Certain Creatures – 8 Tracks Influential Dark Wave

There are certain creatures in this world that prefer to lurk in the shadows, biding their time as they await their prey. As they eagerly yet patentiently lay in wait for the perfect moment they find themselves just aboout ready to pounce… And then some dark wave sounds blare out from behind them, ruining their concentration and scaring them witless. No matter how tactile certain creatures may be, Certain Creatures is always one step ahead.
Vipassana, the debut from Oliver Chapoy aka Certain Creatures – a term from Theravada Buddhism, meaning 'meditation involving concentration on the body or its sensations – explores Oliver’s relationship between 'the self and external stimuli'. Behold the product of 15 years hard labour. Well, hard enough.
Vipassana navigates through "heavy f*ckin' techno and lifted darkwave" so what better thing to ask him to curate for us than 8 Tracks of Dark Wave. Veering from This Mortal Coil into the Eurythmics and back out via Leonard Cohen and Scott Walker… This ain't your typical selection for what constitutes Dark Wave but we know you'll enjoy the journey.
Vipassana is out on October 30th. As well as being digitally released, you can also try and get your hands on a copy of the limited 2xLP vinyl.
Pre-order here.
from the album Songs of Love and Hate (Columbia)
Rumor has it this song is a letter to a former lover who left him for his brother. How dark is that? There’s also a bizarre reference to Scientology, which Leonard had apparently dabbled in.
Certain Creatures takes it’s name from a Leonard Cohen poem, One Night I Burned the House I Loved.
Must Reads
Guarded Existence
Matias Aguayo reflects on the role of musicians following prison outreach project
Anarchy And ‘Acab’
Why The Turn Of Phrase?
Not Just A Brain In A Non Existent World
Justin Robertson & Markus Gabriel tell us why the world does not exist.
The Rainbow Does Not Offend
How the Polish LGBTQ+ music scene is fighting for their community
Trending track
Alfredo and Ricardo brought me here
Bawrut
Shop NowCrane
Vanishing
Shop NowWater Groove
Yoann Pistermann
Shop Now