Poetic, philosophical, quirky and brutally honest, ‘Deliriums’ challenges our understanding of what it takes to be a human in today’s chaotic world. An unrestrained, thought-provoking journey that reflects on love, death, grief, friendship and life.

Nicolas Borisovich Obouhow (1892–1954) plays a significant role as an avant-garde composer who experimented, very early, with a 12-tone system and electronic sounds. This monograph reveals that Obouhow composed under the guise of a highly organised system which was formed and influenced by a mystical search that places him in a broader international cultural context associated with the occult and a belief in the transcendental power of sound. Through detailed and intelligible analysis of h...