Lumières noires: Third Issue of an Underground Music Fanzine
Review of the third issue of Lumières noires, a self-published fanzine by Vincent Dr.V Dromard dedicated to contemporary dark music scenes. The publication showcases meticulous design and paper quality alongside distinctive writing that eschews conventional genre categorization. Dromard employs baroque, metaphor-laden language to describe music from emerging artists, predominantly young female musicians working in darkwave and post-punk aesthetics. The fanzine features approximately sixty recent projects with detailed interviews, establishing tangible connections between creator and subject. The reviewer appreciates Dromard’s curatorial vision and passionate approach while acknowledging tensions around the fanzine’s focus on women artists—praising the visibility granted while questioning potential reductionism. Ultimately, the work succeeds because interviewed musicians demonstrate agency, combining aesthetic appeal with genuine artistic rigor within underground dark music contexts.
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