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Episode 109 - Name that Tune

The Black Tapes

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The Unsound

Keith Dabbage traveled all the way to Russia to hunt down a composer he believes can prevent the effects of the unsound. In 1930, BBC director Sir Adrian Bolt banned Alexander Scriabin from the airwaves claiming his music was "evil" Keith: I know people were scared by the unsound, but fly to Russia scared? We don't know for sure if Dabbage actually flew to Russia; it could have been an out-of-towner.

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