Caligula was not his real name of course. He was Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus and Caligula was his nickname. In view of his popular reputation for cruelty, extravagance, and sexual perversity, in other words as an insane tyrant, one has to ask why Victoria Hesketh has named herself after him. Little Boots (Caligula in Latin) is a talented musician rather than a tyrant; I'm no longer young and so can't be expected to understand these things.
Anyway, she is an interesting musician and this is one of her best videos:
The interesting thing is you can view alternative recordings on YouTube. This is one of the same song without the backing group. You also get a better idea of the use of the ternorion.
Now those of you with a courageous turn of mind might try to listen to this. I suggest you listen with fingers in your ears; I usually manage 30 seconds max before I switch off. It is of course the commercial version.
If you're wondering what this has to do with improvisation and spirituality, it's a slow build - there will be more posts on this theme.
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