Organic Music Societies
Archival documents and new writings on the intermedia collaborations of avant-garde jazz trumpeter Don Cherry and textile artist Moki Cherry
Pérolas A Porcos
Rei Ghob, a Portuguese serial killer and rapist, was convicted for the horrific murders of three teenagers between 2001 and 2002. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his crimes.This tape includes a collection of his speeches, karaoke performances, and other content.
Denshi Zatsuon #9
Denshi Zatsuon n.9 delves into the frontiers of noise, industrial, and power electronics with exclusive interviews, reviews, and artist profiles. This issue includes 2 CDs featuring leading figures from the scene, offering an immersive journey into the world of experimental sound for dedicated listeners and collectors.
From Here to Ear
Like a live concert with no beginning or end, sixty Australian finches dance between the strings of twelve electric guitars in the sacred silence of Le Château in Aubenas. From Here to Ear (v.25), the twenty-fifth incarnation of a work that has been continuously reinventing itself since 1999, captures the ephemeral essence of what Céleste Boursier-Mougenot calls "living music" - where birds settle on the strings of instruments as if they were wires between city roofs or branches of a tree. There…
Sen’nyū (Book)
**Photo Book: 210×150 mm, 108 pages, hardcover with exposed spine binding, gold-foil letterpress, full colour on premium matt paper** In the final month of 2024, Meitei arrived in Beppu, a city long steeped in vapor, myth, and mineral memory. Invited to create onsen (hot spring) ambient music commemorating Beppu’s 100th anniversary, he immersed himself in the city’s geothermal psychogeography, where sound rises from the ground and time clings to mist. Known for his Lost Japan (Shitsu-nihon) work…
Glühlampenmusik
Michael Vorfeld marks 20 years of Glühlampenmusik—his electro-acoustic, audio-visual work using light bulbs to generate sound. Blending experimental music, sound art, and media installation, this Berlin-based artist creates a vivid microcosm where flickering light becomes a rich sonic experience.
Pride, Pop and Politics: Music, Theatre and LGBT Activism (Book)
** Hardcover edition ** Pride, Pop and Politics charts the development of gay culture and the rise of LGBTQ politics in the UK, from the formation of the Gay Liberation Front to the present day, through the music that provided the soundtrack.
Fifty years on from Britain’s first Pride march, the long road to LGBT equality continues. Through protest songs and gay club nights, street theatre activism and fundraising concerts, the performing arts have played an influential role in each great stride …
Roberto Altmann - L'œuvre gravé (1959-2012)
The first major publication on one of the most important Lettrist artists: the catalogue raisonné of Roberto Altmann's engraved work, with 200 works described, an interview with Maggy Mauritz, a biography and a list of exhibitions.Frédéric Acquaviva, born in 1967, has been since 1990 a sound artist and experimental music composer, creating chronopolyphonic installations and CDs and playing in art galleries, in museums or in underground venues.Staying away from traditional networks of musicians a…
Epistemic Imaginaries – Learning as Festivity (Book)
Epistemic Imaginaries brings attention to creative educational initiatives and how alternative learning situations work at reinventing community and related knowledge practices.
Central to the publication is emphasizing such initiatives as grounded in festivity, appreciating how they support and celebrate new ways of being together. From feasting on ideas to hosting dissident knowledges, from blending individual and collective work, along with discursive and somatic methods, to growing sustainab…
Live in Rome, 23/6/1969 (Tape)
Counter Culture Chronicles presents a historic discovery: La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela – Live in Rome, 23/6/1969, an 18-minute drone recording of exceptional sound quality, now released for the first time. This intimate document captures the legendary duo at a pivotal moment in their artistic development, just as they were establishing the foundations of what would become their revolutionary Dream House concept.
Recorded in 1969, this performance predates their landmark 31 VII 69 10:26-10:49…
Electronic Multimedia Shaman (Book + Tape + Postcards Boxset)
Deluxe box. CCC Recordings and Marco Bakker jointly present Ira Cohen – Electronic Multimedia Shaman, the second installment in what promises to become an ongoing series of homages to countercultural icons from the USA and beyond, following last year's acclaimed Lionel Ziprin box. This meticulously curated edition celebrates Ira Cohen, the self-proclaimed "multimedia shaman" whose visionary work bridged Beat poetry, experimental photography, and countercultural mysticism.
Born to deaf parents in…
Raoul Hausmann Spricht (Box)
Deluxe box, housed in a cardboard box containing the tape, 3 photographs and 2 inserts. Counter Culture Chronicles presents a rare reissue of the legendary S Press Tonband tape: Raoul Hausmann – Raoul Hausmann Spricht, a 24-minute sonic document of one of Berlin Dada's most radical voices. This meticulously crafted box set contains the complete recording alongside precious ephemera documenting the historic collaboration between Raoul Hausmann and sound poetry pioneer Henri Chopin.
Recorded in Li…
The Book Of The Law
Counter Culture Chronicles unveils a mysterious discovery from the shadows: Aleister Crowley – The Book Of The Law, a vintage one-hour spoken word recording of unknown origin. Found deep within the archives of Dutch Beat writer Hans Plomp, this haunting transmission emerges without documentation, provenance, or explanation—only the enigmatic presence of voices reading from one of the 20th century's most controversial sacred texts.
Liber AL vel Legis, known as The Book of the Law, stands as the c…
From The Archives Vol. 12
Counter Culture Chronicles presents From the Archives Vol. 12, a remarkable discovery featuring rare material from the Hans Plomp Archives. This unique compilation brings together an extraordinary gathering of Beat Generation luminaries and contemporary poets, taken from an unmarked tape with only a list of participants as guide.
The collection showcases readings by a stellar lineup including Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Andy Clausen, William Everson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Duncan McNaughton, H…
The Radicalization Of Timothy Leary
Counter Culture Chronicles proudly announces the reissue of Dr. Timothy Leary – The Radicalization Of Timothy Leary, a remarkable archival collection from the early days of Counter Culture Chronicles. This powerful audio document captures one of the most dramatic and controversial periods in American counterculture history, focusing on the period following Dr. Timothy Leary's spectacular Weather Underground-assisted prison escape and flight to Algeria in 1970.
In September 1970, Leary escaped fr…
En Route To Gent (Tape)
Counter Culture Chronicles is proud to announce the release of a remarkable archival discovery: Allen Ginsberg – En Route To Gent, a previously unreleased recording capturing the legendary Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in an extraordinarily candid and intimate setting. This unique audio document presents Ginsberg interviewed in Amsterdam, traveling en route to Gent, and finally performing at the concert hall, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the mind and artistry of one of America's most influe…
From London To New Buffalo (Tape)
A previously unreleased reading emerges from Max Finstein (1924-1982), one of the original Beat writers who successfully bridged the gap between the Beat Generation and the counterculture revolution of the 1960s by co-founding the legendary New Buffalo commune in New Mexico.
Max Finstein stands as a crucial figure in American experimental poetry, part of the influential "Yugen Crowd" - that legendary affiliation of Beat, Black Mountain, and New York School poets who gathered for readings and dis…
Interview / Colony For Silence (Tape)
A crucial document from the experimental poetry underground emerges with this rare archival release. Side A features G.J. de Rook, the legendary Dutch concrete poet, in a revealing interview about sound poetry, conducted in Dutch but enriched with fascinating historic samples. Side B presents a rare sound piece by Takahashi Shohachiro, the enigmatic Japanese performance artist who bridged Beat poetry and experimental sound art.
G.J. de Rook (born 1942) stands as the undisputed pioneer of Dutch v…
A Square of Silence (Book)
Rare artist book. What is the shape of silence? How do we visualize and experience the invisible world of listening? In his acclaimed book A Square of Silence, multimedia artist Goran Vejvoda offers a poetic and conceptual exploration of the act of hearing, the spaces of sound, and the metaphors that connect our bodies, technologies, and environments. Building on decades of investigation into the boundaries of sound, silence, and perception, Vejvoda uses photography, conceptual writing, and visu…
Bruits De L'Ombre
200 numbered copies, with handmade and buffered cover. Contains a A4 insert. Experimental trio Los Pélieu Lovers announce the release of Bruits de l'Ombre, a groundbreaking album that pays tribute to French beat poet Claude Pélieu through innovative sound collage and cut-up techniques. The project emerged from Tom Val, Maximilien Douche, and Magali Genuite reading Pélieu's poetry aloud while music played in the room, inspiring them to create something beyond traditional music and poetry readings…