In Loving Memory of the Self

＂In Loving Memory of the Self＂ is Sol Nte’s first work of experimental fiction: Consisting of a jarring blend of plagiarised victoriana, william burroughs style cut-ups, self-help texts, snippets of autobiography and lyrics and poetry from a variety of occult pop music projects created by Sol Nte; including work under the names Baron Meliadus, Hexbag, Avantgardism, Cagehausen and of course his live and studio work under the stage name Pharaoh Sol with incarnations such as ＂ Pharaoh Sol and his Astro Nubian Dieselpunk Swing Orchestra ＂, ＂ Pharaoh Sol and the Intergalactic Psychic Nubians ＂ and the ＂ Pharaoh Sol Noisejazz Quartet ＂. The fundamentally disjointed nature of the text makes it a challenging read that becomes increasingly intriguing and rewarding culminating in no conclusion or resolution whatsoever. This novel should appeal to fans of James Joyce, William Burroughs, Richard Brautigan, Harmony Korine and the generally weirder end of literary fiction. Sol Nte has been making art, music, and words for the ＂no-audience underground＂ since the late eighties. With the exception of being included in a handful of exhibitions, dalliances with Fluxus in the nineties, and an extremely modest streaming revenue for his Pharaoh Sol free jazz albums, he is a refreshingly obscure unknown artist.