If you like other-worldy haunting music, check out Jóhann Jóhannsson. Jóhann Jóhannsson has created an album titled IBM 1401, a User´s Manual. The story behind the album is quite touching. Jóhann’s father was an engineer on a very early IBM 1401 computer, and learned of an obscure method of making music on this computer - a purpose for which this business machine was not at all designed. When the computer was taken out of service in 1971, it was given a little farewell ceremony, almost a funeral, when its melodies were played for one last time. This “performance” was documented on tape along with recordings of the sound of the machine in operation. Jóhann Jóhannsson’s album is based on those 30 year old recordings of the IBM 1401 computer.

Check the video on YouTube for the song Sun’s Gone Dim, & The Sky’s Turned Black to get a taste of this hauntingly soulful music.