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I think all these things sort of shade into each other. In THE HEAD TRIP, Jeff Warren uses a couple of metaphors: 1) the Wheel of Consciousness, which describes the most common daily progression through different states, and 2) a Consciousness Mixing Board, with sliders that raise / lower the volume on all the different brain circuits to create more unusual states. jeffwarren.org/everythi…
I think all these things sort of shade into each other. In THE HEAD TRIP, Jeff Warren uses a couple of metaphors: 1) the Wheel of Consciousness, which describes the most common daily progression through different states, and 2) a Consciousness Mixing Board, with sliders that raise / lower the volume on all the different brain circuits to create more unusual states. https://jeffwarren.org/everythingelse/illustrations/the-consciousness-mixing-board/
Great metaphor. From that point of view, the younger me played the dials like Grimes, while the current version tends to stick with the presets. There's also a lot more noise in the system these days and the whole deck is a bit glitchy.
My only experience with Grimes is the theme song to Hilda.
https://www.netflix.com/title/80115346
Do you have recommendations?
Artangels is her masterpiece, in my opinion (although she's still maturing as an artist). This album is still experimental in a lot of ways and constantly balances on the edge of madness, but there's incredibly fine control there. It's an album for people who are in love with sound--who would listen to John Cage and who enjoy the musicality of a passing subway train. The piece "Artangels" is my standard test track for new headphones because the soundscape is so rich.