John Robb and the History of Goth: The Echoes Interview
The sound of Goth has permeated music since the early 1980s, and continues to this day with artists like Bauhaus, The Cure, Dead Can Dance, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Author and musician John Robb has created a definitive chronicle of this movement in his book, The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth.
They embrace the melancholy and dance the melancholy, you know, so there’s a darkness inherent in the music But also a joy as well. . . .And in a sense, it was reacting to the darker surroundings, but also escaping from them. It’s a dark escapism. And it’s also a dark psychedelia.
We go down the sonic cathedrals of Goth when we talk to John Robb on Echoes.
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Thursday, August 3, 2023 – Echoes Program 2331D |
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Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:00 | Clannad | Cití Na gCumann | Nádúr |
| 0:06:00 | Anna | Ayni | Intentions |
| 0:11:30 | Ladytron | City of Angels | Time’s Arrow |
| 0:16:05 | Michael Whalen | Morning Bell | Our April Tigers |
| 0:20:38 | La Faute | Blue Girl Nice Day | Blue Girl Nice Day |
| 0:23:39 | Fabio Mittino | Kanashimi | Simple Music for Difficult People Vol.4 |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Interview: John Robb – The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth | ||
| 0:45:55 | Joy Division | Love Will Tear us Apart | Substance |
| 0:49:10 | The Cure | Lovesong | Disintegration |
| 0:52:30 | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Arabian Knights | Juju |
| 0:55:29 | David Bowie | Warszawa | Low |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Patrick O’Hearn | Sacrifice | Indigo |
| 1:06:00 | Nashville Ambient Ensemble | Prism | Light and Space |
| 1:11:47 | Robert Rich | Loom of Origins | Travelers’ Cloth |
| 1:18:44 | Deborah Martin & Jill Haley | Falling Away from the Earth | Into the Quiet |
| 1:24:42 | Shana Cleveland | A Ghost | Manzanita |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Beach House | Become | Become EP |
| 1:35:42 | Bela Fleck | The B Tune | As We Speak |
| 1:44:53 | break | ||
| 1:46:07 | Taiyō Rey | Extending from Nano | Shattering Stimuli |
| 1:51:50 | Lucinda Chua | Echo | Yian |
| 1:55:50 | Jonny Fallout | Cybernaut (Album Version) | Unknown Unknowns |
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