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deep and dark

Last updated: Wed Oct 22 2025 03:45:02 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

"Deep and dark" describes electronic music characterized by shadowy atmospheres, submerged basslines, and introspective moods that evoke nocturnal urban landscapes or isolated spaces. The sound emerged from ambient techno, dub, and experimental electronic scenes, emphasizing texture and space over conventional rhythm. This aesthetic prioritizes emotional depth through minimalism, reverb-drenched production, and hypnotic repetition that draws listeners into meditative states.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
28		1972	Various Artists	Clicks & Cuts 3	dark electronic deep and dark drone electronic glitch	dark electronic # 69
34		1980-06	Throbbing Gristle	Oltre La Morte, Birth And Death
59		1981-05-04	Grace Jones	Nightclubbing	pop funk disco	disco # 23 jamaican # 66
47		1983	Scribble	Scribble	art pop deep and dark new romantic	new romantic # 3
40		1983-07	Killing Joke	Live in Berlin	deep and dark
73		1984	Cindytalk	Camouflage Heart	art punk darkwave deep and dark spiritual	spiritual # 14
95		1984-03-01	Severed Heads	Dead Eyes Opened	dark electro deep and dark electronica minimal wave new wave	dark electro # 13 minimal wave # 86
27		1990-10-08	Nightmares on Wax	Aftermath #2	deep and dark
56		1992	Ultra Vivid Scene	Blood and Thunder	alternative rock deep and dark indie rock
41		1993	Green Velvet	velvet tracks	chicago deep and dark house
19		1994-07	M:I:5	Autogen 10	dada deep and dark funk	dada # 70
24		1994-09	Mint	Phonogam	deep and dark
4		1995	Yanu	B50 Lab Experiment	deep and dark
21		1995	Workshop	Talent	deep and dark
16		1996-07-10	Digital	Intoleratio	deep and dark
54		1997-02-21	Lisa Carbon	TRIO DE JANEIRO	deep and dark electronic idm
57		1999-06-11	Schaeben & Voss	Dicht Dran	deep and dark
45		1999-11-29	The Modernist	Explosion	deep and dark
52		2000-03	Process	Shape-Space	deep and dark minimal house	minimal house # 57
70		2000-04-26	Reinhard Voigt	Premiere World	ambient deep and dark electronica idm minimal techno
61		2000-09-01	LoSoul	Belong	deep and dark house minimal house techno	minimal house # 70
31		2001-05-21	Superpitcher	Speicher 4	deep and dark
65		2001-11-27	Chessie	Overnight	deep and dark
20		2002-02-14	Orchestra Terrestrial	Here and Elsewhere	deep and dark idm
36		2003-08	Dub Kult	Stop The World	deep and dark dub techno
39		2004-12-20	Jesse Somfay	the Nectar of my Love	deep and dark minimal house minimal techno	minimal house # 50
66		2005-01-29	Omar-S	Just Ask the Lonely	deep and dark
29		2005-09-30	Triola	Im Dubraum Teil 2	deep and dark minimal techno
87		2005-12-12	Magda	Stop	deep and dark detroit techno minimal house minimal techno	detroit techno # 77 minimal house # 86
68		2007	Lawrence	Manhattan	deep and dark house
82		2007-04-02	Throbbing Gristle	Part Two - The Endless Not	ambient industrial dark jazz deep and dark industrial	dark jazz # 48 ambient industrial # 93
5		2007-04-02	Throbbing Gristle	Part Two - The Endless Not (Remastered)	deep and dark
35		2007-04	Sog	Speicher 49	deep and dark glitch techno
86		2007-04	The Black Dog	Techno Playtime EP	deep and dark
79		2008-08-04	Wolfgang Voigt	GAS	deep and dark minimal ambient	minimal ambient # 59
51		2008-09-15	Mike Shannon	Memory Tree	deep and dark electronic idm
9		2009	Sıfır	Shoedrift	deep and dark electronica idm
48		2009-01-01	Remute	Grand Glam	deep and dark disco house techno
64		2010-06-02	Bandjo	Bandjo	deep and dark electronica krautrock minimal ambient	minimal ambient # 87
53		2010-08-30	Cindytalk	Up Here In The Clouds	deep and dark drag	drag # 73
46		2010-09-01	Kirk Degiorgio	Nairobi	deep and dark
99		2011-04-25	Burial	Streetlands EP	deep and dark downbeat dubstep electronica	downbeat # 97
96		2011-06-20	John Tejada	Parabolas	deep and dark detroit techno minimal techno	minimal techno # 62 detroit techno # 100
14		2011-11-01	Momentform	Momentform	deep and dark minimal wave post-punk
18		2011-11-21	Flug 8	Liebeslied	deep and dark
49		2012-10-09	Roska	Blurry / Spearhead	deep and dark
67		2012-10-17	Felix Kubin	Teenage Tapes	deep and dark electronic industrial noise
62		2013-06-24	Claudio PRC	L Synthesis	deep and dark minimal techno
13		2014-03-21	Efestion & Harald Grosskopf	Subconscio	deep and dark electronica melodic techno	melodic techno # 20
98		2014-04-07	Dauwd	Kindlinn	deep and dark
32		2014-04-21	Hotel Lauer	Brudis	deep and dark
33		2014-06-02	Joachim Spieth	Jiwa	ambient deep and dark minimal techno
83		2014-10-13	Baba Stiltz	Total	deep and dark
100		2014-11-04	Les Sins	Michael	deep and dark
91		2015	Lakker	Tundra	deep and dark electronica idm minimal ambient	minimal ambient # 26
43		2015-04-13	Matias Aguayo	El Rudo del House Round Two	deep and dark
89		2015-05-27	Voices from the Lake	Live At MAXXI	ambient techno deep and dark	ambient techno # 50
58		2015-09-15	King Midas Sound & Fennesz	Edition 1	ambient dub deep and dark	ambient dub # 37
50		2016-02-19	Fhloston Paradigm	Cosmosis Vol 2	deep and dark
74		2016-02-24	DMX Krew	You Exist	deep and dark electro
8		2016-06	Job Jobse	Groove DJ Mix	deep and dark electronic idm
22		2016-09-02	Wassermann	W.I.R. Schiessen	deep and dark
75		2016-10-07	iTAL tEK	Beyond Sight	deep and dark
92		2016-11-04	Massive Attack	The Spoils - Single	deep and dark
44		2017	B12	MindBender	deep and dark electro idm sheffield	sheffield # 75
93		2017-02-03	Vril	Anima Mundi	deep and dark dub dub techno minimal house minimal techno techno	dub techno # 74 minimal house # 91
38		2017-03-03	Gas	Oktember - EP	deep and dark
97		2017-09-15	Biosphere	Black Mesa (feat. Joan Lorring)	deep and dark
26		2017-10-25	Sebastian Mullaert	Broken Mirror	deep and dark deep house electronic minimal house piano	minimal house # 29
69		2017-11-07	Joachim Spieth	Irradiance	deep and dark
10		2017-12-01	Move D & Jordan GCZ	Urgence	deep and dark
78		2018-05-14	Randomer	Slicing	deep and dark electro electronic
77		2018-09-07	Chris Liebing	Burn Slow	deep and dark electro
12		2019-04-19	Rapoon	Sol Laude: Mercury Rising 3	ambient dark ambient deep and dark drone
11		2019-06	Reggy Van Oers, Joachim Spieth	Noctilucent		dark electronic # 38
72		2019-08-30	Carter Tutti Void	Triumvirate	deep and dark noise
60		2019-11-29	Flug 8	Space Techno	deep and dark drone minimal house minimal techno	minimal house # 69
42		2020	Damiano von Erckert	Replica Material	deep and dark
71		2020-02-06	Thomas Köner	Motus	deep and dark
15		2020-03-13	Flug 8	Space Techno Remixed	deep and dark drone minimal house minimal techno
88		2020-03-20	Etapp Kyle	Nolove	deep and dark deep techno electro idm	deep techno # 83
37		2020-05-07	Rødhåd	MOOD	ambient deep and dark drone dub techno
76		2020-06-14	Woo York	Echoes From Beyond	dark electronic deep and dark electronic experimental techno idm melodic techno	experimental techno # 83 melodic techno # 89 dark electronic # 97
17		2020-08-07	iTAL tEK	Dream Boundary - EP	deep and dark
90		2020-09-04	Sophie Hunger	Halluzinationen	deep and dark
55		2020-10	Sam Interface	Pink Dolphins - EP	deep and dark
23		2021-02-17	Wolfgang Voigt	Rückverzauberung Exhibition	deep and dark
85		2021-02-26	Cabaret Voltaire	Shadow of Fear	deep and dark
1		2021-03-12	Christian Strobel	Nor Lighter	dark techno deep and dark experimental techno techno
2		2021-03-12	Christian Strobel	To Voltaire	deep and dark german glitch minimal techno noise
3		2021-03-12	Christian Strobel	Bedouin Monk Bike - Single	deep and dark idm minimal techno
6		2021-03-12	Christian Strobel	Rest To See You Soon	deep and dark detroit techno dub techno electro glitch minimal techno
80		2021-04-06	Seefeel	Rough For Radio (Peel Session)	deep and dark
81		2021-04-09	Lawrence	Birds On The Playground	deep and dark
25		2021-06	Future Beat Alliance	Primordial Sky	ambient broken beat deep and dark downtempo
94		2022-02-25	Huerco S.	Plonk	deep and dark deep techno experimental techno glitch idm	deep techno # 94 experimental techno # 97
84		2022-11-18	DJ Minx	A Walk In The Park	deep and dark
7		2022-12-09	CC Luna	Fearless	deep and dark techno
30			M:I:5	Kompakt 1	dada deep and dark funk minimal house techno	minimal house # 38 dada # 79
63			Jeff Lynne's ELO	From Out Of Nowhere	deep and dark electronic minimal synth synthpop

Related genres

• minimal techno
• idm
• electronic
• minimal house
• electro
• techno
• electronica
• drone
• glitch
• ambient