Night Clerk Radio: Haunted Music Reviews

Cinematic Doom Jazz

Episode Summary

In this episode, we’re checking out a 2025 article covering “Cinematic Doom Jazz.” This curation effort from Philippe Blache for Igloo Magazine highlights and categorizes dozens of doom and dark jazz bands and ensembles from the past 20+ years. It features everything from early 2000s trip hop inspired tracks to more recent releases from Cryo Chamber. The article is linked below. Please give it a read and check out the artists featured.

Episode Notes

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In this episode, we’re checking out a 2025 article covering “Cinematic Doom Jazz.” This curation effort from Philippe Blache for Igloo Magazine highlights and categorizes dozens of doom and dark jazz bands and ensembles from the past 20+ years. It features everything from early 2000s trip hop inspired tracks to more recent releases from Cryo Chamber. The article is linked below. Please give it a read and check out the artists featured.

Music Sampled

Dead city centres from Perdition city by Ulver

Main Article

The cinematic impulse of doom jazz ambient music, neo-noir psychological thrillers, and haunting music

Credits

Music by: 2Mello
Artwork by: Patsy McDowell
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