There is a new trend popping up now called "Witch House" which draws
some imagery from esoteric sources. For the most part the esoteric
content seems superficial compared to Coil and TG but worth a look.
Many Witch House artists claim Coil as an inspiration. Warren Ellis
has an interesting writeup on the trend on his blog.
http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=9743
Scott
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:05 PM, kaostar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Ted, Johann ( i think i mispelt his name, sorry J) is a very
> interesting guy, we used to live in the same city and had a few drinks
> together one night, and his work is fascinating (drawing on Godwin, as
> someone else posted here)
>
> There are some interesting things happening with music production and
> esoterica, including on the trance-rave scene; the artistes name escapes me,
> but last summer i saw a performer doing some physical motions (a kinetic
> ritual sequence) near enough to several theremins to produce some very
> impressive and interesting effects
>
> Interview in Fortean Times about 8 years ago with Coil (is online i think),
> they indicated they were producing sound sigils in their work
>
> cheers
> Dave
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Ted Hand <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:58:46 -0800
> Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Throbbing Gristle
>
>> Dave,
>> thanks for reminding me about Hassler. I've followed him for awhile,
>> been meaning to experiment with generating pitches from sigils.
>> Renaissance Magic seen purely as formal systems provides so
>> many interesting methods for generating "chance music." I hope
>> folks with programming skills start making cool art of memory
>> video games, and esoteric music software.
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:21 AM, D E <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >
>> > hi Ted
>> >
>> > for music and the relationship to esotericism check out Johann Hassler,
>> > who is, or was here on this list, and is on academia.edu; he recently did
>> > his PhD on that area
>> >
>> > thanks
>> > Dave
>>
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Ted Hand
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> >
>> > Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:15 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Throbbing Gristle
>> >
>> > thanks Dave that looks very interesting. I have been getting interested
>> > in
>> > music cognition studies and the music theory of Industrial "noise," so
>> > this
>> > is right up my alley. Also recently noticed that Philip Ball, author of
>> > "The
>> > Music Instinct" also wrote a book about Paracelsus, "The Devil's
>> > Doctor."
>> > The connections between esotericism and music are wonderful; it's a
>> > shame so few people have the chops and the interest to study them.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:54 AM, kaostar <[log in to unmask]>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>>
>> “Over the Ruined Factory There's a Funny [WINDOWS-1252?]Noise”: Throbbing
>> Gristle and the
>> > Mediatized Roots of Noise in/as Music
>> > Melle Jan Kromhout
>> > Popular Music and Society, 1740-1712, Volume 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23
>> > [WINDOWS-1252?]– 34
>> >
>> > just seen this on a contents list, might be of interest to those working
>> > in
>> > studies of postmodern/chaos magics etc
>> >
>> > Dave E
>> >
>>
>> >
>
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