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.
Alex Coles - Tainted Love – From Nina Simone to Kendrick Lamar
Titled after Soft Cell’s version of the 1965 Gloria Jones track, an inquiry into the twisted romantic ballad, giving a sense of both its history and conte..(read more)
Publisher: Faber / ISBN: 9783956796586
Author: Alex Coles
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Music Theory, Pop Culture, Songs.
Hannes Liechti - This Track Contains Politics: The Culture of Sampling in Experimental Electronica
Discusses the culture and politics of musical sampling from a new perspective. Liechti’s in-depth analysis of sampling strategies by artists such as COOL FOR ..(read more)
Publisher: Norient / ISBN: 9783952544426
Author: Hannes Liechti
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Electronic Music, Politics, Pop Culture, Sampling.
Francesco Fusaro (Ed.) - Sonic Traces: From Italy
Around the open question of «Italian Identity» in sound and music. From essay to video playlist, it asks: What can be labeled as Italian music, after all?
Publisher: Norient / ISBN: 9783952544402
Author: Francesco Fusaro (Ed.)
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Culture Theory, European Networks, Italy, Pop Culture.
Guy Mankowski - Albion’s Secret History
Compiles snapshots of English pop culture’s rebels and outsiders, from Oscar Wilde to Tricky via PJ Harvey and Mark E. Smith. Those who have really shaped Alb..(read more)
Publisher: Zero Books / ISBN: 9781789040289
Author: Guy Mankowski
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: History, Outsider Art, Pop, Pop Culture, UK.
Gavin Butt, Kodwo Eshun, Mark Fisher (Editors) - Post Punk Then and Now
What were the conditions for art and music-making before neoliberal capitalism? What role did punk play in turning artists to experiment with popular music in t..(read more)
Publisher: Repeater Books / ISBN: 9781910924266
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '70s, '80s, Culture Theory, New Wave and Post-Punk, Pop Culture, Post-Punk.
Robert Crumb - The Complete Record Cover Collection
Coffee table book for fans of Robert Crumb and music-lovers alike! Crumb designed so many record covers, most notably the 1968 Big Brother and the Holding Compa..(read more)
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company / ISBN: 978-0-393-08278-4
Author: Robert Crumb
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: 1-of-a-Kinds, Comics, Graphic Design, Pop Culture, Vinyl.
Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore - The Medium is the Massage – an Inventory of Effects
An eye-opener ! A seminal work about mass media culture; Words of wisdom from a visionary and popular communicator; Thought provoking insights into how technolo..(read more)
Publisher: Gingko Press / ISBN: 978-1-58423-070-0
Author: Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Culture Theory, Pop Culture.
Florian Cramer - Anti-Media – Ephemera on Speculative Arts
1. There is art, and there is anti-art.2. If that is so, there must also be anti-media.3. ‘Media’ as a term is as fuzzy as ‘art’.4. Both ‘art’..(read more)
Publisher: NAi010 Publishers / ISBN 978-94-62080-31-7
Author: Florian Cramer
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Media Theory, Network Culture, Outsider Art, Pop Culture.
