Futurism Restated: August 1, 2023

Aphex Twin's dead-end Easter egg hunt, Emeralds, Hildegard von Bingen, and more

I don’t know how many times over the years I’ve referenced early-music ensemble Gothic Voices’ A Feather on the Breath of God, a choral album featuring songs of the 14th century mystic and abbess Hildegard von Bingen. The record came out in 1982, and I probably picked it up around 1986 or 1987, entirely because it had “gothic” on the sleeve. I quickly d…