The Process: Archives, Documents, Reflections, and Revelations (Book)
2024 Stock. 208 pages, Paperback. Profusely illustrated book about The Process - Church of the Final Judgement, based on The Process Archives. 18 Chapters, illustrated with 140 rare photos and documents. "Papa’s book makes good use of his extensive collection of Process memorabilia. As the shadowy cult’s narrative history unfolds, he is able to refer to, quote from extensively and even reproduce from the vast amount of literature they produced. In doing so, Papa is able to give his readers an a…
Favoritism DIsc Guide - 7 Inch Japan Domestic Disc Disco B-Side Edition (Book)
*2024 Stock* "Disco Beats has created a disc guide zine in paper format. The theme is domestic disco 7-inch B-sides. Please get a copy of this zine and go on a treasure hunt at record stores. Most of the records in the zine can be obtained for a few hundred yen. (Some of them are chill soul, some are disco, so please check out YouTube and listen to them)."A lovely little book about rare Japanese 7" records that comes, well, in a 7x7" format. The book focuses mostly on neglected B-sides, which i…
Les Chercheurs De Sons (Book)
*2024 Stock* "Les chercheurs de sons" have left the certainties of traditional lutherie behind them to explore the "terra incognita" of music. Invented instruments, musical machines, sculptures and sound installations: a long subtitle to reflect the diversity of approaches to this musical field as diverse as it is inventive. Thirty contemporary French-speaking musicians specializing in sound invention present a selection of acoustic sound objects they have imagined and designed. By offering an …
Sounds Heard (Book + CD)
*2024 Stock* Sounds Heard is not only a collection of writings intended for people who are interested or involved in contemporary music, especially those performers - including children - who lack a formal musical training. It also charts a wide cross-section of the activities of an intriguing musical personality. At different times in Hugh Davies' nearly 40-year career he has been variously described as "the world's leading electromusicologist", "the most informed person around on the general …
Portraits Polychromes n° 10 Francis Dhomont (Book)
2024 Stock*. A French-only book about Francis Dhomont with texts by Evelyne Gayou, Francois Bayle, Jean-Christophe Thomas, Francis Dhomont, Stephane Roy, Andrew Lewis, Anna Rubin, Katherine Norman.
Portraits Polychromes n° 9 Jacques Lejeune (Book)
2024 Stock*. A French-only book about Jacques Lejeune with texts by Pierre-Albert Castanet, Michel Rigoni, Jean-Christophe Thomas, Yves Krier, Gilles Racot.
Portraits Polychromes n° 8 Michel Chion (Book)
2024 Stock*. A French-only book about Michel Chion with texts by Pierre-Albert Castanet, Martin Kaltenecker, Evelyne Gayou, Lionel Marchetti, Pierre Schaeffer.
Portraits Polychromes n° 6- Francois Bayle (Book)
2024 Stock*. A French-only book about Francois Bayle with texts by Gianfranco Vinay, Evelyne Gayou, Edith Alonso, Solange Barrachina, Regis Renouard Lavrière.
Portraits Polychromes n° 4 - Bernard Parmegiani (Book)
2024 Stock*. A French-only book about Bernard Parmegiani with texts by Pierre-Albert Castanet, Régis Renouard Larivière, Guy Reibel, Philippe Langlois.
John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band (Book)
*2024 stock* Described by Lennon as ‘the best thing I’ve ever done’, and widely regarded by critics as his best solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was released alongside the remarkable Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band on 11 December 1970. With first-hand commentary by John & Yoko, members of the Plastic Ono Band and other key figures in their lives, and packed with evocative and revealing letters, artworks and photographs, this incisive volume offers new insights into the raw emotions and open mi…
The Portable John Latham (Book)
*2024 stock* This book features a selection of documents from the personal archive of the late British artist John Latham (more information here), presently maintained in his last home and studio in Peckham, South London. Through reproductions of letters, invitation cards, exhibition reviews, performance scripts and images, the publication retraces Latham’s pioneering practice over six decades, from the late 1940s to his death in 2006. Published on the occasion of John Latham: Anarchive in asso…
The 120 Days Of Musica (Book)
*2024 stock* 120 true and oxymoronesque scores-instructions composed by Frédéric Acquaviva between 2015 and 2017 in Berlin.Traitor to his country, Frédéric Acquaviva composes against adversity and for more than a quarter of a century, a bordeline and transgender musical work, with the modus operandi “Never repeat yourself”. “The 120 Days of Musica” aren't Fluxus gags, nor imaginary lettrist works, nor situationist ambiant derives, nor actionist actions, nor contemporary music from ancient times…
Throbbing Gristle - An Endless Discontent (Book)
In 1976 the British band Throbbing Gristle emerged from the radical arts collective COUM Transmissions through core members Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti, joined by Hipgnosis photographer Peter Christopherson and electronics specialist Chris Carter. Though having performed previously in more low-key arts environments, their major launch coincided with the COUM retrospective exhibition Prostitution at London’s ICA gallery, showcasing and contextualising an array of challenging objects f…
In the Canyon, Revise The Canon – Utopian Knowledge, Radical Pedagogy and Artist-Run Community Art Spaces in Southern California (Book)
*2024 stock* Before the onset of the social and cultural backlash that was brought on by the Reagan administration in the early eighties, Southern California was ripe territory for the genesis and development of emancipation movements for and by African Americans, Chicanos, pacifists, Marxists, feminists and homosexuals. Starting in the late sixties, these revolutionary waves particularly influenced practices such as performance art, video, installation and collaboration, which led to the const…
Improvising Sculpture As Delayed Fictions (Book)
*2024 Stock* Experimental musician, sound and visual artist Félicia Atkinson (born 1981) lives on the wild coast of Normandy (France). She has played music since the early 2000s. She has released many records and a novel on Shelter Press, the label and publisher she co-runs with Bartolomé Sanson. For Félicia Atkinson, human voices inhabit an ecology alongside and within many other things that don't speak, in the conventional sense: landscapes, images, books, memories, ideas. The French electro-a…
Being Time: Case Studies in Musical Temporality(Book)
Being Time invites a deep consideration of the personal experience of temporality in music, focusing on the perceptual role of the listener. Through individual case studies, this book centers on musical works that deal with time in radical ways. These include pieces by Morton Feldman, James Saunders, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Ryoji Ikeda, Toshiya Tsunoda, Laurie Spiegel and André O. Möller. Multiple perspectives are explored through a series of encounters, initially between an individual and a work, an…
Rrose To The Occasion (Book)
*2024 Stock* In 1984, John Cage gave a concert at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. Thomas Wulffen seized the opportunity to talk to him about his work, about Berlin, and about Germany. The hitherto unpublished interview shows this major avant-garde artist in a relaxed mood, perfectly at his ease, though not without a light touch of irony. An historical document.
The Middle Matter – Sound as interstice (Book)
*2024 Stock* This reader brings together artistic and theoretical contributions on the instertitial nature of sound. This issue is addressed through a variety of prisms, such as format, language, politics, or new technologies. The Middle Matter is a reader which brings together thoughts on the nature of sound; its substance, specific qualities, and potential—with a specific curiosity to its propensity to occupy the spaces in-between, the instertitial gaps between different spaces, times, cultur…
Journey To A Plugged In State Of Mind (Book)
*2024 stock* An exploration of the greatest albums, experiences, and tunes from more than a century of electronic sound
From anarchic sound art manifestos of the early 1900s to the three minute radio-friendly hits of the late 20th century, via tape manipulations, WWII surplus gadgetry, synthetic versions of the Beatles, and the development and domination of the synthesizer, the sequencer, and their descendants which form the basic building blocks of much of the music we listen to today, the his…
Music Autopsies - Music Essays And Interviews (1999-2022) (Book)
‘…music can conduct autopsies on received historical narratives and current ideologies of power and exploitation; it can tell things as they were, as they are, and perhaps, as they could be.’ (Benjamin Dwyer)
In this book, the direction of readers’ attention is naturally drawn into music; but more often it is drawn outwards. This is the metaphoric idea of ‘autopsy’: music can not only conduct investigations into extra-musical thoughts of discipline, but also into political and socio-cultural are…