An album by album look at the role of the occult in popular music.
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“There is in sounds a virtue to receive the heavenly gifts”
— Henry Cornelius Agrippa
Much of the music discussed in Gathering Of The Tribe deals with the special power of sound and tone. Frank Zappa may have said that ‘writing about music is like dancing about architecture,’ but this book explains how music can — or for a moment believed it could — move mountains.
It is a matter of record that over the centuries composers and musicians have been consistently inspired by the occult. Few music lovers can fail to have been intrigued by the rumours of magick and mysticism that surround many of their favourite albums.
In chapters that cover the different musical styles, from jazz through folk, rock, pop, noise and experimental forms, Gathering Of The Tribe sketches a fascinating overview of this provocative and enduring relationship with heavy conscious creation, offering en route a guide to the ultimate occult record collection, ranging from the Beatles to the Stones, Led Zeppelin to Nick Cave, Captain Beefheart to the Wu Tang Clan, Debussy to Throbbing Gristle, Charles Manson, Barbara the Gray Witch, Coven and more.
Illustrated with album sleeves.
The various sections include:
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A unique take on the Beatles and their most controversial and divisive LP, reflecting the true spirit of the LP.
“The Mondo Cane films were an important key to what was going on in the media landscape of the 1960s, especially post the JFK assassination. Nothing was true, and nothing was untrue…” J.G. Ballard from his Introduction
Vol 3 — A practical guide to the ultimate occult record collection.
Propels the reader into the British indie music scene of the late 1980s, rock and roll excess, the last gasp of independent record labels and the burgeoning techno/sample craze via two seminal bands of the era.
A collection of candid interviews spanning 24 years with unique and free-thinking artists.
A deranged gonzo romp through some of the planet’s finest discos and gutters … in 50 easy to swallow doses.
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