ghost in the device

Margaret Sohn of New York, better known as Miss Grit, is set to release her debut album, “Follow the Cyborg,” on the traditional electro-pop label Mute.

Miss Greet: “Follow the cyborg.” In this age of ancient madness, as pop culture moves from one revival to the next, it’s no wonder that a cyborg character has joined forces with the Avengers. For Innocent Young People: Back in the ’80s and ’90s, a robot was called a cyborg and was rightfully shivering. This was possible because the concept, as it was often introduced, made the mind-body problem clear in a new way. The late Miss Greet knows it – and in this song, after a cyborg, she discovers herself as her own soul (“ghost”, not “mind” or “spirit”). “I was born to stand,” she sings at the beginning and explains innocently, “I am a living girl.” Which is normal being questioned by the emphatic technical voices you could hear two generations ago, they sounded strange. Today they look graceful. Brave New World.

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(“Die Presse”, print edition, 06.11.2022)