Death and resurrection have always been strong themes within Prince’s body of work. Within the broader story he was trying to convey in the early to mid 1990s – or was making up as he went along – these themes are obvious. In the summer of 1993 Prince ‘died’ and resurrected as the ineffable one depicted as the symbol we have come to know all too well. One could see the ‘Come’ album as Prince’s journey through the underworld with its counterpart The Gold Experience as the resurrection in the form of ‘symbol’. In many ways that journey through the underworld is connected to 1993’s ‘Glam Slam Ulysses’ stage play. This presentation tries to connect the dots between Homer’s depiction of the aftermath of the Trojan war and the aftermath of Prince’s war with his record label.

Edgar Kruize is a freelance author, journalist and content creator based in the Netherlands. He is co-owner of communications agency buro33. He is specialized in music in general and specifically the entertainment industry. Kruize has been working for various (trade) magazines, concert and tour promoters, festival organizers and record companies for over two decades. He has written nine books on various musical subjects.

All it took was a cough in the Raspberry Beret video to have the young Edgar notice the artist he’d later found out to be Prince. Prince’s impressive body of work has been an inspiration in life and work. Kruize is the author of the book Prince: The Dutch Experience (2017), in which all of Prince’s steps in the Netherlands are retraced. He’s curently working on an updated (international) edition. Also, he co-hosts the Dutch Prince-blog PurplePicks.net, wrote the liner notes for the 2019 Sign “O” The Times deluxe DVD/Blu-ray set (along with appearing in the documentary about the making of that movie), and (co)hosted multiple Prince-themed lectures and live interviews. He is also the co-host of the #PrinceTwitterThread series.