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In memory of Gabi Delgado-López (April 18, 1958 — March 22, 2020).
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, more concisely known as DAF, is a German electronic music band from Wuppertal consisting of Gabi Delgado-López and Robert Görl. Their name contains a light touch of irony, rendered into English as “German-American Friendship.” (more…)
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Nine Inch Nails released the albums Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts simultaneously on March 26th, 2020 with a whopping price tag of free. Trent Reznor, the group’s central creative member, announced the surprise records with a Tweet: “Anyone out there?” (more…)
Throbbing Gristle. From left: Sleazy, Genesis, Cosey, and Chris.
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Visual artist, composer, singer, DJ, and general architect of chaos Genesis P-Orridge passed away on March 14, 2020. The Dissident Right shares a surprising amount of common ground with the counterculture icon — and owes some of its aesthetics and methods to them [1] as well.
Born February 22nd, 1950 in Manchester, Neil Andrew Megson adopted the name Genesis P-Orridge — a woo-ish corruption of the word “porridge” — while living in London. (more…)
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Poppy, the mildly unsettling YouTube sensation-turned-bestselling pop singer, released her newest album on January 10th. It’s called I Disagree, and it’s an apt title — much of this record is a violent, abrasive eschewing of both Poppy’s previous work and the rules that govern music in general, much like the hyperpop sensibilities of breakthrough act 100 Gecs or veterans of the deconstruction genre like Grimes, (more…)
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“Rome is the boundary between East and West. South of Rome, the East starts, and north of Rome, the West starts. This border-line now, runs exactly over the Forum Romanum. There’s my house, this explains my life and my music.” — Giacinto Scelsi
The music of Giacinto Scelsi is still relatively obscure, which is in keeping with the reclusive and esoteric character of the composer himself. (more…)
Arno Breker, "Orpheus and Eurydice"
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Um interregnum é um tempo de máxima possibilidade. Aprumados como estamos entre o fim da velha cultura europeia e a possibilidade de uma nova e renascida cultura europeia é útil refletir um pouco sobre a direção que nossa nova cultura deve tomar. (more…)
Arno Breker : « Orphée et Eurydice »
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Un interrègne est une époque de possibilité ultime. Positionnés comme nous le sommes entre la fin de l’ancienne culture européenne et la possibilité d’une nouvelle culture européenne renaissante, il est utile de réfléchir quelque peu à la direction que notre nouvelle culture devrait prendre. (more…)
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Boyd Rice
Twilight Man
Heartworm Press, 2011
Nejčerstvější memoárový román Boyda Ricea je něčím víc než pouhým humorným souhrnem jeho příhod v pozici pracovníka s poplašnými systémy, již vykonával v průběhu 80. let v San Franciscu. (more…)
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Generally, I find it impossible to like popular music unless I was exposed to a particular performer or group before I turned 21. A large part of the problem is that my tastes have been “corrupted” by classical music. (more…)
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Boyd Rice
Twilight Man
Heartworm Press, 2011
Boyd Rice’s latest novel/memoir is more than just a funny account of his adventures working as an alarm agent in San Francisco in the 1980s — it’s an account of his formative years, and goes a long way in explaining the dark, misanthropic, “fascist” persona we have come to know and love. (more…)
Arno Breker, “Orpheus and Eurydice”
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Translations: French, Portuguese
An interregnum is a time of ultimate possibility. Poised as we are between the end of the old European culture and the possibility of a new, reborn, European culture it is useful to give some thought to the direction that our new culture should take. (more…)
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One hundred years ago today, on May 18, 1911, Gustav Mahler died in Vienna. Born on July 7, 1860, Mahler is one of the great composers of the late Romantic era, along with such figures as Edward Elgar (1857–1934), Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Richard Strauss (1864–1949), Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), and Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943).
Mahler is also the only Jewish composer among the first rank of European classical composers. (more…)
Poster for Laibach/Bach "Kunst der Fuge" concert
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Laibach je světoznámá slovinská hudební skupina založená v roce 1980 v komunistické Jugoslávii. Ačkoli se jejich tvorba často klasifikuje jako „industrial“, nereflektuje to plně jejich hudební a koncepční mnohost. (more…)
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Translated by Andreas Faust
Just a few remarks on the 30 year jubilee of Laibach, of whom I have recently confessed myself a fan in this blog. Since their formation in 1980 the world has greatly changed, but so have the group themselves (musically rather to their disadvantage), and from their original lineup only frontman Milan Fras and Ivan Novak remain.
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Death in June
Peaceful Snow / Lounge Corps
NER 2010
Death in June emerged from the English post-punk scene of the early 1980s. Death in June was originally a trio, but two of the founding members left in 1984 and 1985, so now the group consists of Douglas Pearce along with a shifting set of collaborators. Pearce, now 54, currently lives in Australia.
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Editor’s Note:
Although the author of this article does not like Laibach as much as I do, this is just the first of several pieces occasioned by Laibach’s recent 30th anniversary. Stay tuned.
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Boyd Rice
Standing In Two Circles: The Collected Works of Boyd Rice
Ed. Brian M. Clark
Washington, D.C.: Creation Books, 2008
Boyd Rice (b. 1956) is a remarkable figure. He is a composer, poet, artist, essayist, photographer, filmmaker, actor, and self-educated scholar of both pop culture and Western esotericism, particularly Grail lore. (more…)
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Laibach
Volk
London: Mute Records, 2006
Laibach
Kunst Der Fuge
Ljubljana: Dallas Records, 2008
