Hear the moans of ghosts who boarded this train at dusk and will only alight at dawn.
The immediate thing I recalled while watching the documentary The Iron Ministry is one of my favorite tracks by the brilliant UK dubstep producer Burial. It’s called “South London Boroughs,” and it’s on the very first record of his decade-long career. The track opens with the rattle of a train that sounds like it’s cutting through the darkest part of the urban night. We hear the rolling of steel wheels, the clanking of thick chains, the swaying of linked cars. We also hear the moans of ghosts who boarded this train at dusk and will only alight at dawn.
The Iron Ministry, which is directed by J.P. Sniadecki, is about the trains of modern China…
