Altered Zones

We've shown some love to Dramatic Records' recent compilation chronicling the musical output of Endless House, a creative and cultural center spearheaded by architect/audiophile/megalomaniac Jiri Kantor, located in the middle of Poland's secluded Bialowieska Forest. AZ editor Emilie Friedlander's blog Visitation Rites interviewed Walter Schnaffs, one of our favorite musicians to emerge from the too-insane-to-be-true space, where he talks about the problems of the failed utopia:

"It is so difficult to reduce the Endless House to a judgement of success or failure. Kantor may have been flippant — even violent — in his destruction of its memory, but he did create something special… Something spectacular beyond your imagination… But also something so stupid, and so utterly unsustainable."

Read the rest of the interview Visitation Rites

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MP3: Walter Schnaffs: "I Am Germany"