Hauntology

The Haunted Science was the 96 Album by "Omni Trio" on Moving Shadow their next album was Skelton keys. Shortly after I discovered "The Haunted DanceHall"  by "Sabres of Paradise" released 94.

The first version of this blog post was written Monday, May 08, 2006 I had  just checked out a blog by K Punk who writes on the  "dissensus" forum where Kode 9 and Blackout post messages. I had been mighty impressed with The Digital Mystikz, Burial ,Vex'd etc since Sid gave me that Skull Disco flyer down at the Dub Station (Cloak and Dagger)
The very next day I listened to Mary Anne Hobbs "Breezeblock" show on Radio 1 then flipped over to a short BBC podcast entitled "DNA"
I was so diggin the write up on "The Burial" . Was it really haunted dancefloor time again ? I was almost scared to buy it !

"Meditate on bass weight" they said "Perfect Music Perfect Balance" DMZ ,Subloaded and Essence of Chi, were three serious Dubstep /Drum and Bass  nights  in as many weeks.

To me Dubstep with its slower tempo and obvious roots in  2 Step , Dub ,  Drum and Bass particularly the stuff I liked by Digital Mystiks, The Burial  and the releases on Skull Disco reminded me of Omni Trio and Sabres of Paradise.

 Its now 2021 and I've just discovered the genre of "Hauntology"  which according to Wikipedia "was derived from philosopher Jacques Derrida's concept of the same name. In the mid-2000s, it was adapted by theorists Simon Reynolds and Mark Fisher.^[1] Hauntology is associated with the UK record label Ghost Box, in addition to artists such as the Caretaker, Burial, and Philip Jeck.^[1] Music genres hypnagogic pop and chillwave descended from hauntology."

Simon Reynolds coined the term "The hardcore continuum"  however my personal timelime for hauntology dates back to church music and pipe organs at "steam traction engines"  which  my dad would take me to see as child.

 I have a vivid memory of an evening "disco" at one a caravan rally which my parents took my brothers and I as children. We were apparently  too young for the disco, but when my parents were asleep ww sneaked out the caravan window and danced  in the shadow outside the marquee tent, between the guy ropes to the sounds of "Ghost Town" by The Specials which was "number 1" that summer.

AS a teenager I skirted around the subcultures of Goth and Punk (The Misfits) and then discovered acid house &  Rave , (whilst the Bristol scene pursued the more melancholic vibes of Massive Attack and Portishead. )

I have blogged elsewhere on Shamanism  and natural magical  patterns of percussion. I was introduced to various shamanic currents through  Topy, Kung Fu and Afro/Brazilian/Carribean  (candomble/obeah  folkloric practises .

"May the Spirit of the Jaguar Bless your Dancefloor"