This text is a revised version of a paper presented at the conference In/visible: The Sexual and Political Regimes of the Archive, in a panel titled “The Queer Location of Culture: Nationalism, History, Sexuality” (Skopje, National Gallery of Macedonia – Chifte Hamam, 25 February 2012).
In this article-cum-essay, I scrutinize the particulars surrounding Locrian’s release Rain of Ashes. The text opens with a reflection on quiddity and what I call curity (whyness) to situate the musicians aural potentialities, and move towards articulating what I define as ‘black noise’. In the context of black noise, I claim Locrian perform the ruins of black noise. I attempt to write alongside the music by replicating some of the music’s qualities and galvanize those qualities by using commentaries, reviews of the release and interviews with the band’s members while trying to analyse the push-and-pull aura of Rain of Ashes for the listener.
Author(s): Stanimir Panayotov and Elisabeth von Samsonow | Станимир Панајотов и Елизабет вон Самсонов
Title (English): Stanimir Panayotov in Conversation with Elisabeth von Samsonow: “We Are Wanted by the Earth”
Title (Macedonian): Станимир Панајотов во разговор со Елизабет вон Самсонов: „Земјата нѐ бара“
Translated by (English to Macedonian): Jordan Šišovski | Јордан Шишовски
Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 12, No. 1-2 (Winter 2015 - Summer 2016)
Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje
Page Range: 81-101
Page Count: 20
Citation (English): Stanimir Panayotov and Elisabeth von Samsonow, “Stanimir Panayotov in Conversation with Elisabeth von Samsonow: ‘We Are Wanted by the Earth,’” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 12, No. 1-2 (Winter 2015 - Summer 2016): 81-100.
Citation (Macedonian): Станимир Панајотов и Елизабет вон Самсонов, „Станимир Панајотов во разговор со Елизабет вон Самсонов: ,Земјата нѐ бара‘“, превод од англиски Јордан Шишовски, Идентитети: списание за политика, род и култура, т. 12, бр. 1-2 (зима 2015 - лето 2016): 81-101.
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