Iyer's forthcoming trio disc Historicity, featuring longtime collaborator Stephan Crump on bass and young phenom Marcus Gilmore on drums, represents yet another twist.

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However, it is a kind of collective dream, or nightmare, a folk tale whose truth in not in the historicity or veracity but social reality.

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All of the songs on Historicity, from electronic-pop artist M.

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