Nicolas Collins - Semi-Conducting (Rambles Through the Post-Cagean Thicket)
A personal chronology of observations and experiences with music, technology, economics – meeting John Cage and Minimalism, 1980s Downtown and East Villag..(read more)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic / ISBN: 9798765127568
Author: Nicolas Collins
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Garde, History, Music Theory, Sound Studies.
Holly Dicker - Dance or Die – A History of Hardcore
First critical study of city-based hard dance communities spanning 3 decades of musical reinvention mapped to gentrification, political intervention and societa..(read more)
Publisher: Velocity Press / ISBN: 9781913231859939
Author: Holly Dicker
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Hardcore, History, Rave, Techno, Underground.
Surekha Davies - Humans (A Monstrous History)
Today’s urgent questions on human rights; how they relate to people’s stories: who counts as fully human, what is normal, and who gets cast as monsters ..(read more)
Publisher: California University Press / ISBN: 9780520388093
Author: Surekha Davies
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Decolonisation, Ethics, History, Human Sciences, Humanism.
Various Authors - Baroeg: Dik 40 Jaar
In Dutch! The extreme history of an iconic rock club in the South of Rotterdam. De rijke geschiedenis van 40 jaar Baroeg..
Publisher: Own / 9789090360577
Author: Various Authors
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '80s, '90s, History, Punk, Rock, Rotterdam, Underground.
Kim Bjørn - Inspire the Music: 50 Years of Roland History
Comprehensive story of Roland, one of the most influential music brands in modern history. 50 years of innovation, passion, creativity and the machines that dri..(read more)
Publisher: Bjooks / ISBN: 9788799999560
Author: Kim Bjørn
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Electronic Music, History, Instrument Builders, Pop Culture, Synth.
Mike Metlay - Synth Gems 1
Explore the designs and stories behind famous synths by ARP, Casio, Clavia, Korg, Moog etc. and vintage gems from Crumar, Ensoniq, Fairlight, Kawai, Gleeman, Lo..(read more)
Publisher: Bjooks / ISBN: 978 8799 999545
Author: Mike Metlay
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Analog Synth, Electronic Music, History, Industrial Design, Instrument Builders.
S. Alexander Reed - Laurie Anderson’s Big Science
Laurie Anderson pioneered new techniques in performance art, becoming its first superstar. Reed dives into the wonderfully strange making of Big Science from 19..(read more)
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780190926021
Author: S. Alexander Reed
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '80s, Avant-Garde Pop, Female Icons, History.
Lars van der Miesen - P.L.A.N.E.T.A.R.T. – The History of Kees de Groot 1978-2004
Activist and media artist, rebel and organizer, punk and noisemaker, all of this is Kees de Groot (1956). Part of an artistic revolution that unfolded both with..(read more)
Publisher: Planetart / ISBN: 9789090388144
Author: Lars van der Miesen
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: 1-of-a-Kinds, Activism, History, Media Art, Punk, Underground.
Daan den Houter and Edo Dijksterhuis - De Aanschouw
In Dutch. A monument for Rotterdam’s smallest art gallery. And quite a volume! 22 jaar en ruim 1100 tentoonstellingen De Schouw in Rotterdam. Rotterdams b..(read more)
Publisher: Uitgeverij Waanders / ISBN: 9789462625341
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Art, Curatorship, History, Rotterdam.
