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Notes: On April 7th 2017, Guided by Voices released August By Cake, a double album. For anyone who knows the band this isn't necessarily a newsworthy event. The band and its leader are extremely prolific and release multiple albums every year. What made this one special, what made it historic, was that it marked the 100th studio album release for Robert Pollard.

It is arguable as to whether any other artist has released that much music. What we know for sure is that no other artist has released 100 studio albums with every one of them on vinyl.

This book contains the front and back covers for all 100 albums. Less a testament to Pollard's extensive career and more a study in album art, the book is a large format (12" x 12") hard cover document containing over 200 pages printed to the edge.

Limited to 1000 copies worldwide.

Notes: A retrospective of Third Earth Visual Arts and the career of AbuQadim Haqq who as many of you know created art for Transmat, Drexciya and Underground Resistance.

The book covers his early life in Detroit to his last project for Third Earth Visual Arts in 2023.

Over 100 pages of art.

Over 100 pages of photos.

258 pages

Notes: The long awaited '8001 Record Collector Dreams' book by Hans Pokora. As you know, it's a mandatory purchase for any serious beat, garage, folk, psych, prog, '60s pop and proto hard rock collector! The 128-page book is presented in a deluxe hardcover and features over 1.000 colour photographs of the rarest '60s, '70s and '80s LP covers, a price guide, and there also is an extra index of the contents of all the previous books. Don't miss this very limited edition!

Notes: Deluxe hardcover edition book of 128 pages with over 1000 colour photographs of the rarest 60's , 70's and 80's LP covers, including a very useful index of 32 pages (with the contents of the 9001 and all the previous books in the series).

Notes: This stunning encyclopaedic guide covers in great detail rock, pop, beat, R'n'B, folk, psych, prog and more from Australia, New Zealand, Africa (expanded to include 'Afro-rock' music from Sub-Saharan Africa) and, for the first time, Turkey and the Middle East, between 1963 and 1976.

The guide contains detailed discographies, line-up data, bibliographies, comment on their music, compilation appearances, and an up-to-date rarity scale for all album releases between 1963 and 1976, for the artists featured.

Illustrated throughout and includes 12 pages in colour. There is nothing currently in print similar to this!

Notes: Following his critically acclaimed Two Volume Tapestry Of Delights, which has become the definitive encyclopaedic guide to UK rock and pop of the 1963-1976 era, this stunning publication applies exactly the same format used for Tapestry and focuses on the revolution the music business underwent in the UK over the next 10 years and analyses the bands and artists from several exciting new genres that changed the face of music forever.

A Sharp Shock To The System is a numbered, limited edition publication of 1,000 copies containing 1,670 entries across 1,400 profusely illustrated pages plus 12 pages of full colour illustrations. Each entry contains detailed artists discographies and line-up details for the 1976-1986 era, bibliographies and, in most cases, comment and a critique of their music, details of compilation appearances and an up to date rarity scale for all featured artists' album, EP and 45 releases between 1976 and 1986. Where artists continued beyond 1986, bibliographies continue until the present or until the artist ceased performing and/or recording.

There is nothing similar in print covering this era that has the scope and depth of this publication.

Notes: Millions of fans would attest that this is a band eminently deserving of a Visual Biography. From the single sleeves through the passes, posters and promo items and of course, most especially Dave, Ed, Mikey and Al themselves (and Sam, Gary and Wolfgang!), Van Halen was an explosion of colour and action, resulting in a feast for the eyes within the pages of this sumptuously appointed book you now hold in your hands

As one celebrates this legendary band in karate-kicking action, from the mid-'70s all the way up until the last tour in 2015 and many solo points and projects in-between, provided for your reading pleasure is one of Martin Popoff's celebrated detailed timelines, stuffed with trivia that swiftly moves us through forty years of massive rock history from one of the storied greats of the genre."Runnin' with the Devil," "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love," "Jamie's Cryin'," "Unchained," "Jump," "Panama," "Hot for Teacher," "Why Can't This Be Love," "Finish What Ya Started," "Right Now"... these are some of the biggest anthems of all time, and accompanying the tunes is the narrative of two opposing lead singers, Diamond David Lee Roth and Sammy "Red Rocker" Hagar, both of whom are also represented in detail vis-a-vis their solo careers amongst the celebration of the core band at hand.

The end result is a beach-balling an' sun-tanned symphony of words and pictures, indeed a book that differs from previous Van Halen photography projects through the inclusion of so much rare memorabilia, side ephemera and otherwise nifty pictures of paper goods perking up each page as one basks in what this band managed to accomplish over four decades of white-knuckle rock on the edge.

Notes: ""20 years ago, I dreamed a dream of creating a family of like-minded, crazy individuals from all corners of the planet. That dream was Crosstown Rebels. Over these years, I have forged beautiful friendships, discovered very talented artists and tried my best to help, advise and support some of the most colourful characters in dance music. It's been 20 years of madness, magic and music. Now it's been distilled into our own book to mark this milestone. I'm honestly surprised at how much I remembered!" - Damian Lazarus

For 20 years Crosstown Rebels has forged a path as one of the world's leading electronic music labels.

Established in 2003, Damian Lazarus' label manifesto has not changed. Discovering and nurturing new talent has always been the beating heart of the label, with a mission to soundtrack the future of the dancefloor and beyond. Introducing the world to the likes of Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler, Maceo Plex and Art Department was just the beginning. Today the roster is gloriously international, showcasing the truly global scene that Crosstown has shaped over the years.

Of course, there's the parties too. The early Slash & Burn and Rebel Rave parties paved the way for Damian to create two of the world's most cherished experiences, Get Lost and Day Zero, and in turn setting a benchmark for electronic music events worldwide.

Now the Crosstown Rebels story is told in a new 240 page book. 20 years of madness, magic and music. Starting right back before the beginning and taking us through to the present day, acclaimed electronic music writer Joe Muggs dives into the label's history, interviewing Damian at length and revealing Crosstown's story as never told before. The book brings together countless unseen photographs and artwork taken from the last two decades. It tells the story of how the dance underground battled and triumphed. This is a unique publication, not only for fans of Crosstown Rebels and Damian Lazarus, but also for anyone with an interest in independent label culture and the evolution of dance music over the last 20 years.

- Deluxe 240 page book
- Limited edition with only 400 copies on public sale
- De-bossed hardback cover, printed on FSC certified papers, with alternating paper stocks, book ribbon and G.F. Smith endpapers
- Foreword by Pete Tong MBE
- Comprehensive label discography
- Printed in the UK by PurePrint, the first CarbonNeutral printer in the world

Notes: These lavish, 28cm x 28cm hard-back books from classic Universal artists feature around 100 pages of essays, beautiful photographs and memorabilia. The Jam was the most popular and successful band to rise from the British punk and new wave scene of the late-seventies. 'Direction, Reaction, Creation' is the definitive Jam collection - a stunning set, featuring 117 tracks across five discs. This set presents the band's complete studio recordings in chronological order and includes all the singles and B-sides with many rarities and demo recordings. A lavish book accompanies the set with extensive liner notes, complete gig list, band chronology and discography. Also featuring many rare photos and memorabilia, it is the ultimate gift for any Jam fan.

Notes: A stunning 436 page photography and interview coffee table book about the world's most fascinating and accomplished vinyl collectors. Created by noted photographer Eilon Paz.

The second revised edition of the book profiles over 130 vinyl collectors, featuring a foreword by the RZA and interviews with Questlove, Gilles Peterson, Four-Tet, the Gaslamp Killer, and more.

(This edition has 20 more pages than the first edition)

Eilon Paz's 436 page coffee-table book illuminates over 130 vinyl connoisseurs and their collections in the most intimate of environments- their record rooms. With a foreword by the RZA, compelling photographic essays are paired with in-depth interviews to illustrate what motivates record collectors to keep digging.

Readers get an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions as well as a glimpse into the collections of world-renowned and lesser-known DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. The book is divided into two main parts: the first features 250 full-page photos framed by captions and select quotes, while the second consists of 12 full-length interviews that delve deeper into collectors' personal histories and vinyl troves.

Unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community, his book will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers, from die-hard record enthusiasts to fans of pop culture, sharp photography, and music history.

Eilon Paz has shot for Israel's top cultural publications and is a regular contributor for the US based food/travel magazine, Saveur, and his work appeared in worldwide publications such as Wax Poetics, Monocle, Conde Nast Traveler, Delta
Airlines' Sky magazine, and the French music magazine Vibrations.

Notes: A stunning 436 page photography and interview coffee table book about the world's most fascinating and accomplished vinyl collectors. Created by noted photographer Eilon Paz.

The second revised edition of the book profiles over 130 vinyl collectors, featuring a foreword by the RZA and interviews with Questlove, Gilles Peterson, Four-Tet, the Gaslamp Killer, and more.

(This edition has 20 more pages than the first edition)

Eilon Paz's 436 page coffee-table book illuminates over 130 vinyl connoisseurs and their collections in the most intimate of environments- their record rooms. With a foreword by the RZA, compelling photographic essays are paired with in-depth interviews to illustrate what motivates record collectors to keep digging.

Readers get an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions as well as a glimpse into the collections of world-renowned and lesser-known DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. The book is divided into two main parts: the first features 250 full-page photos framed by captions and select quotes, while the second consists of 12 full-length interviews that delve deeper into collectors' personal histories and vinyl troves.

Unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community, his book will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers, from die-hard record enthusiasts to fans of pop culture, sharp photography, and music history.

Eilon Paz has shot for Israel's top cultural publications and is a regular contributor for the US based food/travel magazine, Saveur, and his work appeared in worldwide publications such as Wax Poetics, Monocle, Conde Nast Traveler, Delta
Airlines' Sky magazine, and the French music magazine Vibrations.

Notes: Since the late 1970s, Nigel Ayers (b. 1957, UK) has cut a bracing, subversive path through the contemporary underground, bridging DIY industrial enthusiasms with multimedia experimentation to form a singular body of work. Co-founder of the groups The Pump and Nocturnal Emissions (along with brother Daniel Ayers and then-partner Caroline Kaye), Ayers has been a contributor to and proponent of industrial music's high-water marks, his Sterile Records imprint disseminating not only NE sides but also defining work from Lustmord, SPK, Maurizio Bianchi, and others between 1979 and 1986. In 1987, Ayers inaugurated the Earthly Delights label with the now-canonical Caroline K recording Now Wait For Last Year, and the imprint has since served as Ayers's primary outlet for releasing new work, whether as Magnetizdat, Spanner Thru Ma Beatbox, or Nocturnal Emissions, a going concern to this day. Published, designed, and produced by Ross Waitman and Amaya Productions in collaboration with the artist, ELECTRONIC RESISTANCE compiles mail-art, collages, assemblages, flyers, slides, video stills, ephemera, record and tape covers to present an arresting cross-section of the genre-sundering art Nigel Ayers created between 1980 and 1992. It features an introductory reflection from Ayers, as well as an essay entitled "Bleeding Images: Antipsychiatry, Death, and Mind Control" by art historian and critic Nicholas Ballet (Universite Paris-1 Pantheon-Sorbonne), contextualizing Ayers's work and extensive career

9.25" x 12.25" / 160 pages / full colour offset / quarterbound wrap hardcover / hand numbered/limited to . Printed by Edition One (Oakland, CA)

Notes: 9.25" x 12.25" / 160 pages / full colour offset / quarterbound wrap hardcover / hand numbered. Printed by Edition One (Oakland, CA)

Notes: Before CD-Rs and MP3s became the standard, unsigned musicians looking to release a professional quality product were forced go through custom pressing plants. The resulting records had many of the same attributes as major-label LPs: full colour artwork and hi-fi sonics, but as collectors and crate diggers would later discover, the artists themselves were a unique breed. Their limited release albums, dubbed real people music by record dealer Paul Major, were idiosyncratic, touchingly sincere and occasionally brilliant.

Due out in April from Sinecure Books (and available for preorder now), Enjoy The Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992 collects art from more than 1,000 such records. Editor and collector Johan Kugelberg (Punk: An Aesthetic) came up with the idea for the tome and took many of the albums from his own private stash. Along with coeditors Michael P. Daley and Major (who's also a musician in NYC rock band Endless Boogie), Kugelberg went beyond the artwork, tracking down the stories behind the obscure records. The disjointed, Beefheartesque songs of Kenneth Higney take a slight different shade when you know the singer is also a truck driver from Jersey (it also puts tracks like No Heavy Trucking in a more literal light).

Flip through some of those histories below, which Daley graciously provided with help from contributing editor Will Louviere, who added details on Medico Doktor Vibes and Gary Schneider, and Sherry Emata of the Emata Sisters. You can also hear some of the songs via YouTube, for even more, pick up the book, which comes with a download code for more rare cuts.

Notes: ERR: A photographic essay by David Sylvian.

The photographs in this series were taken between Oct 2019-April 2020, a period encompassing the outbreak of the pandemic in the US.

Outside of tonal adjustments, none of the photographs in this collection have been altered in post production.

Art direction: David Sylvian.
Assistant art direction: Yuka Fujii.
Graphic design and typography: Giles Dunn for Punkt, London.

Size: 235 × 300 mm landscape.
Extent: 216 pages.
Cover: Full dust jacket over foil blocked case cover.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Binding: Thread sewn book block, case bound.

Notes: *** B-STOCK: Very small wear on outer sleeve, product otherwise in excellent condition ***

ERR: A photographic essay by David Sylvian.

The photographs in this series were taken between Oct 2019-April 2020, a period encompassing the outbreak of the pandemic in the US.

Outside of tonal adjustments, none of the photographs in this collection have been altered in post production.

Art direction: David Sylvian.
Assistant art direction: Yuka Fujii.
Graphic design and typography: Giles Dunn for Punkt, London.

Size: 235 × 300 mm landscape.
Extent: 216 pages.
Cover: Full dust jacket over foil blocked case cover.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Binding: Thread sewn book block, case bound.

Notes: Corbett vs. Dempsey announce the release of four books of poetry by Sun Ra. Two of these were pamphlets that accompanied early Sun Ra albums issued in the late 1950s; the other two were published more than a decade later by Infinity Inc./Saturn Research. CvsD's reprints are fastidiously designed facsimiles of the original publications, marking the first time they have been available in their Ra-ordained form since they were published. An architect of Afrofuturism and one of the great musical thinkers of the 20th century, Ra's work extended far beyond jazz and even music to the realms of pageantry, performance, theater, philosophy, visual art, and literature. In the mid-1950s, he handed out leaflets and gave street corner lectures -- revisionist interpretations of the Bible and bold meditations on the status of African Americans in American society. A few years later, Ra began disseminating his poems in -- and sometimes on -- his albums. His debut, Jazz By Sun Ra, was issued in 1957 by the Boston-based Transition label, a short-lived company that sold records by subscription; this record contained a beautiful booklet, now as prized as the LP itself, with rare photographs and a selection of poems and proclamations, as well as the personnel and recording credits. Ra's Jazz In Silhouette was released two years hence on Saturn Records, the label he started with Alton Abraham, and it came with a mimeographed liner booklet -- now exceedingly rare -- that was folded, unstapled, as an ultra-economical accompaniment to the vinyl. The CvsD version folds this slim pamphlet of poetry into a slipcover with a classic photo portrait of Ra by Thomas "Bugs" Hunter on the back. Perhaps Ra's best-known book of poetry, reprinted in many alternative versions with different contents over the years, is The Immeasurable Equation; this incarnation restores the original Infinity Inc./Saturn Research version, published in Chicago in 1972 and distributed widely by the Arkestra, often from the bandstand. It features more than 60 of Ra's poems. Finally, perhaps the rarest of Ra's poetry books is Extensions Out: Immeasurable Equation Vol. II, which was also published by Infinity Inc./Saturn Research. This 8 1/2 x 11 inch book is a massive compendium of more than 130 poems, very much in step with the mimeo poetry publications of its era -- simple staple binding, one-sided pages -- featuring three photographs of artwork by Ayé Aton, a close ally of Ra's in this, the period of the Arkestra classic Space Is The Place, on which Aton plays percussion. Great care was taken to reproduce the special textured cover of this highly sought-after book. These four books are exclusively sold as a set. The first edition is limited to 1000 copies. Corbett vs. Dempsey is proud to represent the non-musical side of the Sun Ra Estate. The label gratefully acknowledges Irwin Chusid and Sun Ra LLC for the permission to release this historically rich chronicle of Ra's poetry, presented as he originally conceived it.

Notes: Beautiful book by Graveface Records collecting music related artwork by William Schaff. 82 pages featuring the likes of Okkervil River, Monster Movie, Sharon Kraus and more. Includes 10' record featuring Jason Molina.

Size: 11"x11"

Notes: The Funk 45's is a feature book containing reviews and scans of hundreds of funk 45's, also includes charts and in depth interviews with DJ Shadow and Keb Darge. Japanese text edition.

Notes: The complete collection of this legendary New Jersey fanzine with over 460 pages gathering all nine original issues plus the unreleased tenth issue combined with new writings, artwork, memories, flyers, photos, the history of In My Blood Records, and more. Over 70 pages of additional content. Original fanzine content created, edited, and designed by David Koenig and Brett Beach

Notes: Massive document collecting all 12 issues of In Effect Fanzine from 1988-1999. Extras include essays and context from Chris Wynne for every issue and a foreword by Brett Beach, along with new photos, flyers, etc. 722 pages total dedicated to this legendary NYHC fanzine.

Notes: 84 pages, 30cm x 28cm, 47 photos

Printed on Munken Print White 115g/m2

Logo, slot and circle embossed

Silkscreen printing cover

Hand-numbered, hand-stamped

Notes: The fourth edition of the magazine is a special edition, with an extensive format of 32cm x 32cm, emulating the 12 inches of vinyl, and with more than 110 pages dedicated to the industrial and experimental scene that emerged in the first years of democracy in Spain, to the 40th anniversary of Esplendor Geometrico, a pioneering band in the Spanish industrial movement and highly respected in the rest of the world, and some of the most important figures in this Spanish counter-cultural movement such as Francisco Lopez, Rafael Flores, Stahlfabrik, Alonso Urbanos, Miguel Angel Martin, Andres Noarbe, Marcel-li Antunez, or international artists such as Maurizio Martinucci or Uwe Schmidt.

All told by themselves and by other artists such as Erizonte, Escupemetralla, Pedro PeNas (HIV+), Miguel A. Ruiz, Moritz Reichelt, Dirk Ivens, Marcelo Exposito, Angel Molina and Oscar Mulero.

- Direction and layout of the publication: Ximo Noguera
- Graphic design: Ivan Galindez
- Cover graphic artist: Mimusa
- Collaborators: Juanma Gonzalez, Giulia Scrocchi

Notes: Corbett vs. Dempsey present Roscoe Mitchell, Keeper of the Code: Paintings 1963-2022. This is Mitchell's first exhibition with CvsD. Roscoe Mitchell (b. 1940) has been a leading figure in the performing arts for over 50 years. Keeper of the Code is the first solo exhibition to spotlight his work in the visual arts. Born and raised in Chicago, Mitchell formed the Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble in 1966, featuring Lester Bowie and Malachi Favors.

Three years later, adding Joseph Jarman, upon their departure to Paris for a two-year sojourn the group transformed into the collective interdisciplinary troupe called the Art Ensemble of Chicago. By that time Mitchell had already recorded the first LP of music affiliated with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Sound (Delmark, 1966), and he had joined forces with St. Louis trumpeter Bowie for Numbers 1 & 2 (Nessa, 1967).
Indeed, Mitchell had been painting since 1963, and he continued on and off into the heyday of the Art Ensemble and through a hyper-productive sequence of decades of solo music, improvised encounters, and music for Mitchell-led ensembles. The pandemic afforded Mitchell time off-road in which he began painting very avidly again.

This exhibition surveys his work from the most recent canvases -- including a series of compositionally complex four-by-four foot works -- all the way back to the beginning, when Mitchell was a promising young saxophonist and ambitious autodidact painter. A large selection of recent works, executed since 2018, includes the painting "The Code 3," its diamond-mosaic pattern surrounded by hip glyphic figures including the titular keeper. These delightfully playful, jubilantly colourful canvases sport various repeated motifs and themes -- custodians of codes and keys, time keepers and ticket takers, figures known as "floaters" and "wavers," and another persona called "the watcher." Alongside these imagistic works, interpenetrating them as well, are all sorts of approaches to abstraction, from organic masses of circles that might recall Aboriginal art and warped checkerboards to more rigidly structured geometry and colour sequences.

In the gallery's north space, CvsD has gathered Mitchell's historical works dating back to 1963, including the cover painting from Numbers 1 & 2, and the riveting piece that graced the Art Ensemble's 1985 LP The Third Decade. In addition to the paintings, Mitchell is installing a new incarnation of his legendary percussion set-up known as "The Cage," which directly bridges the musical and visual in his capacious artistic imagination.

140-page full-colour catalog reproducing over 100 of Mitchell's paintings, with an interview by John Corbett. First printing, edition of 1000; printed on 100# classic crest eggshell solar white and 70# starbright smooth white opaque text; 8.00x11.00x0.75 inches; 0.2 oz.

Notes: These lavish, 28cm x 28cm hard-back books from classic Universal artists feature around 100 pages of essays, beautiful photographs and memorabilia. From 'Fall Out' to 'Don't Stand So Close To Me 86', 'Message In A Box' contains every single song the Police ever recorded between 1977 and 1986, remastered in stunning digital clarity. It features a stunning book that includes an interesting, often humorous, biography, a time line, and notes from Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland regarding the rarities that appear on this collection. Also including songs that only appeared on soundtracks, 'Message In A Box' is a handsome tribute to one of new wave's most innovative bands.

Notes: Revised and expanded second edition of Hartmut Geerken and Chris Trent's comprehensive reference Omniverse Sun Ra, originally published in 1994. Full-colour 304-page hardcover book. French fold cover with metallic silver foil blocking on cyan faimei cloth. 290mm x 245mm portrait. Omniverse Sun Ra features many previously unpublished photographs of Sun Ra and His Arkestra in New York in 1966 and Germany in 1979 by Val Wilmer, and Hartmut Geerken's previously unpublished photographs from Heliopolis in Cairo, Egypt, in 1971, in addition to an updated comprehensive pictorial and annotated discography by Chris Trent, including chronological discography and alphabetical record title, composition, personnel, and record label indexes, as well as indexes of shellac 78RPM records, 45 RPM singles, jackets, and labels. Also includes essays and photo documents by Hartmut Geerken, Chris Trent, Amiri Baraka, Robert L. Campbell, Chris Cutler, Gabi Geist, Sigrid Hauff, Karl Heinz Kessler, Robert Lax, and Salah Ragab.

Notes: Become a true master of your modular system.

PATCH & TWEAK is a comprehensive look at modular synthesizers. It explores how to build them, how to use them, and how to get the most out of them, with beautiful illustrations and step-by-step tutorials with easy-to-read patch diagrams.

Over 700 Modules

38 Interviews with artists and module creators

Hundreds of tutorials, tips, and tricks

Foreword by synth pioneer Suzanne Ciani

368 colorful pages printed on high-quality certified-ecofriendly paper

Hardcover format (9.8" x 9.8" / 25 x 25 cm)

PATCH & TWEAK is recognized worldwide as the definitive overview of modular synthesis and its tools and techniques. It combines a systematic exploration of the components of synthesis with a comprehensive reference guide to modules and their interactions. Starting with basic concepts, the book literally takes an empty frame and gradually fills it with modules of all kinds, describing their functions in detailed yet understandable terms. Over 700 modules from dozens of manufacturers have their moment to shine, and luminaries of synthesis fill the book with their particular methods, patches, and viewpoints through a wide range of interviews.

Thousands of modular synthesists - beginners and experienced musicians alike - have widened their horizons and deepened their understanding with PATCH & TWEAK. Now it's your turn.

Artists reveal their modular secrets
How do successful artists turn their modular synthesizers into power and beauty? Learn from the best, from award-winning composers to the hottest new sound designers from around the world. Read and learn with Caterina Barbieri, Todd Barton, Colin Benders, Ian Boddy, Russell E.L. Butler, Richard Devine, Jill Fraser, Bana Haffar, Hataken, Andrew Huang, Junkie XL, NODE, Robert Rich, Robin Rimbaud, Lady Starlight, Emily Sprague, and Hans Zimmer, among others.

Designers open their doors to you.

Modular synth designers and makers draw inspiration from a whole world of ideas... and maybe beyond. Have you ever wondered how they come up with these grand designs? Find out with an unprecedented collection of interviews with the geniuses at Bastl Instruments, Endorphin.es, Erica Synths, Fraptools, Intellijel, Make Noise, Moog, Music Thing Modular, Mutable Instruments, Noise Engineering, Rossum Electro-Music, Serge, Synthesizers.com, Verbos Electronics, WMD, 4ms Company, and more.

Where do you start?

Modular synthesizers are an open book waiting to be written - a prospect that can be pretty scary for a beginner. PATCH & TWEAK is here to help, with step-by-step strategies for building a modular that will reflect your creative desires. Start with an empty case, and learn about everything that can go into it. There's even a guide to semi-modular and software solutions to help get you started.

Concepts of synthesis - made easy to understand and easy to apply.

From the basics of sound synthesis to the outer reaches of modern design, you'll find everything you'll need to approach your modular with confidence. Starting with building blocks like oscillators, filters, and amplifiers, you'll go from discovery to discovery through everything from essentials like envelopes, LFOs, mixers, effects, and CV modifiers, to more in-depth sound-shaping tools like waveshapers, samplers, drum and percussion modules, rhythm pattern generators, sequencers, controllers, and more. Get a grip on concepts like harmonics, voltage control, logic functions, random signal sources, and dozens of others - and never feel out of your depth again.

Save money, save time, save the hassle.

With hundreds of manufacturers and thousands of modules out there, it can be easy to buy a module that you think will be brilliant for you... but then just falls flat. Having a good knowledge base for making buying decisions is vital for every modular user, and with this book, you'll have all that and more. Learn what you need to know in order to make sure that your next purchase is the right one!

Created by acclaimed authors and modular experts.

For PATCH & TWEAK, bjooks creator Kim Bjorn sought out the best co-author possible for a book of this kind: none other than Chris Meyer, world-renowned modular synthesis educator (learningmodular.com). Chris and Kim have created a book overflowing with helpful hints, beautiful illustrations, and hundreds of inspiring ideas, with the help of the editing team of Paul Nagle and Diana Smethurst, with assistance from Sam Molineaux, Nanna Clausen, and Isabella Bondo Bjorn.

It's time to get serious about learning modular.

Packed from cover to cover with everything a modular enthusiast might need to know and with a thoughtful Foreword by modular luminary Suzanne Ciani, PATCH & TWEAK is recognized all over the world as the most beautiful and practical introduction to modular synthesis there is. Add it to your arsenal today!

Notes: The definitive book on stompbox effects.

Pedal Crush is the ultimate guide to effects pedals and their creative use. If you run a guitar, bass, keyboard, or other instrument through stompboxes, Pedal Crush will open new doors for you in ways you never imagined.

Over 800 Pedals

50 Interviews with artists and pedal makers

200+ Tips and tricks to get the most out of your pedalboard

Foreword by master guitarist (and pedal crusher) Steve Vai

376 colorful pages printed on high-quality certified-ecofriendly paper

Hardcover format (9.8" x 9.8" / 25 x 25 cm)

Pedal Crush is a trip into the expansive, eclectic, and mesmerizing world of effects pedals. These addictive little boxes have long since transcended their modest beginnings, maturing into truly creative tools for every kind of musician.

This book examines the stompbox phenomenon as a means of creative expression and personal sound shaping. Bursting with color photos and illustrations, it systematically covers over 800 pedals - from vintage to cutting edge, from the essential to the exotic, from popular classics to boutique wizardry. PEDAL CRUSH also dives deep into techniques, tips and tricks, pedalboards, software, and more. If you have a crush on pedals, this book will document your love affair like none other.

Discover secrets and tips from artists.

As in our two previous books, you'll meet inspiring people ranging from known guitar masters to creative sound artists - all sharing their secrets and tips. Get inspiration from artists like Amulets, Andy Martin, Andy Othling, Anne Sulikowski, Datachoir, David Torn, Dub FX, Ed O'Brien (Radiohead), Gaz Williams, Hainbach, Jennifer Batten, Joe Barresi, Kid Koala, Lara Somogyi, Lisa Bella Donna, Lisa Molinaro, Matt Johnson (THE THE), Michael Britt (Lonestar), Nels Cline (Wilco), Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos), Ruban Nielson (Unknown Mortal Orchestra), Sarah Lipstate (Noveller), Scott Hansen (Tycho), Simon the Magpie, and Anders Trentemoller.

Get up close with pedal makers.

You'll also learn the stories behind your favorite pedals, as we've interviewed some of the pedal creators and brands who have shaped the scene: Alexander Pedals, Beetronics FX, BOSS, Chase Bliss Audio, Death By Audio, EarthQuaker Devices, Electro-Harmonix, Empress Effects, Fairfield Circuitry, Gamechanger Audio, Glou-Glou, Hologram Electronics, JHS Pedals, Keeley Electronics, Meris, montreal assembly, Mu-Tron, Rabbithole FX, Red Panda, Reuss Musical Instruments, Spiral Electric FX, Strymon, TC Electronic, TheGigRig, and ZVEX.

Get new ideas within minutes.

We all know the feeling of staring at our pedalboards and wondering where our next idea is coming from. With all these pedals, where's the inspiration? Right here. Reading PEDAL CRUSH, you'll gain clarity and expanded knowledge of effects pedals and their creative possibilities. You'll get new ideas within minutes to perfect your sound and explore new sonic territory - but beware: our readers say that once you dive into this book, it's hard to put it down again.

200+ tips take you towards new sonic territory.

Getting into the zone and making great music becomes so much easier with Pedal Crush. Over 200 creative tips and techniques will immediately take your pedal game to higher ground and into new sonic adventures. The tips and tricks range from simple things like how to order your pedals, to creative ideas like alternative gain staging or how to create spatial glitches with gated reverb.

Save money by knowing more before you buy your next pedal.

Buying pedals is a gamble: too often we get a new pedal, plug it in, and just don't get the creative charge we were hoping for. With Pedal Crush, you can minimize your buyer's remorse by really getting to know what's out there, what your options are, and how different effects might work nicely together. Buy a beautiful and helpful book that you can share with friends and bandmates, and make up the cost in just a few successful purchases rather than costly failures.

Created by acclaimed authors and pedal experts.

Pedal Crush is written by Kim Bjorn and Scott Harper (of the famed KNOBS series of video tutorials) with help from a team of great advisors, journalists, and editors. Additional texts and content contributions came from Alex Maiolo, Dan Orkin, Peter Fernando, Stefan Fast, Andy Martin, Brian Wampler, Kristoffer Hoeg, and others. Pedal Crush is edited by the Atomic Words team of Mike Metlay and Diana Smethurst.

The perfect companion on your coffee table or in your studio.

With 376 colorful pages in hardcover format and a Foreword by guitar hero (and pedal fanatic) Steve Vai, this book is a must-have for anyone with a crush on guitar pedals.

Notes: Spanning more than half a century Pink Floyd has rightly earned its place as one of the greatest rock bands of all time. From the early, experimental and often whimsical days with band leader Syd Barrett to the more expansive style with Dave Gilmour onboard, leading to the masterpiece Dark Side Of The Moon that elevated Floyd into the stratosphere. But success came at a price as personal relationships suffered, culminating in break-ups as eventually Roger Waters departed. But stadiums and huge arenas continued to welcome Floyd through the eighties and nineties with a brief reunion with Waters for 2005's Live 8 event.

Captured Through Time is a photographic celebration of this truly iconic band that takes you on a journey from the psychedelic, avant-garde sixties to the present day including off stage shots of all band members during the 2000s including Syd Barrett!

Many of the photos have never been published in print before, including a sequence of shots from the Animals tour in 1977 that have only just been developed from the original negatives and digitally restored for this publication.

In total, over 100 glorious images of Floyd both on and off stage through the decades are included in this large format hardback book. Housed in a bespoke, custom-made, buckram presentation box with holographic block foil, it also includes 3 prints, ideal for framing and is strictly limited to 500 worldwide.

Hardback: 297 x 210 mm, 128pp, in a custom-made, holographic block foil presentation case with a set of 3 prints.

Notes: Updated version features more than 30 new or updated instruments - including the Polyend Tracker, the new Haken Continuum models, Moog DFAM and Subharmonicon, Sensel Morph, Novation Launchpad X, and others.

An exquisitely designed, photography-rich 352-page hardcover volume that inspires creativity, PUSH TURN MOVE forays into the fascinating world of electronic instrument design and application. The updated edition - a visual feast for both music creators and enthusiasts - features dozens of instruments, artist interviews, essays, and descriptive diagrams, and a Foreword by electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre.

Originally published in 2017, the first edition of Push Turn Move has sold across more than 50 countries around the world. It has served as the ultimate reference for those looking to learn more about how electronic music is made, through the eyes of its creators, toolmakers, and innovators.

"Push Turn Move was the book that started it all for us, and it was truly a labor of love," commented Kim Bjorn, CEO and Founder of Bjooks. "At the time it was released just four years ago, I had no idea that it would take on a life of its own, or that it would be read by so many electronic music fans around the world. Since its original release, there have been many new innovations in the electronic music industry, so I thought it was time for an update."

The Book that Started it All

Push Train Move set the foundation for future Bjooks titles, including PATCH & TWEAK, PEDAL CRUSH, and PATCH & TWEAK with Moog, and focuses on the evolution of electronic musical instrument design. With stunning photography, illustrations, and descriptive text, the book highlights the intersection of electronic artists and the tools they use to create, such as Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), sequencers, modular synthesizers, drum machines, gestural interfaces, and so much more.

Push Turn Move also explores the design principles and techniques behind electronic music instrument interfaces and controllers, while explaining how innovative manufacturers continue to solve the challenges of visualizing and controlling sound. In addition to covering the evolution of these tools, the book also explores the current state of the electronic musical instrument industry and where things might be headed in the future.

Some of the updates to PUSH TURN MOVE for this new edition include:

Stunning new print and paper quality.

An interview with the founder of Artiphon about the new Orba.

Many new products are covered, including:
- Novation Launchpad X
- Moog Music's latest semi-modular instruments
- Ableton Live 11
- Make Noise Strega
- Mutable Instruments Beads
- Polyend Tracker
- KORG SQ-64
- Native Instruments MASCHINE+
- VCV Rack
- And many others.

OBS for collectors:
And the text on the spine now aligns with the text on our later titles!

Notes: "Queen Of Nowhere" is the result of the photographic works by Kourtney Roy and the musician Dayve Samek (Trance Farmers) initiated by IIKKI, between November 2021 and March 2022.

The man behind the name Trance Farmers is Dayve Samek, a wanderer from Los Angeles to Louisiana, and his music has picked up just about every influence it can along the way. He has recorded his first album in 2014 on Leaving Records (Stones Throw Records). Not sure how to classify his music ranges, but something between sweaty, garage-born ballads brush shoulders with drifter anthems and gasoline drenched doo wop with at some points some beats close from the past Anticon works should make the point.

The Canadian photographer Kourtney Roy was born in Northern Ontario in 1981. Intrigued by the possibility of creating a tragic mythology of the self, she conjures an intimate universe pervaded by both wonder and mystery. Her photographer's eye is drawn to places and settings whose lyrical qualities underscore the sublime banality of everyday life.

Roy's studies in photography, at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver and later at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, inspired her to develop her finicky aesthetic, which lends itself particularly well to both glossy paper and film. Roy works extensively as an independent photographer/filmmaker in the art world. Instilled with a dark sense of humor, taking their clues as much from the grotesque nature of seemingly placid settings as from the tensions simmering just under the surface, her photographs have garnered many prizes, including the Prix Picto in 2007, The Emily Award in Canada in 2012 and the Prix Carte Blanche PMU/Le Bal in 2013 and the Pernod Ricard Carte Blanche in 2018.

Fine Art Book, limited to 700 copies

Hardcover book printed on Arctic G-Snow 150g/m2 // 132 pages, 24cm x 22cm, 95 photos // Logo, slot and circle embossed // Hand-numbered, hand-stamped

Notes: Homage to Lee Perry's vinyl releases from 1964 to 1982.

More than 800 label images plus a host of other images including classic Adrian Boot photos of the Black Ark, give a powerful visual vibe to this 280-page book. A year-by-year discography plus features on Perry's work with key reggae artists such as Bob Marley, Junior Byles, Augustus Pablo, Junior Murvin and Yabby You are at the heart of Scratch the Super Ape.

Sections on tracks recorded by others at the Black Ark and singles related to Scratch, complete the story.

Softback book

276 pages, 210 x 297mm, weighing approx. 900g

Notes: Over 300 pages of history of Axis Records focusing on its design and art. Approx 280 pages of art/photographs and graphics and 20-30 pages of English text.

What started out as a dance music label evolved into a international force of creativity that is unquestionably responsible for the shape, color and textures of the Dance Music we know today and probably tomorrow. Formed in 1992 by the acclaimed Techno DJ producer and artist Jeff Mills, Axis remains one of the few independent labels that consistently pushes the boundaries of Electronic Music off the dance floors and into the Cosmos. Axis is the science of body and soul.

After 20 years of feverous activity, an archive of work and projects are assembled in this comprehensive collection of art, photographs and designs that certify the influence of vision, concept and production that many producers and DJs refer to then and now.

Notes: 'Sheets' is a deluxe artefact containing the sheet music to ten of Nils Frahm's piano works, a selection of photographs from award-winning visual artist, Stuart Bailes, illustrated instructions on how to modify your piano to achieve Nils' signature 'Felt' sound, and a digital pass to download audio copies of the titles featured in the book.

Stuart Bailes creates nocturnal landscapes using studio lights and imposed stage-like settings. Sheets contains over a dozen allusive images from the artist who has also worked as lighting director for Nils's live performances. Sheets also includes illustrated instructions for assembling 3 types of damper: the Quick Fix, the Budget, and the Deluxe.

Winsome diagrams from Berlin-based artist Paul Praetzel decorate the directions. The work of melding together the elements of Sheets to produce a visually elegant, beautifully constructed, and tactually pleasurable whole was accomplished by Torsten Posselt and the good people at Berlin digital craft studio FELD.

* Also includes MP3 download code for included tracks *

Notes: These lavish, 28cm x 28cm hard-back books from classic Universal artists feature around 100 pages of essays, beautiful photographs and memorabilia. Including 16 UK Top 20 singles, 'Simply Dusty' provides the most comprehensive overview of Dusty Springfield's work and career. Although often reduced to a camp icon with her Kohl-eyes and her towering beehive hairdo, the former Mary O'Brien was not only Britain's greatest pop diva, but also unquestionably the finest white soul singer of her era. With thorough notes - each of the 98 songs gets an individual history - and sumptuous photography, this lavishly-packaged set shows Springfield to be a performer of remarkable emotional resonance, consistency and purity as her work adapted effortlessly across the four decades in which she recorded.

Notes: In the early 1980s, Karen O'Sullivan made her way from where she grew up on Manhattan, NY's Upper West Side to the then-desolate Lower East Side to photograph the burgeoning scenes of hardcore punk and hip hop. "Somewhere Below 14th & East" is the first collection of Karen's photos, compiling over 150 images of artists as diverse as The Clash, Run DMC, Iggy Pop, Beastie Boys, Minor Threat, UTFO, Misfits, and Whodini, as well as the various characters and ne'er-do-wells brave enough to witness history in the making. With its combination of O'Sullivan's striking imagery and first-hand accounts by those who were there, "Somewhere Below 14th & East" chronicles an extraordinary time where boundless possibility and stifling desperation intersected to create one of the most vital and creative times in New York's history.

Notes: Harte Recordings is proud to announce the release of the 40th Anniversary Celebration of SUN RA's Space Is The Place. This limited edition release will include a hardcover book, a DVD of the film with new producer commentary, and a CD of the soundtrack. It was forty years ago when SUN RA's galactic-sploitation epic Space Is The Place was released to theaters around the USA. For the first time, Earthlings were able to look into the reality of SUN RA; jazzman, alien, legend spaceman. Space Is The Place is a movie beyond explanation, and yet it still remains one of the craziest, psychedelic, music-powered head-twisting fest ever to hit the theaters.

Book:
Essays from screenplay writer Seth Hill and director John Coney
Forward by Wayne Coyne of THE FLAMING LIPS
Interview with Ray Johnson (who played the Overseer in the film)
Comments about the film from ARKESTRA members Marshall Allen and Danny Thompson
Dozens of never-seen-before photos, taken on and off set during the filming of the movie
Over 40 pages of commentary
125 pages

DVD:
Restored versions of both the original cut of Space Is The Place and the uncut version
New DVD commentary from producer Jim Newman
SUN RA & ARKESTRA home movies
NTSC all region, 153 minutes

CD:
Soundtrack with two additional tracks added that were never present on the soundtrack release, but are in the film.

Notes: Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World's Greatest Guitarists, is a deluxe celebration of the unsung hero of guitar music-the effects pedal.

Stompbox showcases the actual effects pedals owned and used by Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Frank Zappa, Alex Lifeson, Andy Summers, Eric Johnson, Adrian Belew, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Ed O'Brien, J Mascis, Lita Ford, Joe Perry, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Vernon Reid, Kaki King, Nels Cline and 82 other iconic and celebrated guitarists.

These exquisitely textured fine-art photographs are matched with fresh, insightful commentary and colorful road stories from the artists themselves, who describe how these fascinating and often devilish devices shaped their sounds and songs.

A visual treat for obsessive collectors, guitar players, and music fans, Stompbox reveals the essential but lesser-known marvels behind some of rock 'n' roll's signature sounds.

Book features and structure:

100 Pedals. Featuring interview with the artist and a photos of the chosen pedal. The interview explores the artist's personal connection to their chosen pedal. The pedal photo receives a full page with the interview on the adjacent page.

5 Editorial Features:
* Fuzzed, Phased & Freaked Out: A Heavy History of the Guitar Pedal.
* Thinking Inside the Box: A Pedal Innovators Roundtable.
* Fuzzy Drums, Hairy Horns & Silky Keys: Why It's Okay to Love Guitar Pedals for Everything But Guitar
* Seeing Sound: The Art & Design of the Stompbox
* J's Big Muff Museum: Lee Ranaldo Talks Pedals With J Mascis.

Photographer and Art Director: Eilon Paz
Editorial Director: Dan Epstein
Editor At Large: James Rotondi
Foreword: Ed O'Brien (Radiohead)

Contributing Writers Tom Beaujour, Rich Bienstock, Matt Blackett, Anna Blumenthal, Elton Bradman, Rod Brakes, Chris Buono, Barry Cleveland, Matt Diehl, Dan Epstein, Tzvi Gluckin, Dave Hunter, Michael Molenda, Bill Murphy, Whitney Petty, Lee Ranaldo, Michael Ross, James Rotondi, Cynthia Schemmer, Josh Scott, Katherine Turman

Notes: Here comes the ultimate Studio Ghibli piano solo collection featuring 77 essential musical masterpieces! From 20 of Studio Ghibli's most beloved films, including "My Neighbor Totoro," "Princess Mononoke," "Spirited Away," and more, comes a piano solo sheet music collection featuring 77 iconic songs. In addition to timeless favorites, songs from popular soundtracks such as "Kiki's Delivery Service" and "Porco Rosso" are included. Featuring Studio Ghibli musical masterpieces in solo piano arrangements, this collection features the movie theme songs as well as fan-favorite instrumental music. The difficulty levels range from easy to intermediate, making them accessible to a wide range of players, and the simpler arrangements can be fully enjoyed by players who can feel the essence and atmosphere. The book cover features official Studio Ghibli artwork. The book is supported in Japanese, English, and Chinese. This one volume offers a comprehensive, special collector's edition for enjoying Studio Ghibli's music. "Studio Ghibli 77 Selections" will surely take you on a musical journey through 20 Studio Ghibli films!

Notes: If the name Brooke Smith is known to the general public, it is from her acting on television shows such as Grey's Anatomy and Ray Donovan, or her role as Catherine Martin in Silence Of The Lambs. But prior to all that, Brooke was a participant in the New York hardcore scene of the 1980s, photographing bands at CBGBs notorious Sunday afternoon gigs and hanging out on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. "Sunday Matinee" contains over 140 images, both colour and black & white, spread across 160 pages in a clothbound, 11" x 11" book.

Notes: Synth Gems 1 is your guide to an eclectic and amazing collection of synthesizers as art. Experience the history, technology, and sonic innovation of electronic music in a completely new way.

With their widely diverse designs and intentions, synthesizers offer a world of fascination. What thoughts and emotions guided their creators? What do they say about the era when they were created? How do their form and function define one another and the music they make?

As much for serious synth enthusiasts as for newcomers to electronic music, Synth Gems 1 is an enlightening look into this wonderful world of vintage synthesizers.

An art gallery of electronic aesthetics

Synth Gems 1 takes you on a tour of over 60 remarkable keyboards - large and small, famed and rare, elegant, beautiful, and brutal... and ranging from classics that define entire genres to rare oddities that bring their own grace to the world.

Each synthesizer is presented in a series of finely detailed photographs, with a discussion of its origins and importance. From the dawn of commercial synthesis to the close of the Twentieth Century, the lives and times of these unique instruments are chronicled in exquisite pictures and thoughtful stories - mingling music, technology, commerce, and visual art.

Meet the synthesizer

Besides a brief introduction to the basic elements of synthesizer design, as well as a comprehensive Glossary, the book is rounded out by tours of the three museums that opened their collections to be photographed, and a selection of resources for further study: books, films, educational initiatives, online resources - even ways to play with these sounds at home.

Known classics and significant rarities

Explore the designs and read the stories behind instruments from famous brands such as ARP, Casio, Clavia, Korg, Moog, Oberheim, Roland, Sequential, and Yamaha - as well as vintage gems from Crumar, Electronic Dream Plant, Elgam, E-mu, Ensoniq, Fairlight, Kawai, Gleeman, Lord Synthesisers, Steiner-Parker, Technics, Waldorf, and more.

60+ selected vintage synthesizers
300+ unique color photos
Foreword by master synthesist Vince Clarke
320 pages printed on high-quality paper
Hardcover format (9.8" x 9.8" / 25 x 25 cm)

Notes: This complex work is a painstakingly detailed and incredibly massive exhibit of Tangerine Dream's paper past. Presented in a 10x12" (ca. 25x30 cm) coffee-table book format - specifically designed to sit beside Edgar's Force Majeure autobiography perfectly, "Itinerary" has a scope of about 452 pages, and contains over 1,100 images of TD's posters, flyers, tickets, passes, programs, invitations, contracts, stage plots, spreadsheets, memos, itineraries, telexes, receipts, press releases, etc. - all of which has been described by one of the world's leading collectors of music memorabilia to be "the most astonishing collection of memorabilia by one band" he's ever seen.

Notes: A new book of scores by artist and composer Philip Corner (b. 1933). The Art of No-Art is a collection of 385 new graphic scores written between 2019 and 2022. Each score is a single-page meditation based around octaves. Though written mostly for piano, the scores could be arranged for other instrumentation (for those with fewer than an 8 octave range).

The Art of No-Art explores the endless possibilities of one musical note (and its bounded harmonics). The pieces can be performed by people of any skill level; rudimentary or advanced navigations are possible.

A supplemental audio download is included, which features recordings of many scores from the book, played on a variety of instruments by Agnese Toniutti, Rhodri Davies, Sarah Davachi, Derek Baron, Philip Corner, Matt Hannafin, Charlie Morrow, Zachary Paul, and Silvia Tarozzi. Additionally, Philip Corner wrote instructions for Sean McCann to collage all these recordings into a grand piece of No-Art.

A numbered art print of the score "Life's A Joke" is included, a piece for voice which invites the reader to sing (or shout), "LIFE'S A JOKE AND ALL THINGS SHOW IT, I THOUGHT SO ONCE AND NOW I KNOW IT."

Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies, 364 pages, 12" x 8" perfect bound book, incl.print, incl. download

Notes: Tresor is pleased to announce the Drexciyan journey's continuation with the release of The Book Of Drexciya, Vol. 1, a graphic novel which covers the first 5 vivid chapters of this powerful mythology, a crucial Afrofuturist work.

African pregnant women thrown o the slave ships gave birth underwater to amphibious creatures. They could breathe as they did in their mothers' wombs, they had webbed hands and feet and became the Drexciyan wave jumpers: great warriors of the abyss. Revealed in the inner sleeve notes of The Quest (1997), through a map of the diasporic black culture, Drexciya illustrated four phases: The Slave Trade, Migration Route of Rural Blacks to Northern Cities, Techno Leaves Detroit, Spreads Worldwide, and The Journey Home (Future). It introduces the very creatures and warriors found in these pages, such as Wavejumpers and Deep Sea Dwellers. The return home is of destination future, where lays the population of their abyss.

Follow the story of the first Drexciyan, his subaquatic birth, growing up in the caves of Ociya Syndor, later to become Drexaha, the empire's first king. Get introduced to Dr. Blowfin, Master of Alchemy and Quantum Genetics, who masterminded Drexciyan computer systems and network, based on Genetic Intelligence and DNA matrix systems. Hear the story of the birth of the wavejumpers, the mightest warriors of Drexciya. Enter Bubble Metropolis, thriving with its central command, aquabahns and aqua wormhole gateways to the cephalopod-like oceanic Cruisers.

Authored by Abdul Qadim Haqq and Dai Sato, it features the art of Haqq, Leo Rodrigues, Alan Oldham, Hector Rubilar, Leonardo Gondim, Daniel Oliviera and Milton Estevam. Haqq's legendary concept imagery associated with the Detroit techno community and beyond for almost 30 years and his contributions to the mythology at the time of conception makes him uniquely positioned to lead this endeavour. Dai Sato is most known for his screenwriting for animes Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell.

This project comes with the full support of living Drexciya member Gerald Donald and Helen Stinson, the surviving mother of James Stinson.

Notes: We continue to learn about the Drexciyans and their first leader, Drexaha. 5 stories just like the Book of Drexciya, Volume One.

Notes: Michael Gira - The Knot: Complete Words for Music, Collected Stories and Journals

Hardcover 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches, 408 pages, includes 101 colour images printed on high quality photographic paper.

Journals, stories, and songs span the years 1981 to present. Includes visual archives and artwork dating back to 1974.

Hardcover Collector's edition of 3000 numbered copies, signed by M. Gira

"From the Preface to The Knot: This book contains the words to every song I've written worth collecting to date from all my musical projects throughout the years. I've left out various imbecilities and feckless half-starts. Also included in this book are several previously published short stories. They're taken from the collections The Consumer and The Egg, as well as a few other hand- made limited editions of stories. In a few cases I've included excerpts rather than the entire story. This was done for aesthetic purposes, with the overall feel of this current volume in mind. There are a great many journal entries in this book. For the most part they are also, emphatically fiction. They're from an ongoing journal, not a diary. My journals are where I often allow a disembodied, fictional 1st person narrator to take over and unspool imagined events, diatribes, impossible scenarios, psychic auto-cannibalisms, and corrosive or ecstatic dreams etc. Again, these are fiction. Certain things I've written about (in fiction and in song form) seem to exist beneath the surface (in myself and others) and I find them compelling to look at and to describe. I view this as a positive act. In acknowledgment of the constricting and microscopically judgmental and censorious times we live in, the usual authorial caveats apply here. Certainly there are many purely anecdotal journal entries included in this book as well, and my presumption is that an intelligent reader would be able to differentiate one from the other. Personally, I'm very suspicious of memory (especially my own), so I can't definitively vouch for the veracity of the recounting of the literal events herein either. I have also excised material that I felt too personal to include, out of respect for the people involved as well as for myself. There are several large gaps in the journal entries over the years. This is due to lost journals of the time, and in one case a lost laptop (which, painfully, contained a great deal of writing). There are also periods where I didn't keep a journal and didn't write fiction. In any event, I've tried to include fiction and journal entries that correspond roughly to the period before and after a musical album's release and the words that were written for that music. The end section of this book consists of recently unearthed visual documents and imagery and functions here as an incidental archive. The images span the years from 1974 to the present."

Michael Gira

Notes: This is the One: A Stone Roses Photo Essay by Dennis Morris

Hand Signed & Numbered by Dennis Morris to the End Paper and Photographic Print

Hardback in Clamshell Case with Photographic Art Print - Limited Edition

New & Unread

A 200 page photo essay chronicling the rise of The Stone Roses, documenting the inception of the four piece band from their formation in Manchester in 1983 to the establishment of their place in British music history. A beautifully presented, intimate look at an iconic band. Printed on high quality silk paper stock featuring over 250 never before seen images of The Stone Roses - including live photos from Spike Island, Glasgow Green, behind the scenes photos and intimate studio shots.

Classic on-stage photos from the legendary Spike Island and Glasgow Green concerts.
Includes never- before-seen behind the scenes images and intimate studio portraits.
Forewords provided by Dennis Morris and Luke Bainbridge.
200 pages with over 250 images within a hardcover.
Individually signed and numbered by Dennis Morris
Includes numbered limited edition print of The Stone Roses signed by Dennis Morris
Supplied in a protective embossed sleeve
Limited to 1,000 copies

Notes: Tresor: True Stories is the first printed excavation of Tresor's legendary history.

Digging deeply into its rich archives, the venerable institution has unearthed countless treasures from its over three-decade old history. Over 400 never before seen photographs, flyers, faxes and other artefacts illustrate a story that intersects with the most important social and musical trend in the modern history of Berlin.
The story is told with the voices of those that were there - over 40 protagonists share their first-hand reminiscences of the 'big bang' that launched techno into the world. Through the story of Tresor, the book charts the heady days of 80s West Berlin through to the explosion of new energy that midwifed in the new social reality of reunified Germany.

This is a unique and essential printed monument to the institution that changed electronic music forever, and the city that allowed it to exist.

Specs:
- Softcover: 300g/m² raw cardboard, granular lamination, open spine binding.
- 352 pages: Neon CMYK print on Lessebo Smooth Natural 90g/m² and Galaxi ArtSamt 115g/m²
- Dimensions: 22,0 x 30 x 2,2cm (1,4kg)

Chapters:

1 Dada at the End of the World
2 The Wild Years
3 Tresor Never Sleeps

Editors: Harry Glass, Paul Reachi, Sven von Thulen
Authors: Dimitri Hegemann, Paul Hockenos, Regina Baer

Interviews and transcriptions: Felix Denk, Jeannette Goddar, Jurgen Laarmann, Ruro Efue
Digitization: Felix Moser, Rudiger Muller
Translations, proofreading and copyediting: Edessa Malke, Paul Fleischmann, Paul Sabine
Photography: Gustav Volker Horst, Oliver Wia, Tilman Brembs, Wolfgang Bruckner
Concept, layout and design: onlab