A-Side, b-side

by DYLAN BROWN

He had kept the bulk of his music library, which covered every genre from obscure Sub-Saharan drum tracks recorded on cell-phones to honey-tongued R&B to Norwegian black metal, in his parents’ basement. It was the only place, he had argued, that could support the weight of it all. The house’s foundation had been rebuilt so they agreed to let their only child store the thousands of records. Once it arrived, Vivian saw the library as a chance to keep Kurt in orbit. However, several months after the decision, Kurt died in a hotel room in Berlin after a long night of DJing—a death that was still under investigation.

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