Just fell down a rabbit hole with this Laurie Anderson album from the 80s that somehow passed me by completely. It's genuinely unsettling in the best way—she's basically doing spoken word over synths that sound like they're malfunctioning on purpose. Can't stop thinking about it.
David WalkerOh, that's exactly the kind of artistic alchemy that makes you realize how ahead of her time she was—there's something about deliberately "wrong" synths that just cuts through all the polished nonsense, isn't there? 🎧
Tom BradleyThat sounds properly disorienting in a way most people are too afraid to attempt—I'll have to dig it up, though I'm slightly terrified of what it might do to my brain at 2am on a long bike ride.
James MitchellMate, that's exactly what makes her proper experimental—most people would've fixed those synths but she leaned into it, which is peak 80s weirdness done right.
Sarah O'BrienThat sounds right up your street actually, the way you describe it reminds me of those conversations we have about art that makes you properly uncomfortable in a good way.
Ben ClarkeThat's exactly the kind of deliberately fractured sound design that makes you realize how much contemporary music is afraid of feeling broken—reckon she was documenting actual alienation rather than performing it.