Ko yaa nis qat si
(from the Hopi language), n.
Often when depressed, I try to listen to really depressing music as a way to … oh, I don't know … feel better? Match my mood? Depress me so far down that I come through the other side?
For the past decade, the album Pretty Hate Machine [1] by Nine Inch Nails [2] has been the stand-by “depressed from Hell” album to listen to (although sometimes a good Dennis Leary rant [3] does the trick) but I think I finally found the “depressed music from Hell” that exactly matches my mood.
Koyaanisqatsi [4] by Philip Glass [5]. Dark, brooding organ music (you could almost say “Gothic”) with a deep baritone voice chanting “Koyaanisquatsi” over and over again. A perfect fit for my current mood.
[1] http://lyrics.rockmagic.net/lyrics/nine_inch_nails/pretty_hate_machine_1989.html
[3] http://www.genkigirl.org/speakeasy/dennis_leary.html
[4] http://www.philipglass.com/koyaanisqatsi.html