Rainbow Dome Musick

Musica Spirituum #2, an occasional series exploring the varied intersections of music and esoterica

Music transcends time or, at least, makes time elastic. In Britain in 1979, Jim Callaghan was Prime Minister (until 4th May), the country was crippled by widespread strikes, and the Austin-Morris Allegro was Britain’s sixth most popular car. But listen to Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division, released that same year, and it could have been recorded yesterd…