Good question, Justin. Right now, one of the long term goals in my practice is education and organization. I believe building structures and systems for* those akin to you or your path is so important to the practice of any type of lineage or tradition. The current idea though, is to develop a system that both provides a conceptual scaffolding for this kinship to grow/develop AND challenge the notion of dogma in adjacent systems.
I love GLDMZE. He’s totally different but speaks to the part of me that fell in love with Massive Attack and Tricky in the 90’s. And of course Saul Williams.
Such a great articulation of what Hip Hop can do philosophically. I don’t know another genre of music exploring thresholds in quite this way.
That was areally great read GLDMAZE! I really connected with you on on a couple of the points you made, especially about working for posterity. I wonder, would you mind getting into that a bit more? Are you trying to leave behind a personal legacy, something for future generations, or is it more personal to maybe your own children?
Well, GLDMZE, you do "serve a glass of make you think". I think that Rap/Hip-Hop will remain low on my list of listening priorities, but that is my loss to live with. Since I am hardly a fan, it is hard to fan a question into flame from embers of interest and ignorance. Still I aspire to some understanding, which may inspire me to explore further. In the interview, it appears that you have invented a world for your incantations to inhabit. How express is that world (I would have said, 'how explicit is that world' but too often that merely arouses ideas of sex, which is not primarily what I am asking about): is there a manual or encyclopedia that you have written down? If some fan were to wish to write fanfic is there some standard source to consult? Some sacred spring to drink from? Thanks!
I hope Tiberius's interview promotes much good engagement for you.
Thank you for the question Jackson. Yes, there is a "Master Key" to the Mazist World, but im not too keen on sharing all of it just yet. A part of the practice is learning how to reveal these layers over time, and i'd consider those documents kinda fluid as things anyway. However, there will come points where I release pretty big or well-developed chunks of the system, but thats definitely a more long term plan.
Well, the main thing, obviously, is to keep creating and publishing,rather than updating the Master Key. At some point, someone—maybe you, maybe someone else—can have the fun of reconciling apparent continuity violations.
Hey Chris. First of all, you have both incredible talent and work ethic. Your album clearly illustrates that in your lyricism. You appear to be a collaboration of ideas trapped in one man. It really is refreshing to see creativity in such a manner.
My question: I know you listed your musical influences, you have any literary influences? Any poets from history you particularly admire? I am curious as to what you’d recommend for a reading list. Thanks!
Good question, Justin. Right now, one of the long term goals in my practice is education and organization. I believe building structures and systems for* those akin to you or your path is so important to the practice of any type of lineage or tradition. The current idea though, is to develop a system that both provides a conceptual scaffolding for this kinship to grow/develop AND challenge the notion of dogma in adjacent systems.
Awesome interview! Fantastic questions.
I love GLDMZE. He’s totally different but speaks to the part of me that fell in love with Massive Attack and Tricky in the 90’s. And of course Saul Williams.
Such a great articulation of what Hip Hop can do philosophically. I don’t know another genre of music exploring thresholds in quite this way.
Thank you for reading and commenting, I really appreciate it!
That was areally great read GLDMAZE! I really connected with you on on a couple of the points you made, especially about working for posterity. I wonder, would you mind getting into that a bit more? Are you trying to leave behind a personal legacy, something for future generations, or is it more personal to maybe your own children?
Well, GLDMZE, you do "serve a glass of make you think". I think that Rap/Hip-Hop will remain low on my list of listening priorities, but that is my loss to live with. Since I am hardly a fan, it is hard to fan a question into flame from embers of interest and ignorance. Still I aspire to some understanding, which may inspire me to explore further. In the interview, it appears that you have invented a world for your incantations to inhabit. How express is that world (I would have said, 'how explicit is that world' but too often that merely arouses ideas of sex, which is not primarily what I am asking about): is there a manual or encyclopedia that you have written down? If some fan were to wish to write fanfic is there some standard source to consult? Some sacred spring to drink from? Thanks!
I hope Tiberius's interview promotes much good engagement for you.
Thank you for the question Jackson. Yes, there is a "Master Key" to the Mazist World, but im not too keen on sharing all of it just yet. A part of the practice is learning how to reveal these layers over time, and i'd consider those documents kinda fluid as things anyway. However, there will come points where I release pretty big or well-developed chunks of the system, but thats definitely a more long term plan.
Well, the main thing, obviously, is to keep creating and publishing,rather than updating the Master Key. At some point, someone—maybe you, maybe someone else—can have the fun of reconciling apparent continuity violations.
Hey Chris. First of all, you have both incredible talent and work ethic. Your album clearly illustrates that in your lyricism. You appear to be a collaboration of ideas trapped in one man. It really is refreshing to see creativity in such a manner.
My question: I know you listed your musical influences, you have any literary influences? Any poets from history you particularly admire? I am curious as to what you’d recommend for a reading list. Thanks!
I like the concept of the seeker. A creator is a seeker.
Cool interview. Interesting thoughts on coming to terms with the fact that other people don't see the world the same as you do.