Another Friday, another 13 sinister choices from around the globe.

The Emergency [AU]
Ionic Vision [BE]
Alpha 606 [CU]
Jupiter Black [DE]
Minimal Rome [IT]
We Smoke Fags [UK]
Spider and the Flies [UK]
Femme Fatale [FR]
Suicide Booth [DE]
Celluloide [FR]
Zen-Kei [DE]
Position Parallele [FR]
Sintesi [SE]

I felt mysteriously compelled to compile some dark tracks on the site tonight (as I am wont to do on particular dates/holidays) since once again it's Friday the 13th. No death/black metal or anything inherently malevolent by nature. Just things off the HD that fit with the theme (somewhat).

So, in honor of the day and in the spirit of keeping music evil, here are 13 ways of turning to the dark side...

Chromatics - The Killing Spree
Ceremony - Nothing Inside
David Gilmour Girls - Crimson As Murder
Ladytron - I'm Not Scared
Darker My Love - Post Mortem, Post Boredom
Absolute Body Control - Into The Light
Kiko - 7 Minutes
Automat - Eau Trouble
The Consumer - Dissociaty Identity
Neon Electronics vs. The Hacker - Better Way
Gosub - Lost In Our Ways
New York City Survivors - The Shadow
Eggfooyoung - Bad Dream

I'd say enjoy, but that's not particularly scary. How about what Elvira, Mistress of the Dark used to say...Unpleasant Dreams!

A RobotSound favorite since the heady daze of yore has been seminal bleep techno "band" LFO (previously mentioned here or heard in this mix). I won't re-hash LFO's history here - you can Google them to get caught up on that (just make sure you're researching the LFO on WARP Records from the UK, not the utterly forgettable boy band, Lyte Funky Ones). I do, however, want to offer some "forgotten" LFO tracks from their early days (1990) that they performed for John Peel's legenday radio show. Gleaned from "someone else's hard drive" from a cassette recording, these songs were never commercially released (makes you wonder just how many more tunes Mark Bell has kept to himself).

LFO Peel Session 1990