Carl Abrahamsson

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge & White Stains on Highbrow Lowlife

July 11, 2019

On June 29th 2013, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge teamed up with old friends and creative White Stains partners Carl Abrahamsson and Thomas Tibert for a one off gig in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the well-renowned jazz club Nefertiti. In many ways celebrating their first creative collaboration – the Genesis P-Orridge and White Stains album “At Stockholm” (1990) – this particular evening was called “At Gothenburg.” White Stains were also backed up by ace guitarist Eriq Olin, which added to the improvisational flavour of the evening. To further tie in with the era of “At Stockholm,” Carl Abrahamsson began the evening by reciting the lyrics from the three White Stains “93” singles before Maestro P-Orridge entered the stage. And as an encore, White Stains performed a version of their trippy “Underworld Initiation” (from the album “This Infernal Love of Life,” 1989). In all, it was an evening that touched everyone present to the core. A performance filled with the magic of P-Orridge’s poetry...

“Why not forever?” is now available via Highbrow Lowlife

July 11, 2019

The archival explorations continue! This time it’s “Why not forever?” and that is certainly a justified question! “White Stains 1994 album is a smooth continuation of the vibes from “Misantropotantra” (1992). Dark, ethereal, evocative, instrumental, rough yet elegant, and always eager to surprise with new macabre twists. This is an album for daydreaming at night, when no-one sees and no-one hears (or cares). Carl Abrahamsson and Peter Bergstrandh toured Europe extensively to promote this album, and it still holds up well as one of Swedish dark ambient’s absolute classics.” You can listen to the White Stains album right HERE! And, yes, why not forever? Become a Patron!

“Misantropotantra” is now available via Highbrow Lowlife

July 10, 2019

In an attempt to more fully understand the machinations of my archive/external subconscious, I keep finding things that need to be polished off and served to the unexpecting people of this globe in space. The latest offering is the White Stains album Misantropotantra from 1992. “Originally released in 1992, this album consists of music by Carl Abrahamsson and Peter Bergstrandh. Dark, atmospheric, rhythmic, and often with suave hints of Bergstrandh’s masterful bass-playing. From having been a “rock” band with occasional drifts into ambient-land, this particular instrumental collaboration took White Stains into black spirals and electric voids of frustration and anxiety from which they never really spiraled back.” You can listen to/buy Misantropotantra right HERE! Become a Patron!

A changing of the guards

July 8, 2019

A changing of the guards, you say? Based on a dream in which formulation, narration, coherence becomes hard for the old protagonist. What was once so poetically flowing now turned to a signal of strained silence. Everyone reaches that moment sooner or later. Inevitabilities. The important thing is to find your own voice and let it speak. Holding on to others makes no sense, nor poetry. That said, can there then ever be a changing of guards? Yes, there can be. But it’s not so much about what is actually said, or how. It’s a matter of resonance; a kinship of the souls. That can mean a similar kind of mania or approach. An appreciation of creative neurosis. Poetry always exists more in life itself than in any more or less irrational formulations of life. Kinship. An honouring of kinship. And an honouring of the continuity. When did it begin, and with whom? When will it end, and with whom? These are interesting but ultimately redundant questions. Without a doubt, there is a...