Soundings - Issue 76 (Winter 2020-21): Goodbye 2020
‘…nourishes public intellectual space – without it our public culture would be diminished.’ (Tariq Modood)
Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart / ISBN: 9781912064274
Author: Soundings
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Activism, Criticism, Magazines, Politics, UK.
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.
Danielle Lemaire - A Black Bird flew up. . Sharing Space with Nick Drake
Beautiful publication in print and on vinyl by one of my favourite artists. Danielle explains how she discovered Nick Drake and what fascinates her about this s..(read more)
Publisher: Inner Landscapes
Author: Danielle Lemaire
Medium: 10" + Book
Categories: Books & Magazines, Records & Tapes.
Tags: 1-of-a-Kinds, Graphic Art, History, Portrait, 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.
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.
Philip Johnson - Youth in Mourning
Philip Johnson, a lost figure in the dark waters of early industrial music in the UK, made over 25 tapes in the late ’70s. Ethereal soundscapes, damaged e..(read more)
Label: Superior Viaduct / 057LP
Artist: Philip Johnson
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '80s, Industrial Music, Tape Experiments, 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.
The Bellowing Earwigs - The Perpendicular Giraffe Compartment
Great studio session by some great characters of free improvisation! I think Jean-Michel van Schouwburg especially shines on this album, what an amazing vocalis..(read more)
Label: FMR / 581-0520
Artist: The Bellowing Earwigs
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Free Improvisation, Saxophone, UK, Vocal Art.
