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2 months agoThe Contenders, Vol. 6: The songs we can't stop playing this week
This year's best songs offer solace for existential dread amid a dystopian backdrop.
Gethan Dickâs dystopia begins at Elephant and Castle in London, revealing underlying truths and the fragility of civilization amidst a relentless pandemic and societal decay.
Black Rain's reworking of post-industrial soundscapes imbues Gibson's Neuromancer with a sense of dystopian dread, resonating with its original themes and mood.
"Sometimes making a scene is the only thing you need to do," his wife tells him in a flashback. "One day some poor bastard is going to force you to make a scene. And when that happens? I would not want to be the motherfucker on the other side of it."
As it seems the world is hellbent on making some of the dystopian futures we have imagined become reality, I raised my concerns about how our work would be used.