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So, there’s no denying it anymore that contemporary Goth culture emerged as a dark, gloomy and decaying revival of pop culture from a saeculum ago, right? The late Victorian to early Edwardian dress got a monochromatic revival at the right time (late 1970s / early 1980s) again.

Does that mean that we could predict future styles of Goth from subtracting a saeculum from today?

I could see a dark, gloomy and decaying version of post-ww2 pop culture in the not so distant future. Think Psychobilly and Doom Jazz in the future High.

Since we’re still in Crisis mode, the prevailing mode of Goth since it started in 2008 has been Dieselpunk and Industrial music as a way to guide a mostly EDM-informed population into Goth.

Does this make sense?

Harley & Muscle drums, Larry Heard ride play and a modal sense of chord structure not unlike Kerri Chandler and Jimpster makes it Deep House, albeit a wacky, whimsical one.

I try to pin down what kind of styles that influenced Timbalands prime years during the mid ‘00s to early ‘10s.

For one, his drums are clearly Boom Bap (organic muddy low-mid range with a lot of character) but then ultra-processed to Prince levels of plastic funk. Secondly, he broke the RnB/Neo Soul convention at the time and made his basslines and melodies very synthetic, abrasive and edgy, something clearly inspired by the Electroclash scene at the time. Wouldn’t surprise me if he heard Fischerspooner or similar before producing “Future Sex / Love Sounds”.

So my conclusion is that his genre at the time could be labelled “Electro Bap”. What’s your ideas?

Apart from “Lose Control” by Missy Elliot sampling “Clear” by Cybotron and “Derezzed” by Daft Punk sampling “No UFOs” by Model 500, what other songs and tracks have you heard that samples straight up techno music?

Think dark flannels, sculpted five-o-clock shadows, guyliners for days, well-worn chimney sweep beanies, black worker-jeans, reflective gear etc.

I’m thinking it’s a combination of the Lumbersexual with Health Goth.

Do you think this has any chance of existing?

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