Carl Abrahamsson

Camion Noir publishes Raisonances

August 17, 2014

My anthology Reasonances, due out this autumn in English on Scarlet Imprint, has now been published in French by Camion Noir as Raisonances. This book is a collection of texts, lectures and articles from between 2000-2013, translated by Sylvie Walder and Estelliane Kermagoret. Here’s the French back side text: “Compagnon de route de Genesis P-Orridge dont il a animé la branche Scandinave du « Temple Ov Psychick Youth » – le TOPYSCAN – à la fin des années 80, Carl Abrahamsson est un infatigable explorateur des sub-cultures artistiques et occultistes. À la base du projet musical White Stains, avec lequel il a sorti une multitude de productions discographiques – on citera pour mémoire les collaborations séminales avec Psychic TV et Thee Majesty, respectivement At Stockholm et Wordship – il n’a eu de cesse d’explorer les divers champs de la création, à travers l’écriture, la photographie, l’édition, le fanzinat, la vidéo, ou l’organisation d’événements et expositions. Il...

Magic Møll Memento Mori

August 2, 2014

Ugh! So many deaths around these days. On Friday the 1st of August I received a call from Copenhagen, saying that Henrik Møll had died. Henrik was/is my best friend. We have shared so many things and experiences since the late 1980s that it’s hard to fathom the scope of this. Writing this is one way of coping. What constitutes not just a friend but an actual best friend? Well, many things. But I think the main thing is a resonance that transcends the rational (like, obvious “mutual interests”) and instead just brings you straight into a totally natural “third mind” zone. There were many times when we were just silent and also didn’t see each other for long stretches of time. But it didn’t really matter, because when we shared the same time and space again, it was like no time had passed at all. Just a continuation of the adventures. Henrik was a big-hearted, emotional, very friendly character who didn’t mind going the extra mile...

The Zero Theorem equals good stuff

July 20, 2014

Hats off to Terry Gilliam! He must surely be one of the world’s most important living filmmakers today. And has been for quite some time now. Gilliam’s most recent adventure, The Zero Theorem, is, as usual, a fantastic fairy tale commenting on our own dismal times. Set in a not-too-distant future, we get to follow Qohen Leth, a diligent but frustrated worker (“entity cruncher”) who lacks a purpose in life. He waits for a magical phone call that will set him free, i.e. provide him with a sense of existential direction. Alas, no such call seems to be forthcoming, and Qohen gradually realizes that perhaps the dystopian brainwashing command of his “management” is perhaps true after all: “Everything is nothing”. Terry Gilliam’s films are “real” films, in the sense that they make us aware of the basic human condition in a form that both entices visually and enhances mentally. There’s plenty of intelligent...

TELECULT POWERS ALBUM OUT NOW!

July 16, 2014

I am very proud to have written the liner notes for the new album by Telecult Powers. It has just been released and should be acquired by every serious and dedicated psychonaut. You can order the album straight from EXPERIMEDIA. Telecult Powers, the candle burning duo of Witchbeam & Mr. Matthews, known for their ritualistic live shows and previous releases on Baked Tapes, Draft, Pizza Night and more, bestow upon us their new album “Black Meditations”, a six part sonic meditation on the connections between man, myth & magic. “Black Meditations” taps into the world of folk magic, reaching out to the spirit world through sonic practice, with the duo praying at an altar of bizarre electronic instruments handcrafted by Mr. Matthews. Through this “Hoodootronix” music Telecult Powers taps into the current in which the spirits of Atlantis, Rexino Mondo, In Search Of…, Dionysus cults, old witchy Hollywood, Mort Garson, Louise Huebner, Nik Raicevic...