CS member Dani Thomas, composer of the electro-acoustic piece ‘Coalface’, describes his response to both the energy and rashness of the early 20th century futurists 'Coalface' can be streamed and downloaded here In 1909 in Italy, Filippo Marinetti wrote his impassioned manifesto for futurism. The unordered, awkward syntax of the writing is as representative of the outwardly ...
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CS member Dani Thomas has produced this haunting musical piece inspired by the coal mines of Wales. The track can be streamed and downloaded below. Dani recommends listening with headphones for the best effect. In this article (link) he explores Futurism and more fully explains the background of the track.
This is a reply, of sorts, to an article posted by Ted North of Communist Students in the latest Communist Student paper. Given that that paper is dedicated to more explicitly political interventions in serious areas of controversy in the student Left (and its limitations in terms of space and frequency), I have decided ...