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…
Mégapneumes + Wolman Et Son Double (2LP Bundle)
Gil J. Wolman's Alga Marghen collection documents the radical origins of sound poetry. Mégapneumes and Wolman Et Son Double reveal the Lettrist pioneer's organic infra-language and doubled consciousness explorations - essential documentation of the 20th century's most undervalued sonic revolutionary, finally receiving rightful recognition.
Arpeggiated Bösendorfer + Falsetto Voice
* Lucky Find. This special edition of just 80 copies, with different back cover, was created specifically to coincide with Palestine's major exhibition Bear Mitzvah in Meshugahland at The Jewish Museum in New York in 2017 * Charlemagne Palestine stands as one of the towering figures in the history of musical Minimalism - a composer whose voice commands unparalleled respect and adoration within the avant-garde community. “Arpeggiated Bösendorfer + Falsetto Voice”, one of Alga Marghen's most remar…
Mégapneumes
Gil J. Wolman's revolutionary Mégapneumes reveals the radical origins of sound poetry. This essential collection documents the Lettrist pioneer's organic infra-language from 1960s recordings, including material found on his tape recorder after death - anticipating Chopin and Gysin by a decade
Vague #18/19
Original press, nice conditions.
Issue 18/19 of Vague magazine, a British cyberpunk bible edited by Tom Vague. Control Data Manual issue,23rd anniversary of JFK assassination, contains articles on plagiarism, neoism, Illuminati, Videodrome. 98 pages.
Vague #20
Original press, nice conditions.
Issue 20 of Vague magazine, a British cyberpunk bible edited by Tom Vague. This issue has articles on televisionaries, the abolition of work (Bob Black), Euroterrorism, alternatives to terrorism, animal rights vs. human rights, and Vagrunts (a comic), the history of Rote Armee Fraktion. Packed with art, photos, collages, and more. 98 pages.
Vague #16/17
Original press, nice conditions.
The 16/17 issue of Tom Vague's situationist magazine Vague. This issue contributed heavily by Genesis P-Orridge and his Psychic TV (over 30 pages). Elsewhere, William Burroughs & Brion Gysin, Lou Reed, Jamie Reid, Nick Cave amongst so many others.
Incredibly Strange Music Volume 2 (Book)
FIRST PRESSThis book launched the current Lounge Music Revival and has single-handedly caused the re-release of hundreds of neglected recordings (virtually every LP pictured has been brought back into print). Featured album cover art is now the hipster style imitated by rock bands. Incredibly Strange Music surveys "easy listening, " "exotica, " and "celebrity" (massive categories in themselves) as well as recordings by (singing) cops and (polka-playing) priest, undertakers, religious ventriloqui…
Incredibly Strange Music Volume 1 (Book)
FIRST PRESSThis book launched the current Lounge Music Revival and has single-handedly caused the re-release of hundreds of neglected recordings (virtually every LP pictured has been brought back into print). Featured album cover art is now the hipster style imitated by rock bands. Incredibly Strange Music surveys "easy listening, " "exotica, " and "celebrity" (massive categories in themselves) as well as recordings by (singing) cops and (polka-playing) priest, undertakers, religious ventriloqui…
The Pines
Sound artist and filmmaker Joshua Bonnetta wants to know what happens when a human listener exits a landscape. How might the soundscape differ? How is our presence affecting the recording? His ambitious long-form work The Pines I-IV, released [in 2025] via Shelter Press and The Dim Coast, looks to interrogate some of these questions, capturing the sonic life of a single pine tree in upstate New York over the course of a year via remote recordings, edited into four hours of audio which will be re…
Arbejde er det, der adskiller os fra dyrene
Haxholm & Kirstein's performance installation is a carefully planned two-day process involving smoke, lime, various containers, sound, movement and physical work - inside and outside the museum's grounds. The work explores connections between the sublime and the banal, between the work of the day and the elongated time of the material. Between these poles are energy exchanges and feedback processes that transform and dissolve themselves. The duo's works address a field between performative sound…
Recordings Of Covert Shortwave Radio Stations
Perhaps you've chanced upon a Number Station, unwittingly as you scour the shortwave bands, and heard a cold, disconnected voice repeating simple commands endlessly into the ether. Or maybe you've scanned past a series of bleeps and pips, or pockets of noise, thinking nothing of them, as you seek a favoured music station. These are messages, to those who know how to receive them, and are able decode them in their various forms and configurations.
Shropshire Number Stations - Recordings of Covert…