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About
Witch House is a electronic musical genre and visual aesthethic, influenced by chopped and screwed hip-hop soundscapes, and industrial and noise experimentation, and features use of synthesizers, drum machines, obscure samples, droning repetition and heavily altered, ethereal, indiscernible vocals. The visuals of the genre usually include occult, witchcraft and shamanism, with a significant use of Unicode symbols in order to keep the scene underground and make harder to search on the Internet. The genre gained a following in early 2010’s, often being described as a “joke genre” on communities like /mu/.
History
Reception
On December 15th, 2010, a subreddit dedicated to witch house’s discussion was created, gaining over 2,900 subscribers in less than five years.[1] In October 2012, the music blog /mu/essentials[4], run by members of 4chan’s music board, posted a graphic for “Essential Witch House” (shown bellow).
On October 16th, 2014, youtuber FrankJavCee uploaded a video titled “HOW TO MAKEWITCHHOUSE”, where explains the history of itch house and how to recreate the aesthethic and make a witch house-like sound. The video gained over 85,000 views in less than 10 months.
Impact
Notable Videos
Search Interest
External References
[1]Reddit – /r/witchhouse
[2]Rebecca Black Tech – Search for witch house on /mu/
[3]Tumblr – Search for witch house
[4]Mussentials – Essential Witch House