A list of articles, books, documentaries, films and records that continue to resonate with me.

(Last updated 18th April 2023)

Literature

Alegre, Susie. (2022) Freedom to Think: The Long Struggle to Liberate Our Minds

Ballard, JG. (1971) Vermilion Sands.

Camus, Albert. (1942) The Outsider.

Camus, Albert. (1947) The Plague.

Dick, Philip K. (1968) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Doblin, Alfred. (1929) Berlin Alexanderplatz.

Fisher, Mark. (2009) Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative?

Fisher, Mark. (2014) Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures.

Fisher, Mark. (2018) K-Punk.

Graeber, David. (2018) Bullshit Jobs.

Greene, Graham. (1958) Our Man in Havana.

Klein, Naomi. (2000) No Logo.

Maté, Gabor. (2022) The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, & Healing in a Toxic Culture.

Maté, Gabor. (2003) When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress.

Newport, Cal. (2019) Digital Minimalism.

Orwell, George. (1934) Burmese Days.

Reynolds, Simon (2013) Energy Flash.

Russell, Bertrand. (1935) In Praise of Idleness.

Sandel, Michael J. (2020) The Tryanny of Merit: What’s Become of the Commmon Good?

Sinclair, Upton. (1906) The Jungle.

Toffler, Alvin. (1973) Future Shock.

Toop, David. (1995) Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds.

Wilson, Colin. (1956) The Outsider.

Wooldridge, Micheal. (2020) The Road to Conscious Machines: The Story of AI

Zeldin, Theodore. (2015) The Hidden Pleasures of Life.

Zuboff, Shoshana. (2019) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.

Audio

Aphex Twin:

• Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992)
• Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994)

B12:

• Electro-Soma (1993)
• Time Tourist (1995)

Burial:

• Untrue (2007)
• Kindred (2012)
• Rival Dealer (2013)

Global Communication:

• Pentamerous Metamorphosis (1993)
• 76:14 (1994)

Hiroshi Yoshimura:

• Music For Nine Post Cards (1982)
• Green (1986)

Talk Talk:

• The Colour of Spring (1986)
• Spirit of Eden (1988)
• Laughing Stock (1991)

Tool - Lateralus (2001)

Vangelis - Blade Runner OST (1994)

Visual

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Akira (1988)

Blade Runner (1982)

Cowboy Bebop (1998)

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Mark Hollis on Talk Talk, Making Spirit of Eden & Laughing Stock (Link)

Mix with the Masters: Atticus Ross' Production Process (Link)