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Volume 7, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2052-3998
  • E-ISSN: 2052-4005

Abstract

In this article-cum-essay, I scrutinize the particulars surrounding Locrian’s release . The text opens with a reflection on quiddity and what I call curity (whyness) to situate the musicians aural potentialities, and move towards articulating what I define as ‘black noise’. In the context of black noise, I claim Locrian perform the ruins of black noise. I attempt to write alongside the music by replicating some of the music’s qualities and galvanize those qualities by using commentaries, reviews of the release and interviews with the band’s members while trying to analyse the push-and-pull aura of for the listener.

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2020-03-01
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