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.
Loraine James - For You And I
Rhythmically free flowing and sprawling, with melodies that evolve into rippling keys. It feels like a live jam session with a jazz mentality, contrasting the d..(read more)
Label: Hyperdub
Artist: Loraine James
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Dub, Electronic, Grime, Queer Culture, UK, Vinyl.
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.
This Heat - Repeat / Metal
Still sounding like little else before or since, ‘Repeat’ and ‘Metal’ are held in almost cultish regard by myriad avant-garde and experimental music obs..(read more)
Label: Modern Classics Recordings / MCR927
Artist: This Heat
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Post-Punk, UK, Vinyl.
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.
