one of our anonymous contacts sent us the following, very personal account... and it is a quite mind-changing story.
I was a DJ and producer in the Hardcore Techno scene... well connected, doing lots of gigs, doing lots of productions...
After gigs, or when you meet other artists at their homes, it's common to sit down and talk a while... about "everything and the world" really, culture, politics, movies, books... at first, these conversations stayed quite "normal"... well, they were always kind of far-out, zany, crazy... cult movie theories, left-field political concepts, surreal stream-of-consciousness debates where everything seemed to melt together... but, okay, that was that...
but then, I noticed that people started to bring out more and more ideas related to... the occult, esoteric... astral travelling, mind projection... girls that had become good friends, and that I thought I knew inside out, suddenly disclosed they were witches, often even claiming a lineage of witchy heritage ("oh this is all very normal for me, my grandparents had already been practicing witchcraft"). guys had similar things to tell...
so yeah, there was definitely an interest in the occult, in the forbidden, and in spirituality.
I came from a pretty rational, level-headed, skeptical, secular background... so my first reaction was like: "hell, i did not know you were all crazy in your heads".
but... somehow, somewhere, some way... i became interested and intrigued by it, too.
I wanted to dive deeper. I started to connect to these ideas - and these people.
I learned that producers would do all kinds of spiritual work on their tracks. channeling, hexes, conjuring.
a guy told me that he likes to "draw a 666" in the sound editor to enhance the sound. "which sonic frequencies activate which chakra" was always a big debate. or how to "channel the energies of dawn" into a track. "which zodiac sign is suitable for which sound?". and let's not even talk about the "s*x magick" that was used during production, alright?
And these were not some crazed lunatic wannabe producers on the fringe of the scene. some of them were well-known, world-famous artists whose tracks were on releases that sold over 100.000 units - or more!
i began to open up, too, and more or less "openly" talk about these topics to others in the "scene", no matter if I thought they might be into this, or not.
And it turned out, the majority of people *is* into it!
Almost everyone I talked to showed an interest in dark and light magic, was a practitioner of it, or claimed they "used it" to "influence" their own music production.
I'd say, at least on the artist / DJ / promoter level, i.e. those that are not just "mere fans" of the scene, 90% of the people I talked to admitted they were involved in the occult, one way or the other.
I did not encounter any powerful lodges or "secret circles" - everything stayed on the individual level, or in "informal groups". Yet folks were connected, too, of course - maybe the image of a spiderweb is correct here. Invisible threads running through the underground of the scene...
Why did all this "stay hidden" for so long?
Well, it is not hidden - it's an "open" secret.
There is still a stigma attached to being deeply into the spiritual of any shade... so the people involved might not post openly about it on social media or otherwise "shout it out into the world"... it's more something that people will talk about in private messages, online groups, or when they meet eye to eye.
But there is this huge occult current underneath the "visible" Hardcore scene, and it also has a massive impact on how this music is created and which direction it will take in the future.
You may not believe this story. but it is the truth.
And with these last words, we close this account.
Sincerely,
The Hardcore Overdogs
After gigs, or when you meet other artists at their homes, it's common to sit down and talk a while... about "everything and the world" really, culture, politics, movies, books... at first, these conversations stayed quite "normal"... well, they were always kind of far-out, zany, crazy... cult movie theories, left-field political concepts, surreal stream-of-consciousness debates where everything seemed to melt together... but, okay, that was that...
but then, I noticed that people started to bring out more and more ideas related to... the occult, esoteric... astral travelling, mind projection... girls that had become good friends, and that I thought I knew inside out, suddenly disclosed they were witches, often even claiming a lineage of witchy heritage ("oh this is all very normal for me, my grandparents had already been practicing witchcraft"). guys had similar things to tell...
so yeah, there was definitely an interest in the occult, in the forbidden, and in spirituality.
I came from a pretty rational, level-headed, skeptical, secular background... so my first reaction was like: "hell, i did not know you were all crazy in your heads".
but... somehow, somewhere, some way... i became interested and intrigued by it, too.
I wanted to dive deeper. I started to connect to these ideas - and these people.
I learned that producers would do all kinds of spiritual work on their tracks. channeling, hexes, conjuring.
a guy told me that he likes to "draw a 666" in the sound editor to enhance the sound. "which sonic frequencies activate which chakra" was always a big debate. or how to "channel the energies of dawn" into a track. "which zodiac sign is suitable for which sound?". and let's not even talk about the "s*x magick" that was used during production, alright?
And these were not some crazed lunatic wannabe producers on the fringe of the scene. some of them were well-known, world-famous artists whose tracks were on releases that sold over 100.000 units - or more!
i began to open up, too, and more or less "openly" talk about these topics to others in the "scene", no matter if I thought they might be into this, or not.
And it turned out, the majority of people *is* into it!
Almost everyone I talked to showed an interest in dark and light magic, was a practitioner of it, or claimed they "used it" to "influence" their own music production.
I'd say, at least on the artist / DJ / promoter level, i.e. those that are not just "mere fans" of the scene, 90% of the people I talked to admitted they were involved in the occult, one way or the other.
I did not encounter any powerful lodges or "secret circles" - everything stayed on the individual level, or in "informal groups". Yet folks were connected, too, of course - maybe the image of a spiderweb is correct here. Invisible threads running through the underground of the scene...
Why did all this "stay hidden" for so long?
Well, it is not hidden - it's an "open" secret.
There is still a stigma attached to being deeply into the spiritual of any shade... so the people involved might not post openly about it on social media or otherwise "shout it out into the world"... it's more something that people will talk about in private messages, online groups, or when they meet eye to eye.
But there is this huge occult current underneath the "visible" Hardcore scene, and it also has a massive impact on how this music is created and which direction it will take in the future.
You may not believe this story. but it is the truth.
And with these last words, we close this account.
Sincerely,
The Hardcore Overdogs
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