![]() ![]() ![]() After I finished recording the music, I gathered all our old albums, show outfits, flyers, Pitchfork reviews, energy drinks, etc and on the day Jesus Christ was crucified, I made a bonfire in the center of an old stone cairn and burned them all. The labor of putting together a farewell EP was so intense and emotionally consuming. I still really liked these songs, so I wondered, what can I do with them? I was meditating on it for a while and decided “I am going to ask Prince Rama what is wants.” It’s response- “Well release the music, duh! You make peace with Prince Rama by releasing the music and giving it a proper farewell." When these things come to me, I feel like it’s not really my idea- in fact, I feel like I am a slave to these ideas sometimes- like, really? I have to do all this? And yet I understood this was what was necessary to set it free. At first, I tried fitting them into the solo stuff, but quickly realized that they belonged to a different journey. The EP is like my final offering for the spirit of Prince Rama to help set it free. I had these songs that I was writing for a new album but when Nimai left, I abandoned them and started working on a solo record. TL : Yeah, totally, but it’s what the spirit wanted. LW: So, let’s talk about Rage in Peace… very beautiful and tough send- off for sure. Marks Street in NYC to discuss her solo journey through the NOW and the intimate and personal experience of creating a funeral for Prince Rama. The project marks Prince Rama’s life cycle coming to an end and Larson’s new understanding of her individual creative processes. Rage in Peace, in part an EP comprised of half written songs intended for a new album, involves a “sonic coffin,” a sculptural object in the form of a vinyl record, pressed from the cremated remains of Prince Rama- funerary ash from a bonfire Taraka built to burn all physical remains of Prince Rama (old records, stage outfits, show flyers, etc.). ![]() The artist Taraka Larson recently completed an extended residency at The Wassaic Project in New York, where she sought to focus on her new solo body of work, a journey which lead to her creation of Rage in Peace- a final farewell recording and performance death ritual commemorating Prince Rama, the art collaboration/psych band she and sister Nimai Larson started in 2008. Taraka Larson, Prince Rama Rage in Peace Lead Photo by Will Rahilly ![]()
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