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David Grubbs - Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage, the Sixties, and Sound Recording
John Cage's disdain for records was legendary. He repeatedly spoke of the ways in which recorded music was antithetical to his work. In Records Ruin the La..(read more)
Publisher: Duke University Press / ISBN: 978-0-8223-5590-8
Author: David Grubbs
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '60s, Avant-Garde.
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Family Fodder - Schizophrenia Party (Director’s Cut)
For the first time reissued on vinyl in a limited edition of 500 copies and coming with four exclusive bonus tracks, “Schizophrenia Party (Director's..(read more)
Label: Staubgold / staubgold 131
Artist: Family Fodder
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '80s, 1-of-a-Kinds, Avant-Garde, Sonic Experiments, Vinyl.
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Wyndham Lewis (Ed.) - BLAST 1
Here it is: the great magenta covered opusculus ! Founded by Wyndham Lewis and Gaudier-Brzeska with the assistance of Ezra Pound, it ran for just two issues, pu..(read more)
Publisher: Gingko Press / ISBN: 978-1-58423-342-8
Author: Wyndham Lewis (Ed.)
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Art, Art Theory, Avant-Garde, Classics, Magazines.
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Various Artists - Young Person’s Guide To The Avant-Garde
Comprehensive primer on modernism and music in the 20th century, Futurist noise, Surrealism, Dada, serialism, musique concrète..
Label: LTM / LTMCD 2569
Artist: Various Artists
Medium: 2CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Composers, Early 20th Century, Futurism.
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John Szwed - Space Is The Place: The lives and times of Sun Ra
One of America’s most prolific and daring musicians, Sun Ra located himself in outer space, beyond both the geographical limits of the United States and t..(read more)
Publisher: Da Capo Press / ISBN: 978-0306808555
Author: John Szwed
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Biography, Free Jazz.
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Ulrich Conrads (Ed.) - Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture
Collected by the famous German architecture critic Ulrich Conrads, this publication brings together seminal texts from 1903 up to 1963. A reprint of a classic (..(read more)
Publisher: MIT Press / ISBN: 978-0-262-53030-9
Author: Ulrich Conrads (Ed.)
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Architecture, Avant-Garde.
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Ernst Schmidt Jr. - Stones & 20 Action and Destruction Films
Ernst Schmidt Jr. died in 1988, leaving behind experimental documentary films, material films, expanded cinema, abstract films, project films, conceptual film..(read more)
Label: Index / 042
Artist: Ernst Schmidt Jr.
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: '60s, '70s, 16 mm, Actionism, Austria, Avant-Garde, Documentary, Experimental.
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Steve Marreyt - Die Ursonate
Steve Marreyt (from Kraak), tackles Schwitters’ famous ‘Ursonate’ in a peculiar way… when he was drunk! Tape cover comes in various colo..(read more)
Label: Beyt Al Tapes / BAT09
Artist: Steve Marreyt
Medium: Music Cassette
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Sound Poetry, Tapes, Vocal Art.
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Pascal Comelade - A Freak Serenade
Nice album from 2009 of the French master of the toy piano and of the sweetest sounding avant-garde pop you ever heard.Nice price too!
Label: Because / BEC5772551
Artist: Pascal Comelade
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Pop.
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