Spiritual Emergency in the 'Nuum 100

Woebot

Well-known member
having a birrov fun while i upload my collection to discogs

i made this playlist from some of my records which i thought people might enjoy

the principle being the contiguous nature of spirituality and mental illness - so states of ecstacy, dreams, mania, visions and visitations, ego collapse and other non-ordinary states of consciousness- and their presence in the nuum.

it's largely accepted that in terms of a headlong collision with the self the nineties was a replay of the adventures of the sixties but the sheer preponderance of these ideas in the nuum is still surprising - perhaps owing to its notional masculinity and anti-intellectualism

it's interesting to see the high watermark of these themes in hardcore and in jungle and then the way that the music becomes ossified just as the scene (the individuals it comprises) become, once again coalesced and integrated egos - so the theme becomes weaker - and you get tracks which specifically talk about integration (especially wiley's "i will not lose" and "pick yourself up" - the ice cold theme of "snowman" etc)

i don't think that anyone could argue that it is the divine/ecstatic influx which makes the music so extraordinarily beautiful at its peak

certainly my own personal experience of the nineties matches this ascent/descent arc - with a big burn-out in 96 🤣

 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
Looks like a cool list, and doubtless will kickstart a good discussion.

But was it too much, too greedy of me to expect little write-ups for each choon?
 

Dusty

Tone deaf
Awesome, I love taking a list like this and then working out how many of the tunes I already have buried in my collection somewhere.
 

pattycakes_

Can turn naughty
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:eek:
 

Woebot

Well-known member
it's like the fashion police! i have lots of deeply unfashionable records. case in point - for years my hardcore records were unfashionable.

talking of the police - reminds me of a line in play someone i knew wrote - someone is rummaging around offscreen - awkward silence - "i didn't know you had a police record!" - reemerges brandishes zenyatta mondatta (and yep that's one of mine too!)
This is like the time Corpsey caught me listening to Enya on Spotify.
i got a treat for you then oliver. stay tuned.
 

Woebot

Well-known member
the best one i can remember was when out drinking with belbury poly and the focus group about ten years ago.

i was showing off this bit of software that i had on my phone that let me log in to my pc at home.

i loaded up the desktop - zoomed in - and there was a WAV of black lace's agadoo.


hay was made.
 

bun-u

Trumpet Police
the spotify compendium of your annual listening habits is very revealing of my true music tastes. I try to pass it off saying my daughter's use is skewing the results but I know that's bollocks
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
1. Baby D - Day Dreaming (1990)


"I just like to walk with my head in the clouds"

Notable for its use of a dial tone. A sound in a song about day-dreaming that perhaps keeps things grounded in the everyday? Or is it suggestive of the conduit technology can be to attain dream-states? Dial up for dreamscapes.

God i'm good at this.
 

luka

Well-known member
alright well keep going then. once youve done 10 records you can start tooting your own horn.
 
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