🎭 Culture Apr 16, 2026 · Luke Turner

Organic Intelligence LV: Dies Irae in Popular Culture

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Organic Intelligence LV: Dies Irae in Popular Culture
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In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Archie Forde examines how a 13th century apocalyptic plainchant has appeared everywhere from classical music to hip-hop and cinema soundtracks
Last Judgement, a triptych by Hans Memling, painted between 1467 and 1471
It’s December 5, 1830, and 26-year-old French composer Hector Berlioz is debuting his Symphonie Fantastique at the Paris Conservatoire. The work is set to a loose narrative that follows its creator’s descent into opium addiction, sacrilegio

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