Gathering of the Tribe: Music and Heavy Conscious Creation [Mark Goodall]

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Gathering of the Tribe: Music and Heavy Conscious Creation

Mark Goodall

Headpress, UK. 2013. First edition paperback. Creasing to the cover and text block, some soiling. A very good copy.

From the publisher:

"From Mozart to Miles Davis, it is a matter of record that over many centuries composers and musicians have been consistently inspired by the occult. Few music lovers' curiosity can fail to have been piqued by the rumours of magick and mysticism that surround many of their favourite records, and Mark Goodall's Gathering of the Tribe: Music and Heavy Conscious Creation is a title capable of satisfying almost everyone. In chapters that range from 'Jazz and the Spirit World' to 'Rock Music and the Occult', Goodall sketches a fascinating overview of this intriguing and enduring relationship, offering en route a guide to the ultimate occult record collection, looking into some of the most brilliantly nefarious recordings and compositions of all time, ranging from the Beatles to the Stones, Led Zeppelin to Nick Cave, Captain Beefheart to the Wu Tang Clan, Debussy to Sun Ra, Throbbing Gristle, Charles Manson and many more. With further contributions from ― among others ― Mick Farren, David Kerekes and Mark Reeve, Gathering of the Tribe is looking like a definitive work on a hypnotising topic."

Gathering of the Tribe is a charming and well-researched treatise on modern music, the occult, and technique covering ground from early jazz, through American primitive and avant composition, up through noise and extreme metal. An excellent resource packed with deep cuts that is part of a larger series of works addressing the uncanny powers of music, Goodall's enthusiasm for the power latent in the records discussed is palpable.

"I play best when my uconscious is altered." - John Fahey