Baudelaires poetries remain one of the most influential centrepieces in my book collection and they are maybe my most re-read volume of poems. Like all great poets he was an acute observer and an ingenious translator of feelings. His words paint precise and poignant pictures of the shapeless and inenarrable, like a mood or a sentiment. Sometimes only music can have the same effect on me. However, the fascination and the bloom of „Les Fleurs du Mal“ goes beyond that. Baudelaire's observations, could be considered overall as „negative“, for example as pessimistic - like the unfulfilled human pursuit of integrity -, or as repulsive - like the tristesse of urban hedonism. Induced by the linguistic beauty the emotional experiencing of the seemingly „negative“ or „evil“ - which in some places of the book can be kind of an explicit sense of self - transforms into a bittersweet atmosphere that holds grace and grandeur. Here I see a strong commonality with some music I love and I feel there is a similar approach entire music genres might have pursued: Maybe more than other art forms, music is sometimes met with refusal, confusion and lack of understanding when things become aestheticised, that are distasteful, obnoxious, cruel or - to stay with Baudelaire - „evil“. But behind all this stands a reality, the musician as an acute observer is witness to. Ars longa, vita brevis.

This mix, rather a sound collage, is meant to sonically illustrate the pictures Baudelaire put in my mind; sometimes a direct reflection of the texts, sometimes a associative pairing to the feelings Baudelaire's words elicit. Many thanks to my speakers M’hmed (Znzl), Marie-Emmanuelle, Ronan (NZM99), Ruby, Sébastien (Hørd), Sébastien (UVB), Sydney Valette, Theo (Mind | Matter). Without you it would not have been possible to materialise the concept. Many thanks to Marie-Emmanuelle for sparking the initial idea.

BLANK #9 - "LES FLEURS DU MAL COLLAGE" BY ANCIENT METHODS

Hyperbolic soundscapes, fast-paced rhythms and dystopian scenarios, the music of https://soundcloud.com/ancient-methods reveals itself as a paintbrush that sinks into the imagination, while leaving you breathless from its very beginning till the end.

Track list:
1. Konstantin Unwohl - Ein Gewitter Zieht Auf (Ancient Methods Remix)
2. Statiqbloom - Flesh Sacrifice
3. Colin Cook - Complex Simplicities / Facemelt - Decades
4. Randolph & Mortimer vs. Mila Steiner - Sermon One (Crystal Geometry Remix)
5. New Frames - Viper Racing / Deathrippers - Unity Of Light
6. SKD - Process
7. Gonzo MDF - IC / 667 Fatal - Mental Wars
8. One Flesh Infection - Die Schuld
9. URBTK - Tegretol / EM1V - Walk Talk
10. NN - Words Of Nothing
11. Makornik - WTTFJ / NGHTLY - Creatura Delle Cenere / Zex Model - Forbidden Alterations
12. Sekulahr - Hidden / Restive Plaggona - RP8
13. Uun - Temporal Body - Schrottersburg - Om Shanti Om III
14. MO DR - Larch Root / Eddo Messina - Abused Feelings (Swarm Intelligence Remix)
15. Red Devii - Riot The Blood / Blvck Ceiling - Bombay
16. DEAS - Terminal / Geier Aus Stahl - Wohin
17. Second Tension - 3 body
18. Nasdrowie - Disturbed Moments
19. Anthro - Falcon / Mong Tong 夢東 - 地府 Dì Fǔ
20. Monolith - Rising Sun / Aghast - Totentanz
21. Shhgrr - Evolutionary Process / Anthony Linell - Blood In Their Eyes
22. H.Paul - Conspiracies / We Be Echo - I’m A Gambler
23. Martyn Hare - Trembling With Beauty / Visitor - God Of All Flesh
24. Roll Dann - Soledad / Hord - No Eyes For (Radical G Remix)
25. Planetry Assault Sytems - Bang Wap / 5P4C3 - Tortura / God Body Disconnect - The Dormancy
26. Operant - Carnal Abstraction & Design / Cucina Povera - Aleetan
27. VSK - XX / Caroline K - Tracking With Close-Ups
28. Abu Ama - Triple (Xiao Quan Remix) / Diego Amura - Femmena part 4
29. Orion - Bekeneko (VROD Remix)
30. Kaylah - Visions / Apoptose - Im Bannwald
31. Cervello Elettronico - No Sides / Test Dept- A Bird Or A Bullet (Thought Mix)
32. Downwell - Relative Strangers
33. Jährt - Her Sey / Shedir - Before The Last Light Is Blown / German Army - Yiwaidjic
34. Razbibriga - Cicada / Hüma Utku - Dissolution of I
35. D.T.D. - Oblivious Order / Alien - Servo I
36. Ontal - Mudflow / Herz Jühning - Infibulation
37. Dave Delta & Lenny Dee - Resonate / Darzack & Mmork - Inflorescence 
38. Znzl - Vacuum Inner Self
39. Dahryl - Driver
40. Mr. Dello - Input Failed / Last Days of S.E.X. - Max Pressure (ANFS Remix)
41. Coaxial System - Planet 
42. Azogiař - Fastening_Crackle / Tara in Tibet - Splendore EU ropeo
43. Elektrabel - Scomora / Sleeparchive - Static 1
44. Age Eternal - Serpent Smiles Upon U (Angel Karel Remix) / Wanderwelle & Bandhagens Musikförening - An Unusual Sunrise (Wanderwelle Remix)

Gegen Podcast Series >< #44 Ancient Methods

Highly electric with a fresh dose of industrial techno.

Surges is SKD's first release after being part of numerous projects and collaborations. @SKD is a passionate artist from Latvia who is also part of the Strum (event/label) organisation.

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