2 posts tagged “vexen”

I have noticed three tracks from the EBM/darkwave band Solitary Experiments to put on Hellraiser: Film samples used in music tracks I own (Vexen Crabtree)

Here is a copy of the new text on that page:

Track Pandora's Box on "Cause & Effect" (2004), CD1, track 5

Sample: "The box. I don't know what it's for, or who made it, or why. I only know what it does."

This sample opens the track, and then repeats another sample a few times, where I think the female lead is quoted as saying "it hurts".

This is a dancey EBM album; but not particularly tuneful. Its pleasant moments are in the electronic synths which are sometimes beautiful; and the slower tracks ooze meaning and mysticism, with a hint of sadness. There are inspiring samples throughout all of this album, most of them are not from films that I know. Despite the beauty, the percussion and rhythm is generally harsh.

Track Miracle (Headscan remix) on "Cause & Effect" (2004), CD2, track 5

This track samples Pinhead explaining that the box 'holds the key to unknown pleasures'. The sample is faded into the background as the track opens, and is hard to make out. This remix is a harsh electronic take on the original, more like alien industrial trance than either nightclub music or EBM.

Track Bleak Prospects on "Final Approach" (2006), track 4

This is another track that opens with a sample in the background. It quotes Pinhead from Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth, in the scene where the nightclub owner is talking to the statue. "Appetite: sated, desire: indulged". The sample is repeated at 2min20.The track is a slow electronic stomp, once again quite harsh (but nicer than the two tracks mentioned above), and featuring a female vocalist in parts. This is living-room music, rather than nightclub.