mix & match

(a note on interpolations)
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in keeping with the spirit of re-assembly, bricolage, mix and match and mashing up, i have incorporated three different songs into the music of the musical’s first fragment. it’s a rough draft and sure to change a few hundred times, but i thought i’d present what is ready - as a work in progress.

the three songs featured are, in order of appearance ‘hit’ by bjork and the sugarcubes (track A, in the text), scritti politti’s ‘w.o.o.d b.e.e.z (pray like aretha franklin)’(track B) and ‘i touch roses’ by the book of love (C).
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the old myth, as told by lucius apuleius (123ad–170ad), was the main inspiration of course along with the aforementioned songs. the fragment was more than anything inspired by the fantastic courting scenes which tracks B and C depict. scritti politti’s ‘w.o.o.d b.e.e.z’ first appeared on the group’s ‘cupid & psyche 85’ album. a year later book of love released their self titled debut. ‘i touch roses’ was the second single off the album. the addition of the sugarcubes’ ‘hit’ was made at the very last minute.
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