Recently-returned masters of controversy The KLF have just announced the release of a new book, titled 2023: A Trilogy, with news of the forthcoming tome released to the media today along with the below confusing synopsis.
Down through the epochs and out across the continents, generation upon generation of the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu have told variants of the same story – an end of days story, a final chapter story. But with one hope, even if the hope at times seems forlorn.
The story contained in this trilogy is the latest telling. Here it is presented as a utopian costume drama, set in the near future, written in the recent past.
Read with care.
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It’s hard to know what to make of this. Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty are well known for their publicity stunts, including setting fire to a million pounds, and firing machine gun blanks into the audience during an award ceremony.
The band’s last book was a step-by-step guide which shows how to have a number one record, which The Klaxons reportedly followed in order to launch their own career.
This new book is likely to be out on August 23, according to a poster which appeared in London last month, with a message distancing them from any unauthorised KLF activity that had appeared online. The poster read:
“It is almost 23 years since the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu announced a self-imposed and self important moratorium. The reasons for the moratorium have now been lost in time, space and a rusting shipping container somewhere near Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station.
“What is known is: The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu have zero involvement with any video clips, films, recorded music, documentary productions, biographies, West End musicals or social media chatter relating to the letters K, L or F, now, or at any other time over these previous 23 years.
“Futhermore, the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu have no interest in anything that seeks to comment on, bounce off, glorify, debunk or resurrect their historical work.
“The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu are currently at work in their light industrial unit. This work will not be made public until the 23rd of August 2017.”
The KLF had a number of hit singles, including ‘3 A.M. Eternal’, ‘What Time Is Love?’ and the enduring, endearing ‘Justified and Ancient’ with Tammy Wynette.
Most of their work is now unavailable, due to copyright infringements – they were very liberal samplers, back in the day.
Hopefully we’ll see soon new music soon.
