What happens to musical interactions and meanings when the context of the music is dramatically altered through abrupt, blatant combinations of that music? 

OVERLAYS is a simple concept operating at multiple scales. At its simplest, it is the mixing process…

Lugubrious 78 writes experimental music. However, that might be defined. Sometimes this morphs into more traditionally accepted song structures, whatever they might be. Sung in a confusing style consistent with that of ‘Subtle Antimusic’, these ‘Sketches of Musical…

What happens to the musical interactions and meanings when the context of the music is dramatically altered through random reorganisation? CHOP. RANDOMISE. RECOMPILE. DISCARD. (C.R.R.D.) is one of several Lugubrious 78 Core Compositional Concepts. It has origins in the desire…

During January and February 2026, roughly eight hours of drum improvisations were recorded in the Lugubrious 78 Studios. Improvisation overstates it. Talentless drumming without conscious thought: automatism may be more accurate (if that is not too lofty a claim itself?)…

Not a lot to say about this one beyond the pretentious aspirations to ‘serious music’ and corrupt forms of insecure knowledge demonstration. Study in D emerged from a simple question: What are the emergent characteristics of a piece…

The origins of ‘The Early Explorations Series’ were briefly touched upon in The Early Explorations Series (TEES) post back in January 2025. Whilst this says something about the process for TEES, it captures nothing of the motivations around the 1999…

This album has known many guises. The current, final one ("Early Explorations Vol. 2c", released 20th January 2025) satisfies a long-held ambition for a different album (2000’s “Dada Performance 69” was meant to be chopped up into individual…