Byung-Chul Han - The Crisis of Narration
The inflation of storytelling shows a need to cope with contingency, but storytelling cannot transform the information society back into a stable narrative comm..(read more)
Publisher: Polity Press / ISBN: 9781509560431
Author: Byung-Chul Han
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Culture Theory, Philosophy, Story-telling.
Various Authors - Art + Water
Various essays and texts provide a fascinating overview of cultural and artistic approaches to urgent water challenges, inviting us to rethink/reinvent our soci..(read more)
Publisher: V2 / ISBN: 9789082893571
Author: Various Authors
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, Water.
S. Alexander Reed - Laurie Anderson’s Big Science
Laurie Anderson pioneered new techniques in performance art, becoming its first superstar. Reed dives into the wonderfully strange making of Big Science from 19..(read more)
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780190926021
Author: S. Alexander Reed
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '80s, Avant-Garde Pop, Female Icons, History.
Various Autors - Zvuky Kódy Obrazy / Sounds Codes Images
Beautiful publication and welcome addition to what is known about the avant-garde in Czech Republic, Slovakia, focus on interaction of visual art and sound art...(read more)
Publisher: Artmap / ISBN: 9788090787346
Author: Various Autors
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Czech Republic, Eastern Europe, Slovakia, Sound Art.
Den Osynliga Manteln - Under Grön Himmel
Analog synthesizers, Electrical organs, tape hiss, saxophones and a hidden vibraphone. Mildly psychedelic and post-rock feel to it.
Label: Castles in Space / CiS143
Artist: Den Osynliga Manteln
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Post-Rock, Psychedelic, Sweden, Vinyl.
Christoph de Babalon / Replicant Impulse - “Irreversible Corruption”
“Unreleased & Reworked ROUGH EXPERIMENTAL 90’s drum ‘n breakcore splatterbreak fuckstep”. Split between de Babalon and California-ba..(read more)
Label: Dirgefunk / DF 13
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '90s, Breakcore, Drum and Bass, Vinyl.
Maria Uzor - Soft Cuts
A joyful and groove-led journey into a cosmic landscape of electro, avant-pop, footwork and stark techno, with unexpected twists through the darkness. Uzor is a..(read more)
Label: Castles in Space / CiS161
Artist: Maria Uzor
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Garde Pop, Dance, Electro, Songwriters, Vinyl.
Uncle Ox - Bleak Trees
Warmth emanates from the Silent M studio… a perfect trip for the armchair traveller. Cameo appearance of Christian Wolff in last track. Collaborators Char..(read more)
Label: Silent M / 24
Artist: Uncle Ox
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Ambient, Rotterdam, Soundscapes.
Nina Hitz, Vanita Monk and Marie Guilleray - Charm the Air to Give a Sound
Nice series of hybrid publications in the form of a fold-out cover with pictures and info, plus a how-to for getting the music itself, in high-quality audio ove..(read more)
Label: Monastery Records / MONX01602
Medium: Download Plus
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Cello, Guitar, Improvisation, Vocal Art.
