soundtracks to a dying world
Soundtracks to a Dying World: Summer Singles
After a grueling night shift in a factory that seems to have more robotic employees than human, you wake coated in sweat. Has it always been this hot this time of year? Your memory seems to escape you...
Soundtracks to a Dying World: Disasterpeace
If you think about it, the histories of video game and cyberpunk culture are closely intertwined. Both began gestating in the late 1970s and began leaving their marks on pop culture in the ‘80s. The “...
Soundtracks to a Dying World: Metric
“He’s really reaching now,” you’re probably thinking. “He can’t keep reeling in synthpop bands forever. I want more industrial, fucker.” And sure, Metric, the four-piece new wave revival b...
Soundtracks to a Dying World: Death Grips
If you’ve been on any music sites in the last five years, chances are you know about Death Grips. Hitting the music industry like a bat with nails spiked into it through a Tesla windshield, the ...
Soundtracks to a Dying World: Phantogram
Trip hop is a tricky genre to get your head around if you’re a filthy casual listener. In more ways than one, it feels like it was beamed back to us from the future–it draws influence from...
Soundtracks to a Dying World: Depeche Mode
Sometimes, it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what makes certain kinds of music fall under the cyberpunk umbrella. If the scope is too broad, you risk lumping in modern music genres with heavy e...
“Bits and Pieces, Bits and Hertz”: The Day Goth Metal Went Cyberpunk.
Back in the year 2000, I was working in a major record store, and everybody was dancing to Madonna’s Music. Well, almost everybody. I, for one, was shaking my booty to a very different “Musique”. Prec...
The Dystopian Sound of Massive Attack
In anticipation of a new album in 2017, Neon Dystopia looks back at a much-overlooked release from the UK’s legendary Massive Attack. “Take a look around the world, you see such bad t...