How torture music work is to disorient. Pitting “thought flow” against cut/pieces of music (beat/melody, etc). It’s not much different that somebody whining or yelling something nasty. Ones mind tries to make sense and respond to it. but cut out music is like incomplete puzzle, there aren’t enough information to make sense of them. they are out of context. So ones thought go in loop, frustrated. (there is the deafening loudness, but that’s different effect)

The way to handle it is to tune it out as regular background noise. I mean, how many people obsessed with traffic sound on the street or loud TV next room despite being pretty random and loud, but a mind put them in context. They are simply background noise of modern life.

Another way it works is playing something that one doesn’t like. (wrong context) This one is actually harder to tune out. I am pretty sure it’s easy to make MdM crews go bonker just by playing regular pop music loop. I can’t stand badly placed “wet” reverb for eg. I doubt metal will do anything to MdM crew. They are just boring, loud elevator music.

most people don’t like dissonant and moving asymmetric beat, tho’ they are exotic in some circle. Everything seems in the wrong place and out of it.

is great to see looper get some recognition

this is my favorite entry/part yet.