
Maggot Brain: SickElixir by Blawan | The Quietus
At the turn of the 20th century, a group of Italian artists, musicians, writers, and thinkers proposed the concept of Futurism: an ideology that praised speed, technology, youth, and violence. They wanted to create sounds that emulated the roar of the world and, in particular, the cacophony of war. Seventy years later, industrial artists, aided by synthesizers, feedback loops, and an array of effects, introduced the slamming sounds of dwindling manufacturing to the musical canvas...