Been a long time since I read it, so can’t remember the name of the author now … and my books are all in storage, so, I can’t go and look for it … but a short science fiction horror story, in which the musicians’ instruments are made from flesh recombined from DNA and have an element of their genetic sources’ ‘soul’ in them (perhaps low level ‘memories’ of being alive).

When the guitars are played, they scream … as if in agony (both physical and existential) … producing a sound that could not be coaxed from mere strings and electricity.