David Grubbs - Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage, the Sixties, and Sound Recording
John Cage's disdain for records was legendary. He repeatedly spoke of the ways in which recorded music was antithetical to his work. In Records Ruin the La..(read more)
Publisher: Duke University Press / ISBN: 978-0-8223-5590-8
Author: David Grubbs
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '60s, Avant-Garde.
Red Krayola - Blues, Hollers And Hellos
Coming full circle, and in need of a new release Mayo Thompson and company bring an EP of delightfully stripped sound that moves slightly ahead of more recent e..(read more)
Label: Drag City / DC190CD
Artist: Red Krayola
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, New Wave and Post-Punk, USA.
France Sauvage - Couper les tchou tchou
Improvisation tinged with humor and humility, a rare approach. From the strangely nerdy harpsichord to the spirit of serenity and clusters of small noises and e..(read more)
Label: Bimbo Tower Records / btr 016
Artist: France Sauvage
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Electro-Acoustic, Improvisation, Noise, Vinyl.
Maxim Komar-Myshkin - Vladimir’s Night
Presented as a children's book, this gory political assault and erotic farce involving elaborately detailed paintings that draw from the most disparate sou..(read more)
Publisher: Sternberg Press / ISBN: 978-3-95679-059-1
Author: Maxim Komar-Myshkin
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Absurdism, Activism, Russia.