GAUNT’s music carries a haunting, both in the eerie sense and in an uncanny beauty. The alias of musician and visual artist Jack Warne, as GAUNT his work is steeped in a multi-sensory surrealism that draws on his experiences of living with Thiel-Behnke Corneal Dystrophy, a rare eye condition, and which the title of his debut album Blind At The Age of Four refers to.
Akin to his album, GAUNT’s entry into the Crack Mix series plays out with a hypnagogic otherworldliness, as if unlocking a distant memory, hazy and wistful around the edges. As he details in the accompanying poetic vignette below, here he presents music from a range of different artists – including Aphex Twin, Voice Actor, Dinamarca, The Microphones and Flying Lotus – whose music offers a comforting salve.
“Each season, bore a fresh trial.
A crucible of strife, a relentless endeavour.
Twenty five artists,
their music, my solace, my own.
Each melody, a balm,
to wounds deep and sore,
Each note a salve, to my spirit.
Through trials unyielding,
they led me to grace,
From darkness to dawn,
to a better, bright space.”
Pink Floyd – Time (GAUNT Edit)
Venetian Snares – Remi
Hum – Apollo
Steve Reich & Vs Self – (GAUNT Edit)
PANCHIKO – Untitled Demo 1997
Aphex Twin – Meltphace 6
GAUNT – Tilteund Omed
Laksa – T’s Tent
QGB – Pigs
Squarepusher – The Exploding Psychology
DJ Nigga Fox – 5 Violinos
Flying Lotus – Turtles
Voice Actor – Daydream
Kinn – When The Real Is No Longer There
The Microphones – III. Universe
Yacopsae – Boys Don’t Cry (cover)
GAUNT – Tunlited Medo
GAUNT – Muisc Ifnatn Xob Deit
Basic Channel – Octagon
Bass Clef – One Hundred Point Three
The Tuss – Last Rushup 10
Kyberwall – Gil Boy Son
Dinamarca – Juguete
Machine Girl – Luciferian Live Version
GAUNT – Utniteld Medo
Veronica+ – Butterflies At Dusk Sing Hieronymous
GAUNT – Rearview Spectate-or
GAUNT – Lesser You
QGB – Sent U A Flower
Thin Lizzy – Dancing In The Moonlight
