This brings to mind your own interview with Sol Yurick and his financial interpretation of Dante’s Inferno. I’m also reminded of Hernan Diaz latest novel Trust which takes on similar themes of finance but as it pertains to character, truth and reality. Then there is also something of P.K. Dick’s Ubik in the persistent hum of refrigeration as used by Law Enforcement but that could just simply be because I recently read Ubik and the it’s Screenplay treatment.
This also takes me to the endlessly interesting work of Look Mum No Computer, a guy who makes music and builds and modifies his own synths and other instrument hybrids. Whats fascinating here is its a madcap mix of curiosity, math, music know-how, and a determination to coax sound out of all sorts of obsolete hardware : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcbkyYdV2kE & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svofKRd7DtA
Yes! I first got into his work with his first novel; In The Distance, one of the few novels I’ve read in one sitting… I never picked up his Borges book, I’ll have to read it.
This brings to mind your own interview with Sol Yurick and his financial interpretation of Dante’s Inferno. I’m also reminded of Hernan Diaz latest novel Trust which takes on similar themes of finance but as it pertains to character, truth and reality. Then there is also something of P.K. Dick’s Ubik in the persistent hum of refrigeration as used by Law Enforcement but that could just simply be because I recently read Ubik and the it’s Screenplay treatment.
Music:
Lord Have Mercy was really good. Had me tune into my Gavin Bryars & Laraaji playlists. There is a touch of Bryars track “Jesus Blood…” in there too; the story behind that track is also great https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus%27_Blood_Never_Failed_Me_Yet
Related I’ve also been very into these artists that work with looping specifically with cassette tapes and reel to reel techniques; high among them is Amulets https://youtube.com/@amuletsmusic?si=pVKw2Z4TbN999Ax9 and Hainbach specifically these tracks and worth watching is his process in the YouTube link in the description of the album https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/the-earths-own-sighs
This also takes me to the endlessly interesting work of Look Mum No Computer, a guy who makes music and builds and modifies his own synths and other instrument hybrids. Whats fascinating here is its a madcap mix of curiosity, math, music know-how, and a determination to coax sound out of all sorts of obsolete hardware : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcbkyYdV2kE & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svofKRd7DtA
Sorry for the delayed reply! These links are great - enjoying the Hainbach in the background right now. Thanks for the tips!
Nicky was reading "Trust" recently and loved it - that guy has <a href="https://www.hernandiaz.net/borges-betewen-history-and-eternity">a book about Borges</a> that sounds pretty interesting, as well.
Make that https://www.hernandiaz.net/borges-betewen-history-and-eternity
Yes! I first got into his work with his first novel; In The Distance, one of the few novels I’ve read in one sitting… I never picked up his Borges book, I’ll have to read it.