I’ve never ever thought of any music as Kafkaesque…
Huh…
I’m curious, can you explain what you mean by that?
I’d love to give a helpful answer other than Kafka audiobooks (sorry, am dad, could not help myself), but what do you consider kafkaesque?
- Naked Lunch soundtrack
- Eraserhead soundtrack (especially side B)
- Nine Inch Nails, Ghosts
I’m sure it doesn’t truly count, but The Vaselines have a song called The Day I Was A Horse about being a horse for a day. It might actually be about drugs though idk. Not strictly kafka-esque, but it is at least somewhat Kafka-adjacent.
Gustav Janouch interviewed Kafka who talked passionately about music but not specific music.
However, being from Central Europe at the turn of the century, it’s likely he was talking about the composers Smetana and Dvořak.
Bohemian or Czech right?
Only thing I can think of is Aquarela do Brasil, but that’s only because of Terry Gilliam…
my first instinct is to recommend DEVO
Trout Mask Replica
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 was heavily inspired by Kafka and quoted him constantly. Maybe the game’s soundtrack has something you might be looking for. https://archive.org/details/resident-evil-revelations-2-ost
Drone Zone on SomaFM.
I have no idea what you mean by that, but I really like the song Metamorphosis by Infinity Song.
Maybe try this?
Uh, without further context, uh, Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)?
Maybe check out Califone. First thing that Kafka brought to mind. Also the Robert Devereux Fungicide album.
