. Goth shouldn't make you feel funny inside.

Per request:

Fever Ray - If I had a Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBAzlNJonO8
Fever Ray - Seven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX07gCjT7dA
Aquarius Heaven - Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47rbxesMrGQ
Missy Elliott - Work It (Jaar rework)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUQUtkwsFWk
Nicolas Jaar - With Just One Glance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTFWT2B7acc

None of those really sound especially microhouse, which is of course half of what makes micro-goth what it is (and in which case you'd be hard pressed to find new examples). Of course, I'm being a total sticker, but only because you had the audacity to say I was 'doing it wrong.' Puh-leeze.

T'was joking about you doing it wrong. If gloomy, dark music makes you feel funny that's alright with me.