Release Date: 03/11/22

Contemporary thought joins contemporary music for this musical realisation of writer Will Self's digital essay Kafka's Wound...

Contemporary thought joins contemporary music for this musical realization of writer Will Self's digital essay Kafka's Wound, commissioned by the London Review of Books for BBC/ACE digital arts platform The Space. The CD showcases expertly crafted new music and cutting edge improvisation with Will Self as a guest narrator. Simple versions of traditional Klezmer tunes were spontaneously scored, and then directed live into improvised transformations. The spirited, freewheeling playing of the band pushes the music to unearth the unconscious, the raw fear so graphic in Kafka and his cryptic, hallucinatory tale. Self-selected the texts from three sources: Kafka's A Country Doctor, Kafka's diaries, and his own essay Kafka's Wound.