I was recently interviewed by Erik Davis and Maja D’Aoust for their great show Expanding Mind at the Progressive Radio Network (PRN). Topics include early days, Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth, magic, Scandinavian approaches to occulture, the sorcery of fiction, my latest book Reasonances and current projects, to mention but a few things. You can listen to the show right HERE. Enjoy!
Cotton Ferox participate on the Portuguese compilation The Golden Bough with a brand new composition called Temporarily Shamanic. Other participants are Albrecht Loops, Augen, ocp – operador de cabine polivalente , Stealing Orchestra ,Iurta, f a n t a s m a , Two White Monsters Around a Round Table. More information about the project can be found here! The music can be downloaded for free here! Visit Cotton Ferox’ own label here!
This is the trailer for the AN ART APART-project, wonderfully edited together by Henrik Møll last summer. If you want more information about the project as such and about when the films start popping up, please sign up for the newsletter at this site. Thank you. Some artists create groundbreaking, radical, provoking, transcending, transgressing, mutating works of art that continuously change the culture we live in. What goes on in their minds? What motivates them? And why do they create in the first place? AN ART APART is a series of documentary portraits of artists whose creations and concepts have inspired thousands of people worldwide – who in turn take the ideas further and into new environments. An Art Apart examines these artists’ creative processes, emotions and stories in intimate and revealing conversations. From the most esoteric underground expressions to the mainstream culture we all share, An Art Apart shines the light on what art really is – or can be...
I was recently interviewed in the great webzine Santa Sangre. Here is the culled text and the wonderful photo by Anna Drvnik. 2014 through my eyes: Carl Abrahamsson “A writer, a musician, a photographer. Owner of Edda Publishing and Trapart, member of Cotton Ferox project and a head of Highbrow Lowlife netlabel. Carl Abrahamsson shares his thoughts on 2014″ How would you summarize this past year on an artistic and personal level? It’s been an interesting year, as things have literally amassed to the point of breaking. Too many things have happened, and now I have to sort it all out as we approach 2015. Truly a “luxury problem”, I know. I’ve been writing more and also published more. More lectures. More books. I’m working on some philosophical writings too, which is terrifying at times. In all, a nice mix. The films in the documentary series “An Art Apart” have all progressed nicely. Ten films in the pipeline now. Most of this first batch will be ready in 2015. Cotton Ferox...