GOTHIC: ANCIENT & MODERN

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Songs of Angels
1.  Songs of Angels by Gautier de Coincy
The list author says:
  "Early 13C French choral writing imagining how angels might sing - marvellous backing from harps, fiddles, lutes and recorders. You feel you might be in Notre Dame de Paris 800 years ago."
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The Serpents Egg
2.  The Serpents Egg by Dead Can Dance
The list author says:
  "How unlikely is it that 2 Australians should come to UK and recreate Medieval music using keyboards and sparse percussion? Love Gerrard's polyphonic chants but Perry makes a great 20C troubadour"
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Nosferatu
3.  Nosferatu by Popol Vuh
The list author says:
  "Possibly the weirdest/ scariest soundtrack ever. Combines Indo-hippy folk-rock tendencies with monastic chanting & choice edits of their early electronic experiments (like amplified pump organs)"
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Machaut: 2 Polyphonic Lais
4.  Machaut: 2 Polyphonic Lais by The Medieval Ensemble Of London
The list author says:
  "Machaut was a mid 14C poet  and musical innovator who, in the lais, demanded perfect diction from a soloist alternating verses with a trio format. The result is never monotonous and totally gripping."
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The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970 (International Release)
5.  The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970 (International Release) by Nico
The list author says:
  "Nico & John Cale's High Water Mark where the former's harmonium backed poetry perfectly fuses with the latter's viola-based classicism"
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In Camera: Remastered & Expanded
6.  In Camera: Remastered & Expanded by Peter Hammill
The list author says:
  "Peter Hammill is often reduced to a 'prog rocker' but he is actually much deeper & darker than that, combining childhood memories with, on side 2 of the original album, a virtual electronic black mass"
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Gothic Voices - Gramophone Award Winners Collection
7.  Gothic Voices - Gramophone Award Winners Collection by Gothic Voices
The list author says:
  "Bargain collection of Gothic Voices ensemble singing with the 1000 year old compositions of Hildegard of Bingen & Emma Kirkby's singing being a particular draw."
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Plague Mass
8.  Plague Mass by Diamanda Galas
The list author says:
  "Approach with caution: Daimanda Galas connects ancient and modern by venting her spleen concerning the hypocrisy around HIV and thereby connecting with the Medieval terror surrounding the Black Death"
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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
9.  The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Incredible String Band
The list author says:
  "Late 60's Scottish duo that eschewed existing folk repertoire in favour of ecstatic blend of  mysticism & multi-instrumentalism -  Water Song has organ, flute & running water like minstrels in a well"
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Paolo da Firenze - Narcisso Speculando
10.  Paolo da Firenze - Narcisso Speculando by . Paolo da Firenze
The list author says:
  "After the Plague Mass, you need these gossamer light instrumental arrangements accompanying beautiful early madrigal ensemble singing from early 15C Florence"
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Axum
11.  Axum by James Newton
The list author says:
  "Multi-layered classical/ free-jazz solo flute in perfect reverberant ECM acoustic - I like to think that Gothic minstrels would have approved of this"
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Closer
12.  Closer by Joy Division
The list author says:
  "How JD mutated from punk band Warsaw into this in less than 3 years is truly remarkable. The cover says it all: mournful & iconic."
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The Whyte Rose [IMPORT]
13.  The Whyte Rose [IMPORT] by Young
The list author says:
  "A relatively small but beautifully integrated ensemble capture 15C choral music performed around the time of the union of the Burgundian and doomed English (House of York) Courts."
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Early Recordings
14.  Early Recordings by Opal
The list author says:
  "West Coast hippy-goth with a real Nico/Cale vibe & Kendra Smith's amazing voice - shamefully long out of print. After she left, they evolved into Mazzy Star but the style had changed to desert rock."
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Music of Another Present Era
15.  Music of Another Present Era by Oregon
The list author says:
  "Oregon were a highly improbable mixture of free jazz, classical guitar, Indian percussion & oboe playing that sounded curiously ancient & avant garde - unprecented & unrepeatable."
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Adore
16.  Adore by Smashing Pumpkins
The list author says:
  "Goth modern. Another one where the cover says it all. Corgan allows light as well as shade with great electronics, psychedelic guitars & even grief-stricken piano ballads."
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Bella Domna
17.  Bella Domna by Sinfonye
The list author says:
  "Mara Kiek's extraordinary Galician-inflected voice jolts you out of the idea that Courtly Love songs have to be sung in a New Age style. Great backing that dares occasionally to be dissonant."
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This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
18.  This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears by This Mortal Coil
The list author says:
  "Lisa Gerrard & 2 of Elizabeth Fraser's greatest ever performances as well as great atmospherics on the same CD makes this essential. Need I mention the cover art?"
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White Chalk
19.  White Chalk by PJ Harvey
The list author says:
  "PJ is so idiosyncratic that she virtually abandoned her guitar in favour of peculiarly English piano songs - Gothic Spirit alive and well in the West Country"
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Faith [Deluxe Edition]
20.  Faith [Deluxe Edition] by The Cure
The list author says:
  "Admittedly more Goth than Gothic but this is surely the zenith of post-punk & post Joy Division miserablism - esp. the title track, Charlotte Sometimes & All Cats are Grey."
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Hips & Makers
21.  Hips & Makers by Kristin Hersh
The list author says:
  "American Gothic: after the extrovert rock of Throwing Muses, Kristin dared to delve into her psyche with songs about mood disorder & inner demons with acoustic guitars & cellos."
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Cruel Sister
22.  Cruel Sister by Pentangle
The list author says:
  "John Renbourn's fascination with Medieval lute/ guitar & the group's brilliant arrangements took these ancient folk songs to another level."
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Felt Mountain
23.  Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp
The list author says:
  "The coy title & cover Rorschach test - is that a bat or something else mirrored in her hair? say it all. Inside, you're subjected to seductive vocals & blissful arrangements like a madrigal on Venus."
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Music for Joan the Mad
24.  Music for Joan the Mad by Various Composers
The list author says:
  "Gothic tragedy: conjectural & flamboyant recreation of Spanish, Flemish & Arabic music tracing life of  Spanish queen described as 'mad' but who may really have been imprisoned for political reasons."
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Things Viral
25.  Things Viral by Khanate
The list author says:
  "Saving the worst til last - this  so-called 'doom metal' even makes Diamanda's take on the plague seem accessible but it's the anticipatory silences that frighten most"
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