Perhaps fittingly for this blog site, one of my all-time favorite clubs songs is written by Keith Arem, who has gone on to write soundtracks for video games, including Call of Duty and Titanfall. While 1990’s pop music sucked (have you ever seen a 90’s music club night?), 1990’s industrial represented the glory days of the goth club scene. It was gritty, aggressive, spare, and provocative. We weren’t looking for oontz, oontz rhythms, or generic melodies and well-worn lyrical themes. We just wanted something raw.
This song delivers that for me. To this day, it evokes the emotions that I felt as a twenty-something when I hear it in the club, albeit somewhat muted.
Contagion “Scratch”