U is for Underground

Underground music is an extremely broad term. It does not refer to any specific genre or era. The Wikipedia definition follows.

Underground music comprises musical genres beyond mainstream culture. Any song that is not being legally commercialized is considered underground. Such music may tend to express common ideals, such as high regard for sincerity and intimacy, freedom of creative expression as opposed to the highly formulaic composition of commercial music, and appreciation of artistic individuality as opposed to conformity to current mainstream trends. Apart from perhaps the underground rock scenes in the pre-Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet Union, very few types of underground music are completely hidden, however, performances and recordings may nevertheless be difficult for outsiders to find.

Above is some great underground Deep House music. Try it--you may like it!

DJ Rose has been given permission to promote her very underground novel, which was inspired by the tragic life of a figure from the Scandinavian metal underground scene. Please check it out! And spread the word, if you would be so kind.

~DJ Rose~

L is for Lo Fi

Lo-fi refers to the way music is recorded and produced rather than to a specific type of music. The following is stolen from Wikipedia.

Lo-fi (from the term "low fidelity") is lower quality of sound recordings than the usual standard for modern music. The qualities of lo-fi are usually achieved by either degrading the quality of the recorded audio, or using certain equipment. Recent uses of the phrase have led to it becoming a genre, although it still remains as an aesthetic in music recording practice. Many lo-fi artists use inexpensive cassette tape recorders. The term was adopted by WFMU DJ William Berger who dedicated a half hour segment of his program to home recorded music throughout the late '80s under the name lo-fi.

I love to support independent artists, and thus, am a fan of lo-fi music in its many genres. The above tracks have a gentle, soothing quality overall. However, much underground metal could be considered lo-fi, and tends to be loud and aggressive.

~DJ Tempest~

Hello from Faycin

Right on...or Fight on, as I initially typed. Thanks for inviting me! I think it's a good night for some ambient obscure doom/death stuff with Nanocyborg Uberholocaust and fiends. Join me, won't you?

Fiendish Faycin

(You know what I love about this? I can be as dorky as I want and nobody is going to think any less--or more--of me for it!)