It's the
most wonderful time of the year, not the vacuous and forced joy of December
25th but the purely nasty and freaky holiday of Halloween. Halloween is the
only time of the year to celebrate the gruesome side of life, the things that
go bump in the night and make parents shake their heads and say something about
Americanisation.
With
playlists you want to hit the right note, and if you're doing Halloween
properly it's all about the darkest and scariest tunes known to man. Whether
that be horrorcore rap, frantic dance or some of the creepiest bands possible-
Bleeding Headphones is going to take your playlist to the next levels of scary
Gesaffelstein
There’s
something horrific about a human only wearing one type of clothing, Steve Jobs
had that maladjusted vibe and he only wore turtlenecks and New Balances. French
trance pioneer Gesaffelstein is only seen chain smoking wearing a Parisian
perfect black suit, in itself that’s horrifying. To make matters worse,
Gesaffelstein is known for his industrial dance music that is half-dance
half-homicide. You know the drums in Yeezus that make your pants go a shade
darker? That’s the production Gesaffelstein.
Key
Songs: Obsession, Hellifornia, and Pursuit
Tyler,
The Creator
You’ve
probably heard of Tyler, The Creator but a lot of the time the Californian
rapper’s reputation precedes him. During his formative years (prior to his
day-glo Golf Wang line and jazz covers) Tyler wrote deathly serious raps with
self produced beats more fitting to a horror movie score than a rap album. The lyrics are bloody
and schizophrenic with themes ranging from loitering around skate parks to
committing various graphic rapes and murders; it is not for the faint hearted.
Perfect for Halloween? Of course it is.
Key
Songs: Leather Head, Tron Cat and VCR
Death
Grips
Mixing
punk attitudes, the gangland ferocity of Hudson Mohawke and the unmistakable
rage of MC Ride you have Death Grips. Halloween is all about not caring about
what’s wrong and right, there is no such thing as too far. Death Grips definitely subscribe to the policy that there
is no too far, they have a song
called ‘Have A Sad Cum’ an album called
‘Niggas On The Moon’ and an LP cover with a pink dildo taking pride and
centre. Can you not find the perfect song that goes with your grainy footage of
the murders you’ve committed? That’s because you haven’t listened to Death
Grips before.
Key
Songs: I’ve Seen Footage and Get Got
Simon
& Garfunkel
How many
words do I need to describe how scary ‘The Sound Of Silence’ is? Just think
about what sound silence makes, there you go.
Joy
Division
Every
party will have someone turn up without a costume and then smirk and say “I’m a
serial killer, I’m scary because they look like everyone else”. Most people
will smile politely and silently cross them off their mental list of people
that they will consider having sex with. There is horror in the ordinary, and
that’s the lure of Joy Division. Ian Curtis was a regular man who ate and
slept, voted Tory and kept his lyrics in a Tesco’s carrier bag. Yet when you hear
the creeping urgency of ‘New Dawn Fades’ and the spurring bassline of ‘Shadowplay’
all intertwined with the deathly lyrics of Curtis, nothing feels human any
longer. There’s horror in the human, Joy
Division lets it slip.
Key Songs: She’s Lost Control, New Dawn Fades and Atrocity Exhibition
