iconDARK - The Horror of our Ways (Minimal Mix)
Genre: Dark Ambient

About the Song:
The Horror of Our Ways turned out out to be a pretty popular dark ambient track. The more I listened to it, however, the more I wondered what it would sound like stripped of all the effects and automation.

So I re-visited the original track and stripped away all the samples and most of the effects, including the reverse-track effect that created the original`s signature sound, leaving only a piano, mandolin, guitar, reverb, and reverb. (Yes, reverb is listed twice because there are two of them.) This necessitated some re-mixing and re-mastering, so the levels aren't exactly the same as the original.

I wasn't really surprised by the result. It was as I suspected: stripped down to an almost-unplugged level, the song still packs the same (if not more) emotional impact. It's still depressing as hell, but it does get a bit repetitive without the heavily manipulated samples between the guitar sections. Those samples were put there for a reason. Without them, this "minimal" version could do with a trim, but I chose to keep the length the same as the original for comparison purposes.

Find the original version here:

So which one do you like better?