A punk prophet reads poetry in Oslo and accidentally births an entire album.
As Genesis and I were working on the documentary film "Change Itself” (released in 2016), we agreed that it would be great to also have Genesis reading poetry in the film. One clip was eventually used. "Write Your Own Code" contains all of the material we shot in Oslo, Norway, 2014. These sessions also became the creative ignition for the spoken word album we made together in 2017, and which was released in 2019 by Ideal Recordings: "Loyalty Does Not End With Death." I have left the casual tone of the sessions, including some mishaps, as untouched as possible. Write Your Own Code! – Carl Abrahamsson, 2021
Direction
Abrahamsson keeps it deliberately unpolished — warts, flubs, and all.
Production
The casual Oslo sessions that sparked an entire spoken word album.
Director
Carl Abrahamsson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
These 2014 Oslo sessions directly birthed the 2019 album 'Loyalty Does Not End With Death' — proving Genesis treated every encounter as potential art material.
By 2014, Genesis had already spent decades as the 'wrecker of civilization' with Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV; this quiet poetry reading represents a radical late-career softening that still terrifies normies.
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