Eddie Prévost - An Uncommon Music For The Common Man
Percussionist, improviser and AMM founding member Eddie Prévost’s new book presents a fascinating series of reflections and challenging insights on music..(read more)
Publisher: Copula / Matchless / ISBN: 9780952549260
Author: Eddie Prévost
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Free Improvisation, Music Theory, Politics, UK.
Soundings - Issue 75 (Summer 2020): System Change
Institutional racism became part of public discourse in the UK in 1999, after the Macpherson report on the murder of Stephen Lawrence by the police some years..(read more)
Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart / ISBN: 9781912064281
Author: Soundings
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Activism, Criticism, Magazines, Politics, UK.
Richard Youngs - Endless Futures
“Imagine Richard Youngs as the junior member of a cabal of prolific and puritanical English musician-mystics, including The Fall’s Mark E Smith, Van..(read more)
Label: Glass Records / REDUXLP015
Artist: Richard Youngs
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Free-folk, UK, Vinyl.
Soundings - Issue 74 (Spring 2020): New Municipal Alternatives
After a crushing political defeat at the UK election, one resource of hope is municipalism. One of the most inspiring examples is Preston council.
Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart / ISBN: 9781912064298
Author: Soundings
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Activism, Criticism, Magazines, Poetry, Politics, UK.
Mike Westbrook - Metropolis
English jazz pianist Mike Westbrook released this in 1971; a concept album recorded over three days in the famous Lansdowne studios.
Label: Music On Vinyl / MOVLP2206
Artist: Mike Westbrook
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Big Band, Modern Jazz, UK, Vinyl.
Benjamin Piekut - Henry Cow: The World is a Problem
British experimental band Henry Cow pushed rock music to its limits. Their open improvisations, lapidary lyrics, errant melodies, and relentless pursuit of spon..(read more)
Publisher: Duke University Press / ISBN: 9781478004660
Author: Benjamin Piekut
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '70s, Avant-Garde, Avant-Rock, UK.
Soundings - Issue 73 (Winter 2019-2020): Power to the People?
Lawrence and Wishart is one of the few remaining independent publishing houses in Britain. It is heir to a long intellectual and political tradition, and has al..(read more)
Publisher: Laurence & Wishart / ISBN: 9781912064120
Author: Soundings
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Activism, Criticism, Magazines, Politics, UK.
David Toop - Flutter Echo: Living Within Sound
Brilliant new publication by the imprint of Thurston Moore and Eva Prinz. English musician and writer David Toop’s memoirs!
Publisher: Ecstatic Peace Library / 9781787601529
Author: David Toop
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Biography, Free Improvisation, UK.
Brian Eno - Visual Music
Finally back in print, Visual Music is a one-of-a-kind guided tour through the visual art of creative polymath Brian Eno.
Publisher: Chronicle Books / ISBN: 9781452169361
Author: Brian Eno
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Ambient, Electronic Music, Prog-Rock, UK, Visual Music.
