Casper Grey is undefinable, really. The producer, writer, rapper and actor inhabits a space that no contemporary could dream of conceptualising, let alone fill. Post-genre and oft challenging to the senses, the newly-released debut album from the avant garde convention renegade, JUNGIAN JUNGLIST, is fearless and unflinching, full of anger and intellect. It’s truly a titanic creative effort.
We asked Grey to pen a track-by-track run through on the work. The results, below, are untouched, and typically idiosyncratic.
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JUNGIAN JUNGLIST
A JUNGIAN JUNGLIST IS AN AFICIONADO OF THE PREDOMINANT ARCHETYPES THAT MANIFEST WITHIN A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN SHAPED BY THEIR EXPOSURE TO THE ART, CULTURE AND ATTITUDE OF THE UK.
THIS ALBUM BY JUNGIAN JUNGLIST CASPER GREY IS A SONIC AND VISUAL DISSECTION CHANNELLING THESE SUBTLE DIVISIONS IN PSYCHE LIVING DORMANT (…PERHAPS DOMINANT) WITHIN US ALL WHILST LOOKING FOR PATTERNS AND PATHS THROUGH THE ECHOES OF A SHARED SHADOW.
MADE WITH THE TENDER INTENTION TO EXHIBIT AND TRANSLATE THE FUNDAMENTAL EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE TO ENCOUNTER OR TO EMBODY SUCH CHARACTERS WHILST SIMULTANEOUSLY DECONSTRUCTING THEIR PERSPECTIVES TO FIND THEIR MOST FUNDAMENTAL INGREDIENTS.
THIS IS ALL PURSUED WITH THE AIM TO REPRESENT THE IDIOSYNCRATIC SHADES OF A WORLD TOO OFTEN SPUN INTO A PALATABLE CARICATURE OF ITSELF AND STUCK (…OUT OF PLACE) ON A WEB OF ACCIDENTAL TROPES STRETCHED DESPERATELY THIN OVER THE ANCIENT WELL FROM WHICH THEY ALL ONCE EMERGED. IT’S MUCH MORE INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT TO BREAK THROUGH THE FODDER AND TAKE A PLUNGE TOWARD THE CORE.
FOR THE GOOD OF ALL FUTURE JUNGIAN JUNGLISTS.
GOOD GOD :
GOD IS A SYNONYM FOR CONSCIENCE.
BRAT :
EVERYONE THINKS WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS RIGHT… YET EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG.
IF YOU GET INTO TROUBLE EVEN WHEN TRYING TO DO GOOD… YOU MIGHT AS WELL START BEING BAD.
REAL FREE BORN :
MOST OF US ARE REPEAT REPENT OFFENDERS… WE RARELY LEARN. ONCE WE FEEL TEMPORARILY CLEANSED AND LIGHTER WE OFTEN SIN AGAIN AND AGAIN… AND A HABITUAL PLACEBO NOW LIVES IN THE PLACE OF LASTING CHANGE. AN ILLUSION THAT ENABLES A CONFUSION IN THE DUALITY OF WHAT’S GOOD AND BAD TO CONTRADICT ITSELF UNTIL THE ONLY THING THAT FEELS REAL IS THE HIGH ONE GETS FROM BEING BAD.
E-VICTIM :
THE SEEDS OF THE OPPRESSED AND THE OPPRESSOR ARE WITHIN US ALL…
IT’S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR WHICH IS WHO AND WHO IS WITCH.
WHICH SEED WILL YOU FEED.
TRU’SAY :
REVENGE WILL PUNISH YOU WITH SUPPRESSED GUILT…
REGRET WILL PUNISH YOU WITH SUPPRESSED SHAME… CHOOSE YOUR SIN.
WHAT WE HAD HAD HAD HAD NO EFFECT :
I WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE
I TELL PEOPLE TO LEAVE ME ALONE
PEOPLE DON’T LEAVE ME ALONE
I FEEL ALONE AROUND PEOPLE
I WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE
I TELL YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE
YOU LEAVE ME ALONE
I WANT TO BE ALONE WITH YOU
AT A LOSS (…ATTABOY) :
THE FREEDOM FELT FROM LETTING GO OF FEAR LEAVES YOU IN A LONELY ABYSS OF TRUTH FACING ALL UNREALISED POTENTIAL…
THE FREEDOM FELT FROM LOVE LEAVES YOU IN A SIMILAR PLACE… DO BOTH AT ONCE AND GET PAINFULLY BUT PULLED APART TO ACCESS WHO YOU ARE AT YOUR CORE.
NU-GENNA HUE :
TAKING THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
TO REFUTE GOSSIP AND DOUBT
WILL COST YOU YOUR LIFE
LEFT LOST IN A DROUGHT
YET IF YOU SURVIVE…
STARVED LOOKING FOR CLOUT
FROM THE OPINIONS OF GHOSTS
WHO NOW
NO LONGER
ECHO THAT SHOUT
TO START AGAIN LOOKING
IN SPITE
FOR YOUR BOUT
MAY BE TOO LITTLE TOO LATE
ANYWAY
ANYHOW.
CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU :
THE EXPECTATION AND THE ROMANTIC IDEA OF CHRISTMAS IS VERY VERY FAR FROM THE REALITY FOR THE MOST OF US.
WE’VE BEEN BUYING PLASTERS TO COVER AN EVER GROWING STAIN ON THE LIVING ROOM CARPET. WHAT IT SHOULD BE IS NOT WHAT IT IS.
PRETTY PRETTY :
YOUR CONSCIENCE ISN’T CONSCIOUS AND NEITHER ARE YOU (…FIVE PERCENT AT THE MAX)
ANY PERCEPTION OF CONTROL OR AUTONOMY OVER SELF IS FUTILE AGAINST THE WALL OF SUBCONSCIOUS AUTOMATION.