New Arrivals
N°5
5th issue of the contemporary art journal about sound, devoted to the complex relationships between visual and sound forms (critical texts, historical analysis, interviews, artist's interventions...): Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Erik Bünger, Destroy All Monsters, Julien Discrit & Thomas Dupouy, Rashid Johnson, Kapwani Kiwanga, Claude Lévêque, Haroon Mirza, Kristin Oppenheim, Katie Paterson, Ugo Rondinone, Cauleen Smith, artistic contributions by Meris Angioletti, Isabelle Giovacchini and Joachim …
Issue 6. September 2012
the sixth issue in a series of monthly magazines collecting activities and changes in general.Every visit to antwerp by the icelandic showmaster Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson in the last few years has been spiced by up and down outbursts of colaborative drawing sessions.This issue of mss meesterd collects over 200 colab drawings by dennis tyfus and sigtryggur Berg sigmarsson, which were done in 2 days! this issue is way thicker than the other issues of mss meesterd, it's printed on newspaper paper …
Issue 4. July 2012
the fourth issue in a series of monthly magazines collecting activities and changes in general.This fourth issue collects 20 pages, a bunch of mat inverted purple music paper and a bunch of raw green glossy messyness!the golden cover portraits are made by Mima Schwahn and the inside cover is tripple stamped and hand numbered!lay out by jef cuypers, offset printed and limited to 200 copies
Industrial Musics - v. 1
Huge book (656 pages) on early industrial scene, in french only. Le concept de musique industrielle forgé par le groupe Throbbing Gristle au milieu des années soixante-dix a par la suite connu de singulières évolutions avec le nombre pléthorique de formations qui se sont ralliées à cette mouvance du rock expérimental. En un très court laps de temps, on a même vu apparaître ce qu’il n’est pas exagéré d’appeler un véritable mouvement se réclamant de l’industriel, englobant des univers sonores et d…
The Fundamentals of Sonic Art and Sound Design
This book introduces a subject that will be new to many: sonic arts. The application of sound to other media (such as film or video) is well known and the idea of sound as a medium in its own right (such as radio) is also widely accepted. However, the idea that sound could also be a distinct art form by itself is less well established and often misunderstood. "The Fundamentals of Sonic Arts & Sound Design" introduces, describes and begins the process of defining this new subject and to pr…
Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine \'79-\'83
Touch and Go fanzine was the brainchild of Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson and was launched in Lansing, Michigan, in 1979. Major fanatics of the new punk happenings in the late 70s, TV and DS set out to chronicle, lambaste, ridicule, and heap praise on all they arbitrarily loved or hated in the music communities in the US and abroad. In laughably minuscule press runs by today s standards, T & G was made by guys within the Midwest scene strictly for the edification of scenesters and pals in oth…
Almost Nothing with Luc Ferrari
Originally published in France in 2002, Jacqueline Caux’s Presque Rien avec Luc Ferrari is the first book to offer a comprehensive and insightful look into the work and career of one the most pioneering music composers of the second half of the 20th century. Errant Bodies Press is pleased to release the English edition translated by Jérôme Hansen.True to the genre-defying career of Luc Ferrari, who passed away in 2005 at the age of 76, the book skilfully assembles original interviews conducted b…
Exposition of Music
In 1963, Nam June Paik created a new genre of exhibition with his first solo show, The Exposition of Electronic Music-Electronic Television at Galerie Parnass in Wuppertal, West Germany. Fresh from his studies with John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen, and already a Fluxus veteran, Paik created a disorienting environment that foreshadowed much of what was to come in the 1960s: visitors, greeted at the entrance by a freshly slaughtered ox head, were not only confronted with the newness of the elec…
El Camino del Hardcore
In 2009 we started working with the Gæoudjiparl on a publication featuring some of his graphic notation work. Almost three years in the making, this epic work has become a 192 page long book which includes tons of challenging theory, brutally detailed illustration, mind-bending scores, obscure links, a long conversation between the Goodiepal and Roc Jiménez de Cisneros, and loads of Scandinavian fun to further expand the Goodiepal's never-ending descent into the abyss of Radical Computer Music. …
Endless
"endless is an early catalogue covering carsten nicolai`s art works. the book is one of the first collaborations between rastermusic and noton. 18 p. german/english." (label info)
See this Sound. Audiovisuology
A totally essential real sound art bible, 452 pages! A companion volume to 2009's See This Sound, this all-embracing compendium brings together texts on the various art forms that have combined sound and image. The full spectrum of audiovisual art and phenomena is addressed in 35 dictionary entries, and in-depth essays treat overarching aesthetic issues, while individual works--including projects by John Cage and Chicks on Speed--are represented in audiovisual documentation and scientific …
Scultori di suono
"Scultori di suono: percorsi nella sperimentazione musicale contemporanea" raccoglie una serie di percorsi attraverso i grandi cambiamenti avvenuti nella sperimentazione non ortodossa e nel modo di fare e di pensare il suono negli anni Novanta: la glitch music e la rivoluzione ‘riduzionista’, i primi segnali di ‘dissenso’, il ritorno della melodia, il rapporto tra suono e spazio, le poetiche della frammentazione, della decadenza, della memoria."Scultori di suono" comprises a number of paths thro…
Noise Music: A History
Noise/Music looks at the phenomenon of noise in music, from experimental music of the early 20th century to the Japanese noise music and glitch electronica of today. It situates different musics in their cultural and historical context, and analyses them in terms of cultural aesthetics. Paul Hegarty argues that noise is a judgement about sound, that what was noise can become acceptable as music, and that in many ways the idea of noise is similar to the idea of the avant-garde. While it provi…
n. 04
Fourth issue of the contemporary art journal about sound: Mark Leckey, Ruth Ewan, Tom Marion and the sonic explorations in San Francisco Bay, notes on Robert Morris' 21.3, interview with Pierre Henry, the Louie Louie project, special interventions by Dora García and Hannah Rickards, etc. This fourth issue of Volume comes under the aegis of the double. Somewhere between duality and dialogue, the praxis of certain artists is illustrated as much by way of music as through the visual art…
MSS Meesterd issue 7 (October 2012) zine
the seventh issue in a series of monthly magazines collecting activities and changes in general. this MSS was mostly made during a short trip to dui otok and zadar in croatia where decent home made wine and a daily dip in the sea produced a rather happy and colourful issue, it's also made in conjunction with the "rond de put" exhibition, currated by Johan Pas, Christine Clinckx and Kris Van Dessel in Ekeren, a village near the turd where i grew up. therefor i also published flyers for punkshows …
Ullakkopalo
This is the first release from Finland's Kemialliset Ystävät since 2007. Kemialliset Ystävät equals Jan Anderzén. He is one of the few Finnish musicians to have achieved renown in the international experimental circuit. In the case of Anderzén -- who also plies a trade as a visual artist -- this is not a matter of juxtaposition between experimental and mainstream, or a calculated career choice. Using music and images, he is busy creating a world that is a law unto itself, a world of exceptional …
Folk Roots, New Routes
Reissued on Fledg'ling in 2005, originally released in 1965 by Decca. An experimental recording conceived by Austin John Marshall bringing together Shirley's haunting traditional song with Davy's guitar improvisations. Folk Roots, New Routes opened the door for Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief and Pentangle's debut. For this carefully remastered edition, Fledg'ling have restored the original artwork, added a new sleeve-note essay as well as previously unpublished photographs.
Ekhnatòn - Ricerca Italiana Semplice Numero Uno
This compilation, originally released in 1984 as a vinyl LP by Multiple Configuration in collaboration with the legendary ADN label, is finally available again in a completely remastered CD version. "Ekhnaton" collects tracks recorded by the most daring and remarkable bands that were active in the experimental Italian scene during those years. "Simple Italian Research Vol. 1" was (and still is) the subtitle of an album that includes two tracks from each of the following bands: Maze 1066, Tasaday…
Peradam
In Rene Daumal's Mount Analogue, a peradam is described as a clear and extremely hard stone, a true crystal. It is so transparent that it is nearly impossible to see. To discover a peradam was always the result of an inner act. At said moment in time, the stone's brilliance might catch the eye of one who seeks the truth. Most peradams were found on the rough and dangerous trails up the mountain. Peradam is the result of Marcia Bassett (Zaimph, Hototogisu) and Jenny Grf (Harrius, Metalux) collabo…
Michiyuki
'Thoughtful improvisation from percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani in a duo with Kaoru Watanabe on shinobue, noh kan & ryuteki, stunningly beautiful passages to active and unusual musical forms. The blending of traditional and radical new styles makes this a fascinating disc, with great communication and excellent pacing between the two players. Recommended for aural world travelers.'