Empty Words - Parte III
Long out of print 2011 double CD set of the legendary live performance in Milano by John Cage in 1977. With slipcase.
View Vol.II No.1 April, 1979 - Joan Jonas
Scarce first issue of American art/music magazine from 1979 completely devoted to Joan Jonas.
Cheap imitation
The second of the two glorious John Cage albums released by Cramps Records on the unparalleled Nova Musicha series. Superb copy with original innersleeve.
Seasons
Great copy of Yuji Takahashi 1977 solo piano LP on the highly collectable ALM Records woth three John Cage pieces plus J.S. Bach's Toccata No. 2 In C-Minor.
Sonatas and Interludes
Fylkingen first CD re-issue of Yuji Takahashi's landmark performance of Cage's prepared piano masterwork recorded in 1965.
Indeterminacy: New Aspect Of Form In Instrumental And Electronic
Perfect copy of Cage & Tudor's landmark album for Folkways from 1959 released as 2xLP box set with booklet.
The Music of John Cage and Harry Partch
Superb selection of historical recordings (1947 to 1973) of music by two undisputed masters of the American avant-garde.
The City Wears A Slouch Hat
Long out of print 2000 first CD re-issue on Cortical label in an edition limited to 1000 copies of very early John Cage electro-acoustic pieces from the 40's including his collaboration with experimental writer Kenneth Patchen. With OBI.
Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano
Solid copy of John Cage's 1951 first album as a double LP set, it can't get more seminal than this. A piece of history in gatefold heavy cardboard embossed sleeve with stickers.
Due Qui / To Hear (Box, Art Edition)
Art Edition. 150 copies in limited collector’s edition. Box set including 7 drawings printed on tracing paper + scores. The compositions by Massimo Bartolini, Caterina Barbieri, Gavin and Yuri Bryars and Kali Malone featured in the score, published by SZ Sugar and designed by Studio Folder, were initially conceived to occupy the spaces of the Italian Pavilion at the 2024 Art Biennale in Venice and contribute to Massimo Bartolini's own artistic project as an integral part of the works Pensive Bod…
Due Qui / To Hear
Softcover, 24 pages, 21 x 29,7 cm. The compositions by Massimo Bartolini, Caterina Barbieri, Gavin and Yuri Bryars and Kali Malone featured in the score, published by SZ Sugar and designed by Studio Folder, were initially conceived to occupy the spaces of the Italian Pavilion at the 2024 Art Biennale in Venice and contribute to Massimo Bartolini's own artistic project as an integral part of the works Pensive Bodhisattva on A Flat, Due qui and A veces ya no puedo moverme. The exhibition project D…
Portal
Artist Andrzej Steinbach's debut album includes two pieces of music, »Wartehalle« and »Behörde«, which he recorded in mono at the Leopold Hoesch Museum in Düren in early 2024.
Steinbach converted an object from his collection into an instrument. A contact microphone was attached to the metal door frame, which reproduces the natural vibrations of the frame via an amplifier and a sound transducer in a feedback loop. Using an intermediate mixer, Steinbach was able to control these charges directly …
Maggot Brain #18 (Sep/Oct/Nov 2024)
"On the cover: Grace Jones by Tamara Palmer: Palmer delves into the entire history of this remarkable artist, who will naturally deliver us a stunning cover image. Jones is even more of a one-of-a-kind musician and persona than most of us realize, so we're extra excited to feature her on the cover of this issue. Deep Archival Dives With Living Luminaries -- PULP: Peeling back the onion of time, we are graced with a fine selection of ephemera and rare images from the forthcoming Hat + Beard book …
Looking For My Value: Prologue To A Blade (Book, Signed Copies)
Alabaster DePlume’s debut poetry collection, Looking For My Value: Prologue To A Blade, offers readers a deeper exploration of the themes of dignity, sovereignty, and the work of healing that are present in his music. Arriving as a limited gatefold custom A6 pocket book featuring cover art by British illustrator Ian Wright and design by London-based Jamie Coull, this collection features raw and vulnerable prose that reflects DePlume’s journey toward finding and taking responsibility for his own …
Popoli di Vetro (Book)
112 pages. Italian language.Popoli di Vetro (Peoples of Glass) is a new publication by Francesco Cavaliere published by Viaindustriae and produced by Xing, in the frame of the project Abyssal Creatures supported by Italian Council.Popoli di Vetro is an artist’s book in the form of a fantastical novella. Here, the writing generates an imaginative world in which glass is the pervasive element the protagonist must deal with.
Tan – also known as Metastasio – moves freely in an abyssal setting, searc…
La musique concrète de Michel Chion
*2024 stock* French Text* A journey into the universe of one of the most original composers in the field of the concrete music (the essay is followed by an interview between Michel Chion and Christian Zanési, a biography and a discography).
Revenantes (Book + CD)
Two revenant stories by Léon Bloy, with music by Nurse With Wound.
Live In Hong Kong
**LP-sized. Limited to 50 copies** This live show was organized by The Empty Gallery in Hong Kong. The owner and director listened a CD Music for Piano by cello improviser Yasumune Morishige and musician Atsushi Reizen released by Omega Point, and they decided to hold a live show on retrospective exhibition of experimental filmmaker Toshio Matsumoto. On this live show, two grand pianos provided through the good offices of the owner. This is the best situation for performing without interference …
Mechanization I & II
On this new LP Harry Bertoia shows why he may have been the first industrial musician. Bertoia often referred to his sound sculptures as a "collaboration with industry" and on this new LP Bertoia is intentionally creating heavy, rhythmic music he described as "mechanized," "mechanical" and "factory like." This first edition is packaged in a full color sleeve with metallic inks. Mastered by Tom Eaton at Sounds & Substance.
Recorded in 1971, percussion and repetition emulate the pounding rhythms …
I-A-K Interplanetary-Abyssal-Kite
** Collector's edition of 35 copies, each accompanied by a foulard-kite designed by the artist **
Xing presents the new LP I-A-K Interplanetary-Abyssal-Kite by Francesco Cavaliere, fifteenth release of XONG collection - artist records. I-A-K Interplanetary-Abyssal-Kite is a composition by Francesco Cavaliere, part of his Abyssal Creatures project based on an ensemble of concave blown glass sculptures that recall transparent creatures far from human representation: beings that inhale sound and …