Machines: A History of Electronic Music (Book)
Jean-Michel Jarre's illustrated history of electronic music, built on his own collection of instruments: 150 machines from modular synths to one-off prototypes trace a century of electronic sound, with contributions from Vince Clarke, Gary Numan, Gil…
Acousmonium Handbook (Book)
English version, 11 x 17 cm, 68 pages. Conceived and written by members of INA grm (Groupe de Recherches Musicales de l’Institut National de l’Audiovisuel), drawing on more than fifty years of experience in diffusing and presenting electroacoustic mu…
The Solar System
Ten tones for ten bodies in orbit. Nothing else. The Solar System is one of Ryoji Ikeda's most reduced objects, a 12" containing ten locked grooves, each cut with a single sine wave at a frequency assigned to a different planet. Where Code Name: A-Z …
Code Name: A To Z
**Clear vinyl, 26 locked grooves, edition of 500 - 2026 repress** An alphabet reduced to its bones. Twenty-six words, twenty-six frequencies, twenty-six grooves that never end. Code Name: A-Z is Ryoji Ikeda at his most austere and his most physical, …
A Life in Folk (and Other Bitter Songs) (Book + CD)
A Life in Folk (and other bitter songs) brings Kan Mikami’s uncompromising voice into English through his 2000 autobiography, expanded with further writing, interviews and a previously unreleased 2017 Sapporo concert. Part confession, part cultural h…
Ginga (Book + CD)
Ginga gathers the restless visual and sonic imagination of Seiichi Yamamoto in a newly expanded English-language edition. Reworked in full colour with fresh art and previously unpublished photography, the 244-page volume arrives with an exclusive CD …
Creating Enka - The 'Soul of Japan' in the Postwar Era (Book)
In Creating Enka: The “Soul of Japan” in the Postwar Era, Yusuke Wajima dismantles one of modern Japan’s most durable cultural myths. This prize-winning history shows how enka - often treated as timeless tradition - was actively remade after the war,…
Surreal Odyssey (Zine)
Surreal Odyssey includes a series of drawings by Kervork Yaroden & Shinzo Noda.
Most Wonderful Melodies (Zine)
The second limited print run of the 'Most Wonderful Melodies' - score and text book to accompany The Instruction Manual by Instruction Manual.Designed by Katie Muir, this book is stunningly illustrated and contains engravings of all your favourite so…
Candomble: Sacred Rhythms in Brazil (Book)
This bilingual book, part of the project Candomblé: Sacred Rhythms in Brazil, brings together a curated selection of archival documentation alongside newly commissioned texts and artistic contributions. Through historical research, essays, and visual…
The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk 1977-1987 (Book)
Do you get nostalgic shivers down your spine when someone mentions the word Punk? Are you a real geek when it comes to record collecting? Have you ever wondered what was out there deep in the underground of the Swedish punk scene? Then this book is…
Shot From Both Sides - Photos of UK Punk Gigs 1981-86 Book (Book)
Want to know who won a scuffle between Stoke-On-Trent punks Asylum and 80s pop stars Dexy’s Midnight Runners? What to do when your band has to play after The Seats Of Piss, and the microphone has been down the front and back of Hendrix Deadboy’s neth…
Vinyl . Album . Cover . Art The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue (Book)
The complete, definitive and never-before-published catalogue of Hipgnosis, Vinyl • Album • Cover • Art finally does justice to the work of the most important design collective in music history, which, according to Roddy Bogawa, director of the docum…
Ocean of Sound : Ambient Sound and Radical Listening in the Age of Communication (Book)
The classic account of ambient music, with a new foreword by Michel Faber. David Toop's extraordinary work of sonic history travels from the rainforests of Amazonas to the megalopolis of Tokyo via the work of artists as diverse as Brian Eno, Sun Ra, …
Renegade - The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith (Book)
Still going after thirty years, The Fall are one of the most distinctive British bands, their music - odd,spare, cranky and repetitious - an acknowledged influence on The Smiths, The Happy Mondays, Nirvana and Franz Ferdinand. And Mark E. Smith IS Th…
The Artistry of Merce Cunningham : Choreography, Technique, Creativity (Book)
Revealing Merce Cunningham’s creative processes as inspiration for today’s dancers and choreographersIn this book, former members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company detail the technique classes, rehearsal procedures, and compositional approaches t…
To Hell With Poverty! (Book)
To Hell With Poverty! documents Jon King’s story from a South London slum and impoverished working-class background to international success as core musician, lyricist, writer, and producer in legendary post-punk/funk band Gang of Four. The reader is…
Corporate Rock Sucks The Rise and Fall of SST Records (Book)
A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, and more, by the co-author of Do What You Want and My Damage.Greg Ginn started SST Records in the sleepy beach town of Her…
Listening to the Music the Machines Make (Book)
Listening to the Music the Machines Make is the revolutionary story of electronic pop from 1978 to 1983, a true golden age of British music. This definitive account explores how krautrock, disco, glam rock and punk inspired a new generation to rip up…
Spanish Cante Jondo and Its Origin in Sindhi Music (Book)
The second outing for our short run book publishing imprint, The End books, takes the form of a reprint of Spanish Cante Jondo and Its Origin in Sindhi Music, originally published in Spanish in 1955 under the name Cante Jondo: Su Origen y Evolución a…