An Anthology of Chance Operations (Book + Poster)
English edition ** 63 pages, B&W, soft cover, square format. Includes complimentary A3 poster ** An Anthology of chance operations, concept art, anti art, indeterminacy, plans of action, diagrams, music, dance constructions, improvization, meaningless work, natural disasters, compositions, mathematics, essays, poetry. LaMonte Young and Jackson Mac Low.Edited by La Monte Young in 1961, designed by George Maciunas and originally published in 1963, An Anthology.... contains productions by more than…
Interviews by Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Spiegel, Clara Rockmore, Beatriz Ferryra
Spanish/English edition. Perfect bound. 110 pages, edition of 50 copies This publication gathers interviews with four artists who are pioneers in the in the field of electronic experimental music, Clara Rockmore interviewed by Robert Moog, Pauline Oliveros interviewed by Miya Masaoka, Beatriz Ferreyra interviewed by Jason Gross and Laurie Spiegel interviewed by Dena Yago.
R. Schumann, Balilla Pratella, Luigi Russolo, Edgard Varese
Spanish/English edition. 85 pages, edition of 50 copies. A compilation of seminal texts for the young electronic musician. Perfect bound / ByW /
R. Schumann - Consejos para Jóvenes Músicos
Balilla Pratella - Manifesto para Músicos Futuristas
Luigi Russolo - El Arte del Ruido
Edgard Varese - La Liberación del Sonido
The Guests Go in To Supper (Book)
Rare 1st edition from 1986. Nearly 400 pages, large size, paperbound, smythe-sewn. Texts, scores and ideas of 7 American composers using language in composition: John Cage (Mushrooms et Variationes), Robert Ashley (Improvement), Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, Charles Amirkhanian, Michael Peppe, and Kenneth Atchley.
Published by Burning Books, 1986. Edited by Melody Sumner Carnahan, Kathleen Burch and Michael Sumner. Introductions by Charles Shere and Frances Butler.
Qicksand (Book)
Quicksand was written to be an opera libretto. But it was written in the form of a novel. . . . I am devoted to "mystery" stories. I read them one after another, mostly two or three times. Some of the best writers today are writing in this form. So, I thought that I would try to make an opera libretto from a mystery story, told verbatim. That is, the libretto and the novel would be the same: no scenes moved around or actions adapted to the proportions of a libretto, just tell the story the way i…
Atalanta (Acts of God) (Book)
Rare 1st edition hard cover. The definitive text of Atalanta (Acts of God) is followed by an Afterword by Robert Ashley. An excerpt from the Afterword: "I had already decided who the three characters of Atalanta (Acts of God) would be: Max Ernst, a long-time artistic hero for me; Willard Reynolds, my uncle, a storyteller to whom I had listened for most of my life; and Bud Powell, a legendary jazz pianist. The "successful suitor" in the Atalanta myth now has three forms (reminding us of his succe…
Perfect Lives
Rare 1st edition hard cover. The definitive text of Perfect Lives is accompanied here by Robert Ashley's plot synopsis and his own candid account of the making of the opera. This is the first publication of the complete narrative of this major work of twentieth century arts and letters. Edited by Melody Sumner Carnahan. 8 1/2 x 7 inches, 224 pages, clothbound, smythe-sewn. Published by Burning Books with Archer Fields Press, 1991.
"Ashley calls the libretto part of a great oral tradition, and, …
Graphème Vol.2
* This second volume contains 12 new scores in full colour and in b&w as well as an insert poster score! * Welcome to the second instalment of Graphème, a publication for experimental and graphic music scores. As in the first edition, we find new ways to talk about organised sound and creative solutions to artistic questions and endeavours. In publishing a work like this, we hope to offer an alternative outlet for composers and performers to express, explore and publish their ideas in a direct …
Grammofon-Missionen - Swedish Jesus Music Aesthetics 1960 - 1990
With a preface by Johan Kugelberg and additional interviews by Emil Karlsson. This lavish coffee table book takes an in-depth visual look back at the amazing art and graphics of the so-called Swedish Gramophone Mission. The book presents the largest collection of Swedish Christian records from the 1960s -1980s ever amassed featuring 777 record covers, many of them extraordinary and surreal private/custom pressings.
Jam packed with lots of interviews, liner-notes and previously unpublished phot…
Spacescapes – Dance & Drawing since 1962 (Book)
A collection of original essays focusing on the specific interaction of dance and drawing during the second half of the 20th century.Dance and drawing are intimately linked to the gesture that performs them. The dancing body creates a figure in space and leaves an impact on site, while the action of the artist sets a point into motion and captures an ephemeral event, which is reproduced in graphic or visual form. Throughout the 20th century, the performing and visual arts thus converged on many …
Seismographic Sounds – Visions of a New World (Book)
Last copies, long sold out at source. 504 Pages!| Scholars, journalists, bloggers and musicians from Bolivia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Switzerland and forty-six other countries discuss artistic expressions that may not make big headlines yet, but anticipate major changes to come. Produced in often times small studios from Jakarta to La Paz, Cape Town to Helsinki, these works experiment with the new possibilities of the Internet age and illuminate new spaces beyond the confines of commercialism, propag…
Written on The Wind (Book)
With clear references to navigation, Written On The Wind presents the work of Lawrence Weiner (New York, 1942), one of the most significant artists of the past fifty years through his drawings, which are probably the least known aspect of his oeuvre. The exhibition, eschewing a chronological narrative, is an exhaustive survey of the works on paper in favour of an intimate look at the interests and obsessions of the artist, and offering a privileged insight into his work and his vision of the wor…
Vito Hannibal Acconci Studio (Book + Dvd)
* Lucky restock, longtime sold out at source. Light wear on covers* This reference monograph (450 pages!), conceived in close collaboration with Vito Acconci, presents the whole of his work, starting at the end of the 60s until today's Acconci Studio projects. It includes descriptions of Acconci's audio pieces, performances, installations, films and diagrams along with an exhaustive chronology of works and bibliography, not to mention a DVD of 3 new 20 minutes long film-performances.
Scott: The Curious Life & Work of Scott Walker
** Hardcover edition ** The extraordinary personal and professional journey of Scott Walker who went from golden-voiced sixties pop-singer to iconoclastic musical adventurer. Author Paul Woods examines how the celebrated vocal range and philosophical concerns of Noel Scott Engel - aka Scott Walker - continue to challenge the accepted territory and subject matter of popular music.
The arrival of the Walker Brothers in Britain in the mid-sixties marked the first sighting of a long-haired American …
John Zorn
In Italian Una ricca monografia dedicata da Maurizio Principato a uno dei maggiori protagonisti della nuova musica, tra jazz, colta e sperimentazione. John Zorn è uno dei musicisti di punta della scena newyorkese e questo libro esplora per la prima volta l'intero universo del'artista americano, rivelandone la storia, la formazione e l'esemplare filosofia di vita. Una guida alla labirintica discografia, alle numerose collaborazioni, alle molteplici ispirazioni.
Demetrio Stratos. Scritti, documenti, testimonianze
In Italian Una ricca antologia definitiva curata da Claudio Chianura, rivolta a studiosi e appassionati, con alcuni testi inediti e diverse immagini, dedicata alla voce di Demetrio Stratos e alla sua originale ricerca musicale e antropologica. Testi di Demetrio Stratos, Gianni Sassi, GE Simonetti, Janete El Haouli, Paolo Tofani, Massimo Villa, Claudio Chianura, Daniela Ronconi, Gigliola Nocera, Franco Ferrero, Fatima Miranda... e molti altri.
Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952–1982 (Book, Hardcover)
Artists, writers, musicians, choreographers and filmmakers explore the possibilities of data, digitization and algorithms at the dawn of computer technology
Writings
** 2023 Repress ** Writings is the first collection to widely survey the singular Tony Conrad polymath’s prolific activity as a writer. Edited by artists Constance DeJong and Andrew Lampert, the book spans the years 1961 – 2012 and includes fifty-seven pieces: essays originally published in small press magazines, exhibition catalogs, anthologies, and album liner notes, along with other previously unpublished texts. Conrad writes about his own work, with substantial contributions on The Flicker, …
Sonic Meditations (Book)
First published in 1971 and long out of print, 'Sonic Meditations' is now reprinted by Pauline Oliveros Publications & Ministry of Maåt Publications. 25 meditations for musicians of all ages and skill levels, to help them learn how to focus on, listen to, and produce sound naturally. An important work in the development of Oliveros' Deep Listening. A "must" for any music library!
"One of the most seminal works in late 20th century avant-garde musical thought, Sonic Meditations not only departs …
Nile Night: Remembered Texts from the Deep
Nile Night is a lovely new book of poems that also includes a cd of readings by Ione and music by Pauline Oliveros. 'Nile Night: Remembered Texts from the Deep' will move your mind with sounds, sensations and feelings; arousing your dreams and taking you far into that fabled land of Egypt. How fortunate for me that I shared one of these journeys with Ione and can find my own memories amplified as I dive into the depths of these writings. What an enrichment to have these poetic texts and to keep …