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April 22, 2022
Kathe Koja's Playlist for Her Novel "Dark Factory"
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others.
Kathe Koja's novel Dark Factory is propulsive and enveloping as well as cleverly inventive.
Publishers Weekly wrote of the book:
"In breathless, careening prose, Koja captures minds that see a thousand worlds at once, lives lived at 150 beats per minute, and the complicated, messy reality that lies beneath the endless search for the perfect night out. This is sure to delight fans of Jeff Noon and mind-bending speculative fiction."
In her own words, here is Kathe Koja's Book Notes music playlist for her novel Dark Factory:
Dark Factory has been its own kind of narrative from the very beginning, and I had to sprint to keep up: is it a novel? yes. Is it an online narrative? yes. Is it made to offer the full experience of life the way we really live it, in fragments, in endless moments, in a dozen arenas at once, verbal and visual, all of it? Yes. Absolutely.
And since Dark Factory is a dance club, music is deep in its DNA: played by the DJs – especially by Felix Perez, whose beats drive so much of the story – while Ari Regon, the club’s manager and prime mover, holds court on the dancefloor. So it seems natural to let Ari curate the playlist, presented here with his comments, to make your night at Dark Factory.
If u come 2 the Factory, 1st thing we grab a drink & get onto the dancefloor, u like to dance?
These tracks r how we start the night -
Anthony Rother – “Atomic Hunger”
Kim Valmount – “Sleep May be the Enemy (Rezystor Emergency version)”
Green Velvet – “Destination Unknown”
Snow Palms – “Everything Ascending”
Huey Mnemonic – “Transmutation”
Henning Baer – “Sui Generis”
Tom Morello feat. Sama Abdulhadi – “On the Shore of Eternity”
This one guy Max, hes an art guy, meta, hes constantly thinking. He made a thing, Bitter Lake, it was so pure. Nobody thinks like Max, hes actually my really good friend
These tracks r 4 Max (dont know if he likes them lol) -
Space Dimension Controller – “Space Grunt”
Mad Mike – “Lo-Tech Reality”
Kevin Morby – “Nothing Sacred/All Things Wild”
Robyn Hitchcock – “Mad Shelley’s Letterbox”
Jónsi – “Grow Till Tall”
I know LOTS of djs from allover its my job. Some r awesome some whatever, but Felix Perez is special he was special right @ the start. He can play piano he can hear everything, Felix is Mister Minos, Felix is the man 4 always hes my man.
These tracks r 4 Felix -
Massimilano Pagliara – “Long Distance Call”
Perfume Genius – “Your Body Changes Everything”
Björk – “All is Full of Love”
Neneh Cherry – “Cheap Breakfast Special”
Poulenc – “Nocturne #1 in C major”
Faithless – “God is a DJ”
I dont hear like Felix I dont think like Max. My thing is to make things happen – on the floor @ the Factory anywhere. My thing is everything
These tracks r mine i guess time 2 dance -
Inner City feat. Kevin Saunderson – “Good Life”
R.E.M – “I Don’t Sleep, I Dream/Scott Litt remix”
Jimi Hendrix feat. Craig Blackmoore/Narkatta Floating remix – “Are You Experienced?”
My Brightest Diamond – “Feeling Good”
Kathe Koja writes award-winning novels and short fiction, and creates and produces immersive projects: Dark Factory is her latest, in collaboration with Meerkat Press https://darkfactory.club.
She’s based in Detroit, loves techno and coffee, and thinks globally. She can be found on Twitter and Facebook and at kathekoja.com.
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