Drone Zone on SomaFM.

If I’m going for an unsettling bleakness maybe slow noir jazz like bohren and der club of gore, or something faster and jarring maybe clown core, or just esoteric and made to be unapproachable like infant annihilator or knocked loose

Intriguing question. Still thinking here but this may help others sort through their mental jukeboxes…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka#"Kafkaesque"

Boils down to: “Kafka’s quintessential qualities are affecting use of language, a setting that straddles fantasy and reality, and a sense of striving even in the face of bleakness—hopelessly and full of hope.”

First thought: Pink Floyd The Wall… …

Gustav Janouch interviewed Kafka who talked passionately about music but not specific music.

However, being from Central Europe at the turn of the century, it’s likely he was talking about the composers Smetana and Dvořak.

I have no idea what you mean by that, but I really like the song Metamorphosis by Infinity Song.

I’ve never ever thought of any music as Kafkaesque…

Huh…

I’m sure it doesn’t truly count, but The Vaselines have a song called The Day I Was A Horse about being a horse for a day. It might actually be about drugs though idk. Not strictly kafka-esque, but it is at least somewhat Kafka-adjacent.

Only thing I can think of is Aquarela do Brasil, but that’s only because of Terry Gilliam…

Trout Mask Replica

Maybe check out Califone. First thing that Kafka brought to mind. Also the Robert Devereux Fungicide album.