2019-01-24

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2019-01-24 09:45 pm

Dark Ambient Journalism: Interview with the Writers

This week I did a "double-blind" interview with a fellow dark ambient music writer: we each interviewed the other in depth, without knowing in advance what the other would say. The final result was very satisfying, and it attracted a host of wonderful comments from some of my favorite musicians - including this one, which is going right into my "giddy fangirl-squee" file:

"I warmly recommend that you check out the cross interview between Michael Barnett and Danica Swanson...it's a great way to get better acquainted with two of the most prolific and insightful protagonists of the dark ambient genre."
- Johan Levin of Desiderii Marginis, 24 January 2019

You can read the interview at the This Is Darkness webzine...

Dark Ambient Journalism: Interview with the Writers

...or in reverse order in the most recent issue of my newsletter:

Dark Ambient Journalism: Interview with the Writers

If you're curious about why I'm so excited about the funding model behind my direct-subscription email newsletters on the Substack publishing platform, I go into depth about it in the second question for this interview.