Staff WriterWe’ve put together the ultimate sinisterly spooky dance music list for Halloween.
With spooky season in full swing, we’ve compiled our favourite terrifying and brilliant tracks to get you in the mood for tonight.
Have a listen to our favourite spooks:
Josh Wink – Don’t Laugh
The ominous Don’t Laugh by Josh Wink unsettles listeners with its haunting laughter sample, paired with one of Wink’s distinct acid lines.
Al Ferox – Michael Jackson is Dead
Built around creative samples from news reports covering one of the world’s most shocking music deaths, this hair-raising track opens with the chilling “Michael Jackson is dead” vocal. Thunderous percussion and haunting synths follow, making it a truly deserving inclusion.
Eomac – Spoock
From Irish producer Eomac, this track combines unsettling high-pitched synths with a thumping kick drum, making it the perfect soundtrack for a Halloween night.
Blawan – Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage
Creepy vocals repeating the track’s title layer over eerie, shifting synths, creating an atmosphere of tension and uncertainty.
Perc – Spit
Relentless kick drum patterns and eerie pads give way to a horrifying, distressing vocal, making this the most disturbing track in an already unsettling collection.
SNTS – ES19.1
Industrial techno at its peak from the eerie, masked enigma that is SNTS. Ghastly distorted atmospheres and thunderous kick drums make this track feel like a descent into hell.
Randomer – Bring
Randomer’s most iconic track still hits just as hard today, defined by its ominous drones and powerful drum rhythms. If ghosts were to throw a rave, this would be their anthem.
Green Velvet – The Stalker
Perfectly wonky techno from the master of mind-bending grooves, with Green Velvet’s haunting vocals drifting over a shuffled rhythm that spins you into delirium.
SHXCXCHCXSH – LTTLWLF
Long, drawn-out, menacing soundscapes and crushed, noisy percussion, this list wouldn’t be complete without the dark maestros SHXCXCHCXSH.
The Horrorist – Pure
Techno for goths, The Horrorist is a menacing force in both techno and EBM, a true presence in the shadowy corners of club music. This track blasts at full tilt on Pure.
Paul Johnson – Give Me Ecstasy
One of the late, great Paul Johnson’s many iconic tracks, this one stands tall on the list and is as spooky as they come. Rising and falling synth lines swirl over the famed Ecstasy vocal, tearing up the floor every single time.
Aphex Twin – Elephant Song
A masterpiece from Aphex Twin, this track delivers gut-wrenching percussive patterns and an unforgettable scream, making it a fully impactful experience.
Radioactive Man – Night Bus To Nowhere
UK electro stalwart Radioactive Man delivers one of his darker cuts, with gnarly saw waves slicing through pitter-pattering synth lines and his signature 808 groove. This track hits all the right spooky spots.
Legowelt – Haunted Arp
If spooky electro could be summed up in one track, it would be this. Legowelt delivers the genre at its most twisted and haunted, churning out some of the eeriest sounds in his catalogue, with this track standing as his most unsettling work.
Jerome Hill – The Creeper
Spectral squelches and eerie squeals from the maestro of sinister bleep techno. Jerome doesn’t hold back here; the title leaves little to the imagination, delivering disturbing techno in full effect.