Scott Walker ~ The Drift, more…

Lord, lord. Do not doze off to the latest Scott Walker. I did and then kept being woken up by sudden stabs of sound that disintegrated back into seemingly endless nightmare landscapes. It was all too like those bad dreams when you try to wake yourself up, but keep falling back asleep. It was a gorgeous sunny afternoon and I was pretty tired – on impulse I put on The Drift. Why did I have that impulse, why did I act upon it? The only other comparable experience that springs to mind was many years ago when, in the middle of a rather strong trip, I decided to put on my favourite Ligeti CD. It was the Wergo one with all the biggies, Lux Aeterna, Atmospheres, etc. Never has an hour passed so slowly. I cowered under a duvet, but wasn’t able to reach the CD player to turn it off, or escape from the room. I just lay under that security blanket (blue on the underside, a washed-out ’70s red and purple flower pattern on top) until it was over, at which point the world brightened up no end. To be honest, yesterday’s Scott Walker experience wasn’t as powerful as that, but it wasn’t exactly a picnic either…

The above image is from Ligeti’s website where there are some other fine pictures of the man.

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