New Arrivals
The Sacrifice
Tip! In 2020, a year shaped by stringent COVID-19 restrictions, many of us paused for thought about our collective futures. For First Light Records, this reflection, plus the support of Sound and Music's Composer-Curator programme, led to the development of Unbuilt Sound, a new series of commissions centred around acoustic ecology; the relationship between listener and environment. The first iteration of the Unbuilt Sound series sees Flora Yin-Wong retreat to an isolated cabin outside Machynllet…
Il Terzo Reich
** Edition of 400 copies ** Xing presents the artist record Il Terzo Reich by Romeo Castellucci and Scott Gibbons, fourth release in the XONG series, accompanied by an insert that collects on a long strip of black paper an extract from the flow of words screened in the homonymous stage work.
Il Terzo Reich is the image and sound of an inculcated communication. The nouns of the Italian language flash on a black screen, about fourteen thousand words. Here, a language-machine devours entire spheres…
Endless Suburb
German Army is a two-piece from the San Gabriel Valley and one of the loudest voices in the underground tape scene. Raised on Sydney Possuelo and Paulo Freore, their catalogue seeks to critique U.S imperialism and nationalism while bringing attention to endangered culture and ecology around the globe.
Would It Sound Just as Bad If You Played It
A Collection of Sounds from the Studio Eksperymentalne Polskiego Radia (1959-2001) with art by Zofia Kulik. “Would it sound just as bad if you played it backwards?” assembles a collection of audio experiments created at the Polish Radio Experimental Studio (PRES) from 1959 to the beginning of the millennium. These exceptional works are presented alongside images from the Polish artist Zofia Kulik, whose career reached its apogee between the late 1960s and early 70s.
Polish Radio Experimental…
Where Was I
Tip! *100 copies limited edition* Badskin is Melbourne-based guitarist and composer Carla Oliver. Where Was I is her debut album and contribution to Australian ambient and experimental music. Her new album is expected to be released early next year. Comprised of guitar loops and field recordings taken in Northern Queensland’s Paluma Ranges, Where Was I (Part 1) is the first taste of Oliver’s debut solo LP. There’s something unsettling yet comforting for those familiar with rural Australia in the…
Spirit Walking
*250 copies limited edition* An album that whisks you out of the muggy present and into a dream-like lull, Spirit Walking collects a set of piano improvisations from Jordan Ireland (Blue Divers, Stolen Violin, The Purple Orchestra, ex-The Middle East). Two sides of only piano (no vocals, seemingly no overdubs, not even any room sound), these tracks wander through and explore meditative left hand drones, right-hand lyrical phrasing, and bursts of riffing, trying to reconcile post-Alice Coltrane s…
Through The Spectral Gate
*In process of stocking* Paul Roland teams again with legendary British psychedelic guru Mick Crossley (aka Flyte Reaction) for a new masterpiece. A double album on a single cd that will lead you trough a magic journey... through the spectral gates of your mind.
Residy
'The music on this album is a variation on a variation, the Goldberg Variation no. 21 by JS Bach. In a moment of realistic modesty, it struck me that I will probably never live up to my old dream of being able to play all the Goldberg variations in a way that’s at least close to the composer’s intentions and that pleases my own ears. However, I reckoned, perhaps I could use the score of one of the pieces as a foundation to build something else. Exploring and at the same time (re)creating the res…
For Zitkála-Šá (Book)
Art Metropole is pleased to announce the availability of For Zitkála-Šá, a book of scores by artist and composer Raven Chacon.
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I Seem to Live [vol.2] (Book)
* 2021 Stock. Language: English * The second volume of Jonas Mekas’s autobiography I Seem to Live. The New York Diaries, 1969–2011 continues with the meticulous description of his dense life in New York’s underground art scene. It begins with the seventies, a time when the Chelsea Hotel was a central hub of creativity and a temporary home for the filmmaker and critic. In 1970, Mekas cofounded Anthology Film Archives with Jerome Hill, P. Adams Sitney, Peter Kubelka, and Stan Brakhage. Later, he b…
Kora-Ju (Book)
Tadanori Yokoo is one of Japan's most prolific and internationally recognised graphic designers and artists, whose body of work also includes illustration, printmaking, painting and collage. The pages of this book are filled with almost 100 clipped and pasted compositions spanning 40 years of work, many of them recent and new pieces. As described by Hideo Namba in the accompanying critical essay, “Yokoo’s art is the act of freely creating a work on the basis of intuition and (human) instinct.” S…
Genkyo - A Visual Story (Book)
Tadanori Yokoo's 80-year history of creations that continue to fascinate the world is condensed into one book. Fans will recognise his playful and dazzling signature style, decade by decade: graphic works of the 1960s, techniques and themes released after his “painter declaration” in 1981, and the "Y-shaped road" series from the 2000s. This is the official catalogue of an exhibition that traces the development of Yokoo's art and episodes of his life. Born in 1936, the Japanese graphic designer, …
Genkyo - Yokoo Tadanori Ii Works (Book)
Tadanori Yokoo held his first solo exhibition of paintings in 1966 in Tokyo. His revolutionary work, which oscillates between conceptual art and pure design, rapidly gained attention in the international art world. With a signature style of colourful psychedelia and pastiche, he engages a wide spectrum of modern visual and cultural phenomena from Japan and elsewhere. The subject matter often clashes with what seems a nonsensical collage of images. ‘Genkyo’ is an exuberant, far-reaching anthology…
Roger A Ti Wawa
Ultra rare album reissue for the first time Worldwide. Fantastic Proto-Zouk from Georges and Pierre-Edouard Decimus. NSI (New sound From the Islands) is a concept launched by the Decimus family, and the album was released at the end of 1981, at the same time as Kassav's Album "N'4" with the singer Jocelyn Moka.
Artificial Music (Book)
* 2021 Stock. Language: English * From home studios to streaming platforms, artificial intelligence is defining the sound of the future. This collection of essays explores the key developments in the field of AI and music, examining the process that enables nonhuman creativity to become a resonance chamber for new synergies.
Listen to Lists (Book)
* 2021 Stock. Language: English * Lists have been used for a long time to provide orientation in the world of music. The technological triumph of streaming ser vices has turned the supply of music into a new consumer format that has come to dominate the way music is brought to market. However, the playlist does more than just format the music, it also structures the way people listen to it and sorts the data logs collected by streaming services. This revolution has spawned new organizational ca…
Looking at Music (Book)
* 2021 Stock. Language: English * The performance of computer-generated music breaks with the codes that have been established for concerts: the audience can no longer watch as music is created, and the causal relationship between action and sound has been cut. The laptop performance has evolved into a format in which the audience stares at people staring at screens. Looking at Music examines the role that visibility plays in the experience of music. How important is the live quality to the futu…
First Meeting
Edition of 500 copies pressed on clear vinyl, newly mastered and including a 12" x 12" double sided insert of liner notes and archival images
Blear
Tip! An entropic vortex of full-room tear-up texture. Duo lineup of Charlie Mumma and John Wiese. Originally released in 2018 on LP/CS, this crucial CD reissue brings back into a print a pinnacle of modern, harsh musique concrète – with nearly 15 minutes of bonus material!
Electric Field In Parallel
‘Another stunning, definitive and beyond harsh release from the arguably the most forward thinking ultra-sonic-destruction unit in the world.’ - Brandon Hill