SONICrider

23 Enigma Compilation

Introduction by Gustavo Bode (The Church of Noisy Goat)

“After several discussions about what we would cover in our new music compilation, we thought we could continue talking about the writer, sound and visual artist, William Burroughs, given the success with the public and critics that was the release of the previous collection Cut-Up, which alluded to Burroughs’ musical work in the field of electronic music.

We chose, then, the enigma surrounding the number 23, which was mentioned for the first time by William Burroughs to Robert Anton Wilson, and also the influence of this myth in literature and music through the American writer Robert Anton Wilson, who wrote about the number 23……..”