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Music Outside (Book)
*2022 stock. Hardcover edition* This is the republication of a book first published in 1973, and as such—and without the benefit of rose-tinted nostalgia—it offers a snapshot of a British jazz scene that was extraordinarily vibrant and diverse. Trump…
Communicate, How?: Paintings and Tapestries, 1967 - 1980 (Book)
* Exhibition catalogue. Limited edition. Produced on the occasion of the exhibition, extensive and copiously illustrated, with texts by Evie Ward, John Corbett, Lisa Alvarado, Christina Forrer, Naima Karlsson* Corbett vs. Dempsey is pleased to presen…
The First Words (Recordings 1984-1987)
** Hand-numbered limited edition to 500 copies, contains 64-page book with credits, notes and photos. 200 copies in english version. Slight wear due to storage, reduced price ** Optical Musics is a pioneering Greek avant-experimental project, found…
Topless Cellist The Improbable Life of Charlotte Moorman
The first book to explore the extraordinary career of musician and performance artist Charlotte Moorman, whose work combined classical rigor, avant-garde experiment, and madcap daring. The Juilliard-trained cellist Charlotte Moorman sat nude behind …
Sound_Shifting
CD comes with a 90-page catalogue released on occasion of the exhibition Sound-shifting by Möslang/Guhl at the Chiesa San Stae as part of the Swiss contribution to the 49th Venice Biennal 2001. During the preparations for their installation on the oc…
Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981) A Life Unfinished
Hardback cover edition, 1070 pages (!) Cornelius Cardew was a musician of genius for whom Life and Art were as one. He was a radical, both artistically and politically, becoming a tireless activist and uncompromising Marxist-Leninist. Passion and ima…
Erosphère
A book on Francis Bayle's compostion 'Erosphère' (1978-80), including in depth analysis, images of the score, etc. (french language only). The DVD-Rom (multilingual: french, englsh, japanese, portugese, chinese) has a great animation of the whole 64 …
Autofocus Retina
** 2021 Stock. English Version ** The son of an anthropologist, Lothar Baumgarten spent several years living with an indigenous tribe in the Venezuelan Amazon region. In the late 1960s, he became one of the first artists to introduce representations …
Timelines: Transparencies in a Dark Room
** 2021 Stock. English version ** The work of Joan Jonas, a pioneer in the fields of performance, experimental film, and video installation, addresses the clichés of femininity and deconstructs the image of woman and the stereotypes of female behavio…
Compositions (Book)
** 2021 Stock. English version ** This publication explores the work of the acclaimed Swiss-American artist Christian Marclay (1955), presenting a selection of works focusing on his sound compositions, from graphic scores to video installations. In t…
Vito Hannibal Acconci Studio (Book + Dvd)
* Lucky restock, longtime sold out at source. Light wear on covers* This reference monograph (450 pages!), conceived in close collaboration with Vito Acconci, presents the whole of his work, starting at the end of the 60s until today's Acconci Studio…
Keeper of the Code: Paintings 1963–2022 (Book)
Keeper of the Code: Paintings 1963–2022 is Roscoe Mitchell's first exhibit with Corbett Vs. Dempsey. The exhibit is accompanied by an in-depth 140-page full-color catalog reproducing over 100 of Mitchell’s paintings, with an interview by John Corbett…
Sonopsys N° 2/3
Realized at and commissioned by Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM). Premiered April 25, 2004, salle Olivier Messiaen, Maison de la Radio (Paris, France). Comes within 108-page book with original texts in French translated in English including inter…
The Legend of Father and The Source Family
*2021 Stock. Softcover, 300 pages, Limited & Numbered edition of 250 * Finally... the true and touching story is told ! This book is very moving! It is beautiful to behold (with the YHVH in gold foil) and will touch your heart – like it or not ! It h…
Sound Composition
A collection of writings with 2 CDs of sound examples, based on talks presented over several years, describing in some detail the compositional approaches and working methods involved in the production of many of Trevor Wishart's musical works. Inclu…
The Garden of Earthly
**In process of stocking** A new release from Trevor Wishart, inspired by the Bosch painting of the same name. He describes this as a comic opera. It was conceived as a 8-channel audio piece, in which voices are heard in several different audio envir…
One last Interview
Tip! ** Edition of 100, bilingual (German / English). Signed and numbered. Interview with Wolfgang Müller with original recordings from Die Tödliche Doris** On August 27, 2018, Wolfgang Müller arranged to meet his longtime friend Tabea Blumenschein …
Tales from the Ghost Town: The Coventry Punk Fanzine Revolution 1979-1985 (Book)
* 200 copies, in softcover * Following Alan Rider's Adventures in Reality book collecting each edition of his own fanzine and its spinoffs, published by Fourth Dimension in 2021, comes this new compendium of his devoted to Coventry fanzines. Lovingly…
Composer, Fluxist and Out of Order
We're absolutely thrilled to offer a small handful of freshly unearthed copies of long out of print volume, "Composer, Fluxist and Out of Order", arguably the most comprehensive monograph ever dedicated to the life and work of the Danish multi-discip…
Forget The Curse
"Troth is unknown colours, mist-soaked dreamscapes, strange misshapen cities belonging to forgotten lands. Troth is also a pop duo, though not of the kind nowadays subjugated by the algorithm. Forget the Curse is the group’s best demonstration yet th…