two luminaries of avant-garde electronic music in conversation, Terre Thaemlitz/DJ Sprinkles (Comatonse Recordings) & Seth Horvitz/Rrose (EAUX)

we touch on:

— pessimism/negativity as a response to oppressive social systems that deploy positive ideological production

— pessimism as a praxis/non-teleological framework for class struggle

— reacting to what's unacceptable in the moment vs ideals many aspire to (e.g. happiness)

— personal stories that led to embracing pessimism, in one form or another

— Terre's and Seth's diverging philosophies/aesthetics of music production

— ontology of (self)creation

— the aporia of authorship/originality

and we play:

Cleveland - Pay Back [Hivern Discs, 2017]

Men With Secrets - Elle Est Nihiliste [Bunker New York 041, 2020]

Litüus - 09152015_1822_001 [Avian, 2017]

Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Lost in the Humming Air [Editions EG, 1984]

Rrose - Columns [EAUX, 2019]

Terre Thaemlitz - What is Between is Missing [Mille Plateaux, 1998]

Seth Horvitz - Study No. 1: Octaves, Systematically Filled and Folded [LINE, 2011]

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