The Courtauld Talks

"In the demonstration part of the Geometria System at The Courtauld Institute, I explain how during a ritual working, I identified a hostile current (or extraneous force) emanating from the Middle East (Iran.) I attempted to portray this force in the developement section of the title track of the last LP 'Outside The Gate' by employing an unusual rythmn and musical sequence that I heard within this ritualised 'altered' state of mind. With the metronome I spontaneously pin-pointed the natural tempo at 103 beats per minute. In the Gemoetria (an ancient system of numerology) this number is the number of the Prophets. "As I write this observation down on paper the 9 o'clock news on BBC 1 drones on in the background of how an Iranian Revolutionary group is being blamed for the destruction of flight P.A. 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland and I begin to wonder........." © ℗ 1989 Killing Joke