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Nascere E Crescere E Ardere D'Inconsapevolezza

from Radiant Black Future {2001​/​2005​/​2020} by irr. app. (ext.)

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Like ‘Cognitive Disorder #2’ and parts of ‘Cognitive Disorder #3’ on ‘Foreign Matter’, my intention with this track was to build up to a really spectacular, huge-sounding drone – and, the same as with those other tracks, I just couldn’t quite achieve that. This one didn’t turn into quite so much of a clumpy mess as the previous tracks, but it never really managed to lift off. A big reason for this was a problem that plagued all of my early recordings: in my struggle to keep the cassette hiss under control, I would end up skimming off most of the high end, leaving the end results sounding very murky and drab. In this revised version I’ve been able to repair that fault, and I think it finally manages to soar a little bit.

The introduction is a second excerpt taken from the ‘Stutzbearscats’ sessions that I refer to in the ‘Foreign Matter’ notes. ‘Stutzbearscats’ was a short-lived duo project I had with Michael De La Cuesta in 1993 or 1994 while we were both still members of Vacuum Tree Head. The rolling chimes and footsteps were mine, but I think the distant horn was Mike’s.

The track name, which translates as “(to be) Born and Grow and Burn with Unawareness”, was something I found in a book about the writings of Italian Futurist F. T. Marinetti, but I’ve since learned it is in fact a quote from the autobiographical poem ‘I Fiumi’ by Giuseppe Ungaretti.

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from Radiant Black Future {2001​/​2005​/​2020}, released July 3, 2020

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