World Food Books

What Kind of House Party Is This?
The History of a Music Revolution

1995, English
Softcover, 432 pages, 22 x 27.4 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by MIY (Mind In You) Publishing Ltd / UK

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First and only edition of this enormous definitive history of House Music, self-published in Britain in 1995. Spanning Ambient, Techno, Jungle, Acid; from the DJ's to the raves; this huge book documents a cultural music and dance movement first-hand through the experiences and words of all the major DJ’s from the scene at the time including Larry Heard, Frankie Knuckles, Adonis, Norman Jay, Carl Cox, Fat Tony, Pete Tong, Alfredo, Fabio, Jesse Saunders, Grooverider, Juan Atkins, Sasha, Dimitri, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Derrick May, Andy Weatherall, Jamie Principal, about 80 interviews and profiles in total, plus extensive reviews, reflections and photography of the scenes in Ibiza, Great Britain, Italy, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, etc., spanning all the major clubs and festivals of the time. The book's design also embodies the aesthetic of the movement at the time, with every page immersed in an insane sea of psychedelic, early CG graphic design, complete with a never-ending collection of rave flyers.
A true labor of love, this one-of-a-kind historical time-capsule is a must for any dance music collector.

Condition: Good (some general reading/shelf wear due to size/age) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: MIY (Mind In You) Publishing Ltd / UK Counterculture Graphic Design / Typography Out-of-print / Rare Performance / Dance / Theater Sound / Music Drugs / Psychedelia

Wreckers of Civilisation: The Story of COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle
Edited by Simon Ford

1999, English
Softcover, 300 pages, 17 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Black Dog Publishing Ltd / London

$290.00 - Out of stock

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Scarce first 1999 edition of this definitive resource on the work of COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle.

"These people are the wreckers of civilisation", exclaimed the Conservative Member of Parliament Nicholas Fairbairn in 1976. His outburst was meant to describe four artists and musicians: Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson and Chris Carter - members of the seminal band Throbbing Gristle. What "these people" had done to deserve such an epithet, and what they were about to do, is the subject of this book.

Throbbing Gristle are widely lauded as the band that invented industrial music, and their influence can be observed across today's musical landscape: from house and techno to industrial death metal. Wherever experimental electronic music is being made, Throbbing Gristle's influence can be felt.

"Wreckers of Civilisation recalls a time which despite volumes of print remains occluded, obdurate, even intimidating: that moment before the conservative reconstruction. To be awake in London in the late 1970s was to be plunged into turmoil: externally manifest in riot, internally within various forms of damage and depression and, if one felt brave or driven, extreme aesthetics. COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle mark the furthest reach of that impulse: even more so than Punk, they plunged into a technological and personal examination of the dark side - the forbidden, the taboo, the dystopian future on the doorstep. Today this might seem like science fiction or deliberate shock tactics, but then it seemed like reportage, front line dispatches from a convulsed country."

Heavily illustrated and complete with a chronological list of actions, concerts and exhibitions, discography, filmography, bibliography and much more, this heavy volume has become an invaluable and sought after resource on TG, COUM Transmissions, and Industrial Records.

Simon Ford is a freelance writer and art historian. He was previously Research Associate in Craft and Design and Curator of the Design Council Slide Collection at Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as being a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He received his PhD in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2000. He is the author of Wreckers of Civilisation: The Story of COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle (1999, 2017, Black Dog Publishing). His most recent book is The Situationist International: A User's Guide (2006, Black Dog).

Very Good copy.

File under: COUM Transmissions Cosey Fanni Tutti Genesis P-Orridge Throbbing Gristle William S. Burroughs Derek Jarman Chris Carter Foxtrot Echo Fizzy Paet Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson Simon Ford Black Dog Publishing Ltd / London Performance / Dance / Theater Sound / Music Art Out-of-print / Rare Feminism Counterculture Film / Video Theory / Essay

Fool's Mate Vol. 21 May 1982
"FEMALE"

1982, Japanese
Softcover, 112 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

$80.00 - Out of stock

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Rare early issue of the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. Fool's Mate Vol. 21 May 1982. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/coffee shop adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This issue with cover feature on "Female" artists in avant-garde music and culture, including articles on the history of women in experimental music (The Shaggs, Malaria!, Brigitte Fontaine, Suburban Lawns, Tamia, Lydia Lunch, Phew, Sandy Denny, etc.), interviews/in-depths articles on/with Nico, Dagmar Krause, The Slits, The Raincoats, plus features on This Heat, Lieutenant Murnau (Vittore Baroni), Grafika Airlines cassette label, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, 4AD, Mike Oldfield, The Work, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy. General wear/age.

File under: Siouxsie and the Banshees The Shaggs Malaria! Brigitte Fontaine Suburban Lawns Tamia Lydia Lunch Phew Sandy Denny The Velvet Underground Nico Dagmar Krause The Slits The Raincoats This Heat Lieutenant Murnau (Vittore Baroni) Grafika Airlines Mike Oldfield The Work Penguin Cafe Orchestra 4AD Fool's Mate / Tokyo Art Counterculture Sound / Music Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art

Fool's Mate June 1978
"Occultism"

1978, Japanese
Softcover, 96 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

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Rare early issue of the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. Fool's Mate June 1978. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/coffee shop adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This issue with cover feature on "Occultism" with features on the history of the occult in culture and its influence on avant-garde art and music, with in depth articles on Ash Ra Temple, Magma, Heldon, David Bowie, The Pop Group, This Heat, Kate Bush, Robert Fripp, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy. General wear/age.

File under: King Crimson Ash Ra Temple Magma Heldon David Bowie The Pop Group This Heat Kate Bush Robert Fripp Manuel Göttsching Ashra Fool's Mate / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Art Sound / Music Theory / Essay Counterculture Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Ancient / Medieval / Gothic

Fool's Mate Vol. 19 December 1981
"Psychic Youth"

1981, Japanese
Softcover, 112 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

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Rare early issue of the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. Fool's Mate Vol. 19 December 1981. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/coffee shop adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This issue with cover feature on "Psychic Youth" with features on This Heat, Robert Wyatt, Chris Cutler, Art Bears, Recommended Records, Throbbing Gristle, Keiji Haino, Fred Frith, Merzbow, King Crimson, Peter Hammill, Massacre, Holger Czukay, Can, The Cure, Bauhaus, Dome, New Order, Joy Division, P.I.L., Pungo, Neo Tendency, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy. General wear/age.

File under: This Heat Robert Wyatt Chris Cutler Art Bears Recommended Records Throbbing Gristle Keiji Haino Fred Frith Merzbow King Crimson Peter Hammill Massacre Holger Czukay Can The Cure Bauhaus Dome New Order Joy Division P.I.L. Pungo Neo Tendency Fool's Mate / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Art Sound / Music Counterculture Occult / Esoterica Theory / Essay Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art

Fool's Mate April 1978
"In Fantasy"

1978, Japanese
Softcover, 109 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

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Rare early issue of the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. Fool's Mate April 1978. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/coffee shop adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This issue with cover feature on "Fantasy" in European rock and avant-garde music, features on fantasy art and literature, the Island Records label, Brian Eno, Klaus Schulze, David Bowie, special feature on Derek Bailey, Italian Prog, Peter Hammill, Ashra, Brian Eno, Tony Banks, Van Der Graaf, Genesis, Vangelis, Peter Gabriel, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy. General wear/age.

File under: Brian Eno Klaus Schulze David Bowie Derek Bailey Peter Hammill Ashra Tony Banks Van Der Graaf Genesis Vangelis Peter Gabriel Fool's Mate / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sound / Music Art Counterculture Occult / Esoterica Theory / Essay Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art

Fool's Mate Vol. 8 April 1978

1978, Japanese
Softcover, 90 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

$90.00 - In stock -

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Rare early issue of the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. Fool's Mate Vol. 8 April 1978. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/coffee shop adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This issue with cover feature on Electronic Music with interviews and discographies of/with Brian Eno, Klaus Schulz, Tim Blake, the Egg Label, Vangelis, Mauro Bagani, Can, Amon Düül 2, Hawkwind, Throbbing Gristle, The Residents, Lucio Battisti, a special feature on Italian Rock (PFM, New Trolls, Area, etc.), Henry Cow, Gilgamesh, Recommended Records/R.I.O., Scorpians, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy. General wear/age.

File under: PFM EGG Records Amon Düül 2 Amon Düül II Henry Cow Brian Eno Klaus Schulz Tim Blake Vangelis Mauro Bagani Can Hawkwind Throbbing Gristle The Residents Lucio Battisti New Trolls Area Gilgamesh Recommended Records Scorpians Fool's Mate / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sound / Music Art Counterculture Theory / Essay Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art

Fool's Mate Vol. 16 March 1980

1980, Japanese
Softcover, 96 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

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Rare early issue of the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. Fool's Mate Vol. 16 March 1980. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/coffee shop adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This issue with cover feature on Throbbing Gristle/Genesis P-Orridge/Industrial Records, Come Org., Henry Cow / Art Bears, Brian Eno, French Meta Musique — The History of Magma, Heldon, Lard Free, Bernard Szajner, Catherine Ribeiro+Alpes, Yochk'o Seffer, Ariel Kalma, Theatre Du Chene Noir, Weidorje, Benoit Widemann, Urban Sax, Ilich, etc., P.I.L., The Pop Group, Metabolist, Camel, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Good copy. General wear/age.

File under: Whitehouse MB (Maurizio Bianchi) Come Organisation Bernard Szajner P.I.L. The Pop Group Metabolist Camel Magma Heldon Lard Free Catherine Ribeiro+Alpes Weidorje Genesis P-Orridge Throbbing Gristle Industrial Records Yochk'o Seffer Ariel Kalma Théâtre du Chêne Noir Benoît Widemann Urban Sax Fool's Mate / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Art Sound / Music Counterculture Occult / Esoterica Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Theory / Essay

Fool's Mate "Special Stock" 1978—79
Vol. 4 "Fantasy" + Vol. 6 "Eros" + Vol. 7 "Avant-Garde"

1979, Japanese
Softcover, 240 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

$100.00 - In stock -

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Rare "Special Stock" compendium book by the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/cafe adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This special three issue collection combines Vol. 4 "Fantasy" + Vol. 6 "Eros" + Vol. 7 "Avant-Garde". Says it all really. Incredible in-depth, encyclopaedic features on Derek Bailey (full biography and discograohy), British avant-garde/free music/jazz/avant-rock/R.I.O./Canterbury (Bailey, Henry Cow, Daevid Allen/Gong, Lol Coxhill, Soft Machine, Company, Slapp Happy, Keith Tippett, National Health, Evan Parker, Art Bears, King Crimson, Hatfield and The North, Kew Rhone, National Health, Robert Wyatt, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Incus Records, Ogun Records, etc.), R.I.O. expanded (Univers Zero, Art Zoyd, ZNR, The Residents, Albert Marcoeur, Stormy Six, Etron Fou Leloublan, Samla Mammas Manna, etc.), plus features and articles on Robert Fripp, Atoll, Annette Peacock, Italian Prog, Gloria Mundi, Peter Hammill, Ashra, Brian Eno, Tony Banks, Van Der Graaf, Genesis, Vangelis, Peter Gabriel, New Spanish Rock, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy.

File under: Aubrey Beardsley Kuniyoshi Kaneko Hans Bellmer Fernand Khnopff Charles Ricketts Dante Gabriel Rossetti Ashra Ash Ra Temple Manuel Göttsching Derek Bailey Henry Cow Daevid Allen Gong Lol Coxhill Soft Machine Company Slapp Happy Keith Tippett National Health Evan Parker Robert Wyatt Spontaneous Music Ensemble Incus Records Ogun Records King Crimson Robert Fripp Atoll Annette Peacock Gloria Mundi Peter Hammill Brian Eno Van der Graaf Generator Genesis Vangelis Peter Gabriel Univers Zero Art Zoyd ZNR The Residents Albert Marcoeur Stormy Six Etron Fou Leloublan Samla Mammas Manna Tony Banks Masami Akita (Merzbow) Masashi Kitamura Fool's Mate / Tokyo Eros Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sound / Music Art Symbolism / Decadence / Fin de siècle Theory / Essay Occult / Esoterica Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Counterculture

Fool's Mate Vol. 13 August 1980
"La Pop Metaphysique"

1980, Japanese
Softcover, 112 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

$80.00 - In stock -

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Rare early issue of the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. Fool's Mate Vol. 13 August 1980. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/cafe adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This issue "La Pop Metaphysique" with cover feature on the history of King Crimson (Part 1) with in-depth chronology, the history of German Rock Music part 1 (Amon Düül I and II, Gila, Kluster, Neu!, Harmonia, Conrad Schnizler, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, Can, Sky Records, Roedelius, Moebius, etc), "Pop Music for all the Schizoid-Human & Schizoid-Ages" (Suicide, James Chance, Monochrome Set, etc.), Slapp Happy/Peter Blegvad/Kew Rhone/Amateur/Henry Cow/Faust, "The Real Story of National Health", "U.S.A. Free Music" (L.A.F.M.S., Trans Museq, Henry Kaiser, etc.), Georges Bataille, Gunjogacrayon, Metabolist, David Bowie, Etron Fou Leloublan, Mario Millo, PFM, Ralph Lundsten, Memoriance, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy. General wear/age.

File under: Hans-Joachim Roedelius Dieter Moebius Amon Düül Amon Düül 2 Amon Düül I Amon Düül II Gila Kluster Neu! Harmonia Conrad Schnizler Klaus Schulze Tangerine Dream Can Sky Records Suicide James Chance Monochrome Set Lindsay Cooper Slapp Happy Peter Blegvad Kew Rhone Amateur Henry Cow Faust L.A.F.M.S. Trans Museq Henry Kaiser Gunjogacrayon Metabolist David Bowie Etron Fou Leloublan Mario Millo PFM Ralph Lundsten Memoriance Masashi Kitamura Masami Akita (Merzbow) Georges Bataille Fool's Mate / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sound / Music Art Occult / Esoterica Counterculture Theory / Essay Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Surrealism

Fool's Mate Vol. 14 November 1980

1980, Japanese
Softcover, 112 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

$80.00 - In stock -

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Rare early issue of the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. Fool's Mate Vol. 14 November 1980. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/cafe adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This issue with cover feature on the history of King Crimson (Part 2) with in-depth chronology, the history of German Rock Music into German Intermedia, Dada, Neo-Dada, German Avant-Garde theatre, etc. (Amon Düül I and II, Bertolt Brecht, Guru Guru, Can, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, Strauss, Agitation Free, Joseph Beuys, Ash Ra Temple, Popol Vuh), Kate Bush, Bert Jansch, Robert Wyatt, Throbbing Gristle and Industrial Records (TG, Monte Cazazza, Leather Nun, S.P.K.), Fred Frith interview, plus the R.I.O. Festival in Reims, France, 1980 (This Heat, ZNR, Eskaton, Stormy Six, Samla Mammas Manna, Tim Hodgkinson, Etron Fou Leloublan, Marc Hollander, Ghédalia Tazartès, Maggie Nicols, etc.), INA-GRM discography (François Bayle, Jean Schwarz, Guy Reibel, Jean-Claude Risset, etc.), and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy. General wear/age.

File under: Amon Düül Amon Düül 2 Ghedalia Tazartes King Crimson Bertolt Brecht Guru Guru Can Klaus Schulze Tangerine Dream Strauss Agitation Free Joseph Beuys Ash Ra Temple Popol Vuh Kate Bush Robert Wyatt Throbbing Gristle. Industrial Records Monte Cazazza Leather Nun S.P.K. Fred Frith Herny Cow Art Bears Slapp Happy This Heat ZNR Eskaton Stormy Six Samla Mammas Manna Tim Hodgkinson Etron Fou Leloublan Marc Hollander Maggie Nicols François Bayle Jean Schwarz Guy Reibel Jean-Claude Risset Bert Jansch Masami Akita (Merzbow) Masashi Kitamura Fool's Mate / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sound / Music Art Occult / Esoterica Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Counterculture Symbolism / Decadence / Fin de siècle Theory / Essay

Fool's Mate Vol. 18 October 1981

1981, Japanese
Softcover, 112 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

$90.00 - In stock -

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Rare early issue of the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. Fool's Mate Vol. 18 October 1981. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/cafe adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This incredible issue with cover feature on Fred Frith and Recommended Records, plus Vini Reilly/Durutti Column, The Flying Lizards, David Cunningham, Steve Beresford, Piano Records, Phew, David Toop, Michael Nyman, Aksak Maboul, Crammed Discs, Family Fodder, Video Aventures, Band Apart, Robert Wyatt, Lidsay Cooper, Tim Hodgkinson, Nord, Ken Lockie, Landscape, Alan Gowen, Electroacoustic music, medieval heresy and satanism, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy. General wear/age.

File under: David Cunningham Steve Beresford Piano Records Phew David Toop Michael Nyman Aksak Maboul Crammed Discs Family Fodder Band Apart Robert Wyatt Lidsay Cooper Tim Hodgkinson Nord Ken Lockie Landscape Alan Gowen Henry Cow Art Bears The Residents Lemon Kittens Gloria Mundi Fred Frith Recommended Records The Flying Lizards Vini Reilly Durutti Column Video Aventures Masami Akita (Merzbow) Masashi Kitamura Fool's Mate / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Art Sound / Music Ancient / Medieval / Gothic Occult / Esoterica Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Symbolism / Decadence / Fin de siècle Surrealism Theory / Essay Counterculture

Fool's Mate "Special Stock" part 2 January 1981
Vol. 15 + S.S

1981, Japanese
Softcover, 224 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

$100.00 - Out of stock

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Rare "Special Stock" compendium book by the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/cafe adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This special collection combines Vol. 15 + S.S in January 1981. Features: Heldon and Magma, Rock in Belgium (COS, Aksak Maboul, Marc Hollander, Julverne, Esperanto, Wallace Collection, etc.), Rough Trade Records (The Raincoats, Swell Maps, This Heat, The Fall, Young Marble Giants, Liliput, etc.), EGG Records (Patrick Vian, Fracoise Breant, Ose, Michel Magne, Christian Vander, etc.), Ash Ra Temple, Prog in Italy (PFM, Area, New Trolls, Stormy Six, etc.), Gilgamesh, The Residents, Henry Cow discography, Nurse with Wound, P.D./P16.D4/Permutative Distorsion, L.Voag, Borbetomagus, YLEM Tapes, Negativland, alchemy and the occult, The Pop Group, Bauhaus, Japan, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Vangelis, Jon Anderson, Blondie, Mike Oldfield, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy.

File under: Heldon Magma COS Aksak Maboul Marc Hollander Julverne Esperanto Wallace Collection Rough Trade Records The Raincoats Swell Maps This Heat The Fall Young Marble Giants Liliput EGG Records Patrick Vian Fracoise Breant Ose Michel Magne Christian Vander Ash Ra Temple PFM Area New Trolls Stormy Six Gilgamesh The Residents Henry Cow Nurse with Wound P16.D4 L.Voag Borbetomagus YLEM Tapes Negativland The Pop Group Bauhaus Japan Siouxsie and the Banshees Vangelis Jon Anderson Blondie Mike Oldfield Fool's Mate / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sound / Music Art Occult / Esoterica Ancient / Medieval / Gothic Counterculture Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art

Apocalypse Culture
Edited by Adam Parfrey

1990, English
Softcover, 362 pages, 21.6 x 24 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by Feral House / Los Angeles

$40.00 - Out of stock

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"Apocalypse Culture is compulsory reading for all those concerned with the crisis of our times. An extraordinary collection unlike anything I have ever encountered. These are the terminal documents of the twentieth century."—J.G. Ballard

Two thousand years have passed since the death of Christ and the world is going mad. Nihilist prophets, born-again pornographers, transcendental schizophrenics and just plain folks are united in their belief in an imminent global catastrophe. What are the forces lurking behind this mass delirium?

APOCALYPSE CULTURE is a startling, absorbing and exhaustive tour through the nether regions of today’s psychotic brainscape.

First published in 1987, APOCALYPSE CULTURE immediately touched a nerve. Alternately excoriated and lauded as “epochal”, “the most important book of the decade,” APOCALYPSE CULTURE had begun to articulate what many inwardly sensed — the-fear inspired irrationalism and faith, the clash of irreconcilable forces, and the ever-looming specter of fin de race. In its present incarnation for Feral House, APOCALYPSE CULTURE has significantly increased in size, taking on new perspectives on our current crisis, with pertinent revisions of many articles from the original edition.—burb from this expanded and revised 1990 edition.

Good copy with general wear/"kinkiness".

File under: Peter Sotos Joe Bradley Peter Sotos Adam Parfrey John Zerzan Hakim Bey Paul Lemos Thomas McEvilley Feral House / Los Angeles Fiction / Poetry Art Eros Counterculture Sound / Music Out-of-print / Rare Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Crime / Violence Weird / Speculative / Science Fiction Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Film / Video Theory / Essay Anarchism

Michiko Matsumoto
Women Come Alive

1978, Japanese
Softcover, 204 pages, 21 x 29.6 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Hanashi-no-Tokushu / Tokyo

$650.00 - In stock -

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Exceptionally rare (signed!) 1978 first edition photobook by Michiko Matsumoto, one of post war Japan's leading photographers. As a young female photographer growing up in a period of turmoil, Matsumoto conveys the wonders of women to the viewer from the perspective of a woman. Women Come Alive is her rarest and greatest example of this. This wonderful book collects "seven years with women...", Matsumoto's front-line photographic records of the women's liberation movement in Japan in the 1970s and her "Sisters Across Borders" (New York, Paris, Los Angeles, London...), as well as portraits of female artists, activists and friends Yoko Ono, Maki Asakawa, Eiko Ishioka, Michiko Gorman, Mamako Yoneyama, Teruko Yoshitake, Tokiko Kato, Harumi Yamaguchi, Chinatsu Nakayama and others. A true time-capsule, this book visits the workshops, bookshops, marches, women's centres, lesbian bars, exhibitions, editorial offices, dances and studios of a pivotal time of great change. An incredible book of feminist protest and celebration. Virtually an impossible book to find, even without a signature from the artist! Highly recommended!!

Very Good copy in very good dust jacket. Signed in black ink and dated 1978.6.7 on title page.

File under: Yoko Ono Michiko Matsumoto Alicia Bay Laurel Hanashi-no-Tokushu / Tokyo Japanese Photography Photography Out-of-print / Rare Feminism Counterculture Signed Books

Documenta 5
by Harald Szeemann

1972, German / English / French
Vinyl ring-binder (screen printed w. design by E. Ruscha), 650 pages +, 32 x 27 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by documenta / Kassel

$500.00 - Out of stock

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Scarce copy of the only edition of the most elaborately designed, and lowest circulated Documenta catalogue, conceived by curator Harald Szeemann to accompany the fifth edition of Documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany.

Subtitled "100 Days of Inquiry into Reality -- Today's Imagery," curated by the team of Harald Szeemann, Jean-Christophe Ammann and Arnold Bode, Documenta 5 followed a lineage of comprehensive shows documenting conceptually and minimally charged artworks curated by Szeemann including Live in Your Head (Kunsthalle Bern, 1969), and Happenings and Fluxus (Kunstverein, Köln), 1970. The largest, most expensive and most diverse of any exhibition anywhere, Documenta 5 was criticized in 1972 as being “bizarre…vulgar…sadistic” by art critic and essayist Hilton Kramer and “monstrous… overtly deranged” by art historian and art critic Barbara Rose, yet it still resonates today as one of the most important exhibitions in history. Featuring the works of over 170 artists and an equally expansive variety of materials and subjects drawn from popular cultural materials, architecture, science fiction, kitsch objects, film, advertising, children's art, etc. in addition to the more anticipated international survey of new painting and sculpture - Documenta 5 valiantly attempted to bridge the gap between art, culture, science and the broader society. This massive tome is housed in the iconic orange vinyl-covered, two-ring binder screen printed with the famous ant design by Edward Ruscha. The binder holds a tabbed index of illustrated artist's pages and associated texts and material, largely in German, but also many in English. All registers are present apart from the usual missing 19-25 which were not directly integrated into the catalogue and had to be ordered by the visitor separately to become their own contribution. This very complete copy also includes the additional 80 page, hole-punched Documenta 5 guide book, with floor plans, complete listing of exhibited artworks, list of exhibitions, bibliography, and many gallery, museum and other related advertisements. More than a catalogue, this publication is a piece of art history in itself.

Includes artists: Vito Acconci, Vincenzo Agnetti, Peter Alexander, John de Andrea, Giovanni Anselmo, Arbeitszeit, Archigram, Chuck Arnoldi, Art & Language, Richard Artschwager, Michael Ashkin, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Georg Baselitz, Lothar Baumgarten, Robert Bechtle, Gottfried Bechtold, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Karl Oskar Blase, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Christian Boltanski, Claudio Bravo, George Brecht, K.P. Brehmer, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Günter Brus, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Michael Buthe, James Lee Byars, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Castelli, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Chuck Close, Tony Conrad, Ron Cooper, Bill Copley, Joseph Cornell, Robert Cottingham, Paul Cotton, Hanne Darboven, Walter De Maria, David Deutsch, Jan Dibbets, Herbert Distel, Gino de Dominicis, Marcel Duchamp, John Dugger, Don Eddy, Franz Eggenschwiler, Ger van Elk, Richard Estes, Luciano Fabro, John C. Fernie, Robert Filliou, Jud Fine, Joel Fisher, Terry Fox, Howard Fried, Hamish Fulton, Franz Gertsch, Gilbert & George, Ralph Goings, Hubert Gojowczyk, Dan Graham, Walter Grasskamp, Nancy Graves, Hans Haacke, Duane Hanson, Guy Harloff, Michael Harvey, Haus-Rucker-Co, Auguste Herbin, Eva Hesse, Rebecca Horn, Jean Olivier Hucleux, Douglas Huebler, Jörg Immendorff, Will Insley, Rolf Iseli, Ken Jacobs, Neil Jenney, Alfred Jensen, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Max G. Kaminski, Howard Kanovitz, Edward Kienholz, Imi Knoebel, Christof Kohlhofer, Jannis Kounellis, Tom Kovachevich, Piotr Kowalski, David Lamelas, Barry Le Va, Jean LeGac, Alfred Leslie, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Ingeborg Luscher, Inge Mahn, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Etienne Martin, Richard McLean, David Medalla, Fernando Melani, Jim Melchert, Mario Merz, Gustav Metzger, Bernd Minnich, Malcolm Morley, Ed Moses, Bruce Nauman, Hermann Nitsch, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Blinky Palermo, Panamarenko, Giulio Paolini, A.R. Penck, Giuseppe Penone, Vettor Pisani, Sigmar Polke, Stephen Posen, Markus Raetz, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, Klaus Rinke, Dorothea Rockburne, Peter Roehr, Allen Ruppersberg, Edward Ruscha, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Ulrich Ruckriem, Robert Ryman, John Salt, Salvo, Lucas Samaras, Paul Sarkisian, Jean-Frederic Schnyder, Ben Schonzeit, Werner Schroeter, HA Schult, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Fritz Schwegler, Richard Serra, Paul Sharits, Allan Shields, Katharina Sieverding, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Keith Sonnier, Klaus Staeck, Paul Staiger, Jorge Stever, Robert Strubin, Paul Thek, Wayne Thiebaud, Andre Thomkins, David Tremlett, Richard Tuttle, Ben Vautier, W + B Hein, Franz Erhard Walther, Robert Watts, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, John Wesley, H.C. Westermann, William Wiley, Rolf Winnewisser, Tom Wudl, Klaus Wyborny, La Monte Young, Peter Young, Gilberto Zorio.

Catalogue also includes Bob Projansky and Seth Siegelaub's "The Artist's Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement." This "Agreement form has been drafted by Bob Projansky, a New York lawyer, after my [Siegelaub] extensive discussions and correspondence with over 500 artists, dealers, lawyers, collectors, museum people, critics and other concerned people involved in the day-to-day workings of the international art world. The Agreement has been designed to remedy some generally acknowledged inequities in the art world, particularly artists' lack of control over the use of their work and participation in its economics after they no longer own it. The Agreement for has been written with special awareness of the current ordinary practices and economic realitites of the art world, particularly its private, cash and informal nature, with careful regard for the interests and motives of all concerned. It is expected to be the standard form for the transfer and sale of all contemporary art, and has been made as fair, simple and useful as possible. It can be used either as presented here or slightly altered to fit your specific situation. If the following information does not answer all your questions consult your attorney." -- from Agreement's cover. Copies of the contract are individually included in English, Germany, and French editions.

Very Good, complete (as issued) copy. Very minor wear.

File under: Vito Acconci Vincenzo Agnetti Peter Alexander John de Andrea Giovanni Anselmo Arbeitszeit Archigram Chuck Arnoldi Art & Language Richard Artschwager Michael Ashkin John Baldessari Robert Barry Georg Baselitz Lothar Baumgarten Robert Bechtle Gottfried Bechtold Joseph Beuys Karl Oskar Blase Mel Bochner Alighiero Boetti Christian Boltanski Claudio Bravo George Brecht Marcel Broodthaers Stanley Brouwn Günter Brus Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Michael Buthe James Lee Byars Pier Paolo Calzolari Luciano Castelli Chuck Close Tony Conrad Ron Cooper Bill Copley Joseph Cornell Robert Cottingham Paul Cotton Hanne Darboven Walter De Maria David Deutsch Jan Dibbets Herbert Distel Gino de Dominicis Marcel Duchamp John Dugger Don Eddy Franz Eggenschwiler Ger van Elk Richard Estes Luciano Fabro John C. Fernie Robert Filliou Jud Fine Joel Fisher Terry Fox Howard Fried Hamish Fulton Franz Gertsch Gilbert & George Ralph Goings Hubert Gojowczyk Dan Graham Walter Grasskamp Nancy Graves Hans Haacke Duane Hanson Guy Harloff Michael Harvey Haus-Rucker-Co Auguste Herbin Eva Hesse Rebecca Horn Jean Olivier Hucleux Douglas Huebler Jörg Immendorff Will Insley Rolf Iseli Ken Jacobs Neil Jenney Alfred Jensen Jasper Johns Joan Jonas Max G. Kaminski Howard Kanovitz Edward Kienholz Imi Knoebel Christof Kohlhofer Jannis Kounellis H.C. Westermann William Wiley Rolf Winnewisser Tom Wudl Klaus Wyborny La Monte Young Peter Young Gilberto Zorio Franz Erhard Walther Robert Watts William Wegman Lawrence Weiner John Wesley Tom Kovachevich Piotr Kowalski David Lamelas Barry Le Va Jean LeGac Alfred Leslie Richard Long Ingeborg Lüscher Inge Mahn Brice Marden Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Blinky Palermo Panamarenko Giulio Paolini A.R. Penck Giuseppe Penone Vettor Pisani Sigmar Polke Stephen Posen Markus Raetz Arnulf Rainer Gerhard Richter Klaus Rinke Dorothea Rockburne Peter Roehr Allen Ruppersberg Edward Ruscha Reiner Ruthenbeck Ulrich Ruckriem Robert Ryman John Salt Salvo Lucas Samaras Paul Sarkisian Jean-Frederic Schnyder Ben Schonzeit Werner Schroeter HA Schult Rudolf Schwarzkogler Fritz Schwegler Richard Serra Paul Sharits Allan Shields Katharina Sieverding Robert Smithson Michael Snow Keith Sonnier Klaus Staeck Paul Staiger Jorge Stever Robert Strubin Paul Thek Malcolm Morley Ed Moses Bruce Nauman Hermann Nitsch Claes Oldenburg Agnes Martin Etienne-Martin Richard McLean David Medalla Fernando Melani Bernd and Hilla Becher K. P. Brehmer Christo & Jeanne-Claude Seth Siegelaub Harald Szeemann Jean-Christophe Ammann Bob Projansky Arnold Bode documenta / Kassel Art Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Arte Povera Conceptual Art Feminism Theory / Essay Architecture / Interior Performance / Dance / Theater Fluxus Dada Curatorial Film / Video Minimal Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Painting Photography Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Counterculture Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic

SALE2 No.28
Fetishism issue (w. feather)

1986, Japanese
Softcover, 160 pages, 13 x 18 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fiction Inc. / Tokyo

$80.00 - Out of stock

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Issue No.28 of the great SALE2 periodical from Tokyo Japan, founded in 1984 by Makoto Orui, who later became art director for Purple magazine in France, published regularly as a sort-of fanzine/journal/catalogue/pocket-book by Fiction, Inc., a specialty bookshop and publisher of fetish and erotica in Tokyo in the 1980—90s. Each issue covers different themes and features, heavy on fetishism.

Issue No.28, the "Fetishism" issue features collected writings and images around the theme of fetish by John Willie, Bizarre Magazine, Pierre Molinier, Irina Ionesco, Bernard Faucon (his incredible Summer Camp series), Irwing Klaw, Centurians Publishing Inc. bondage catalogues, Andy Warhol and much more... What's more, this issue comes complete with a green synthetic feather to kickstart your own sensual adventures.

Very heavily illustrated throughout with erotic photography and artwork, all texts in Japanese.

File under: John Willie Pierre Molinier Irina Ionesco Bernard Faucon Irwing Klaw Fiction Inc. / Tokyo Periodicals Counterculture Ero Guro / Erotic / Grotesque Eros Photography Out-of-print / Rare Fetishism / BDSM Art Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Surrealism LGBTQ+

Environments and Happenings
Edited by Adrian Henri

1974, English
Softcover, 216 pages, 21 x 16 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Thames and Hudson / London

$30.00 - Out of stock

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Environments and Happenings by painter and poet Adrian Henri, published by Thames & Hudson in 1974, forms one of the first mainstream book surveys to trace the phenomenon of environmental/performative/total living artworks that became prevalent in the 1960s/70s. This historical study is profusely illustrated in colour and b/w with many international works from Fluxus to Zero to Dolle Mina to Nouveau Réalisme to Provo to Gutai to The Situationists and much more. Includes the works of Joseph Beuys, Clarence Schmidt, Ray Johnson, Öyvind Fahlström, Paul Thek, Yves Klein, Allan Kaprow, Hans Haacke, Kurt Schwitters, Marcel Duchamp, Guerllia Art Action Group, Daniel Spoerri, Wolf Vostell, Gustav Metzger, Peter Kuttner, Jackson Pollock, Alison Knowles, Dick Higgins, Robert Morris, Situationist International, Ferdinand Kriwet, Klaus Rinke, Duane Hanson, A-Yo, Meret Oppenheim, Space Structure Workshop, Ferdinand Cheval, Dolle Mina (Mad Mina), Robert Smithson, Jeff Nuttall, Stefan Wewerka, Christo, Dennis Oppenheim, Vladimir Tatlin, Provo, Barry Flanagan, Andy Warhol, Meredith Monk, Atsuko Tanaka, Kazuo Shiraga, Ed Keinholz, Yayoi Kusama, Piero Gilardi, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Claes Oldenburg, Les Levine, James Rosenquist, Red Grooms, Tom Wesselmann, George Segal, Eduardo Paolozzi, and many many more. Includes reproductions of performance scripts, partial chronology, etc.

Very Good copy, previous owner name to front endpaper.

File under: Guerilla Art Action Group Joseph Beuys Clarence Schmidt Ray Johnson Öyvind Fahlström Paul Thek Yves Klein Hans Haacke Kurt Schwitters Marcel Duchamp Guerllia Art Action Group Daniel Spoerri Wolf Vostell Gustav Metzger Peter Kuttner Jackson Pollock Alison Knowles Dick Higgins Robert Morris Situationist International Ferdinand Kriwet Klaus Rinke Duane Hanson A-Yo Meret Oppenheim Space Structure Workshop Ferdinand Cheval Dolle Mina (Mad Mina) Robert Smithson Jeff Nuttall Stefan Wewerka Christo Dennis Oppenheim Vladimir Tatlin Provo Barry Flanagan Andy Warhol Meredith Monk Atsuko Tanaka Kazuo Shiraga Ed Keinholz Yayoi Kusama Piero Gilardi Niki de Saint-Phalle Jean Tinguely Claes Oldenburg Les Levine James Rosenquist Red Grooms Tom Wesselmann George Segal Eduardo Paolozzi Allan Kaprow Adrian Henri Thames and Hudson / London Sculpture / Installation Out-of-print / Rare Performance / Dance / Theater Fluxus Arte Povera Conceptual Art Art Dada Counterculture Curatorial Group Shows / Collections Painting Pop Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Surrealism Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Sound / Music

Namennayo Cats

1981, English
Softcover, unpaginated, 25.5 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Shinko Music Publishing / Tokyo Jonathan Music / Sydney

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Super rare English edition of the cult cat classic photo book and 1980's phenomenon, Namennayo Cats, published in 1981 by Shinko Music Publishing, Tokyo, and this very rare English translation by Jonathan Music, North Sydney. The illustrated photo album of the delinquent Namennayo Cats in their youth, dressed up in leathers, smoking cigarettes, hanging at the catnip coffee shop and the pinball arcade, graffitiing the school, playing in a rock band, as members in bōsōzoku biker gangs, all photographed by Satoro Tsuda and styled by a host of collaborators, set in elaborate miniature scenes with kitten scale props and ever-changing costumes. Tsuda fell in love with cats when he took four abandoned kittens into his care in 1979. "One day, almost two months since they met, Tsuda noticed the kittens playing with costumes for dolls left behind by his girlfriend." The rest is history. Practically overnight the "obliged" Namennayo Cats became mega idols in Japan, and this book an international treasure of Cat Photo humour.

Very Good copy of the especially collectible English edition, with only light cover wear/tanning.

File under: Satoro Tsuda Shinko Music Publishing / Tokyo Jonathan Music / Sydney Japanese Photography Photography Out-of-print / Rare Counterculture

Take Ivy
photo by T. Hayashida

1973, Japanese
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 139 pages, 24.7 x 18.7 cm
Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fujingahosha / Tokyo

$200.00 - In stock -

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1973 Japanese hardcover edition of "Take Ivy", the legendary 1965 cult photo-book that set off an explosion of American-influenced “Ivy Style” fashion among students in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo.

Sold out immediately on publication, and little known until recently outside of Japan, Take Ivy (the title inspired by "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck) was authored by four Japanese sartorial men's style enthusiasts and photographer Teruyoshi Hayashida (who shot for the influential Men’s Club magazine in Japan) and is a beautiful collection of candid, almost voyeuristic, photographs shot on the campuses of America’s elite Ivy League universities. The series focuses on college-aged men and their clothes between 1959-1965. Whether getting a meal on campus, lounging in the quad, riding bikes, studying in the library, in class, or at the boathouse, the subjects of this photographic compendium are impeccably and distinctively dressed in fine American-made garments. The New York Times describes "Take Ivy" as “a treasure of fashion insiders”, a bible for Japanese baby boomers, stylists and photographers ever since its first publication, the book remains the definitive document of the Ivy Style and one of the most iconic fashion books of all time. Original copies are rare in the West, garnering auction prices as high as $2000.

Very Good copy in Good dust jacket (preserved in mylar wrap). Small closed tears to top of dust-jacket spine, otherwise VG; some foxing spots to first and last pages, otherwise a wonderful sharp copy of the very scarce, very limited 1973 printing. The quality and feel of these early editions, printed in Japan, far surpass the many later, more common English and Japanese editions.

File under: Teruyoshi Hayashida Fujingahosha / Tokyo Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Japanese Photography Counterculture

Neumusik – The Complete Edition
by David Elliott

2023, English
Softcover, 425 pages, 17 x 24 cm
Published by Korm Plastics / Netherlands

$65.00 - Out of stock

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Published by Korm Plastics, this heavy book compendium collects all six issues of the Neumusik fanzine which David Elliott edited between 1979—82 while at university. The fanzine focussed on European, electronic and experimental music which had come out of krautrock, French progressive rock and the more esoteric side of British post-punk. David travelled extensively meeting musicians in Germany and France, and for a year was based in Strasbourg. Interviews and articles range from Conrad Schnitzler and Richard Pinhas to Florian Fricke and Chris Carter. Most issues were 60-80 pages long so, together with new text and photos, this compendium weighs in at a heavy 425 pages. It also touches on the parallel YHR label.

File under: David Elliott Korm Plastics / Netherlands Sound / Music Counterculture Periodicals Theory / Essay Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art

Vital – The Complete Collection 1987-1995

2023, English
Hardcover, 580 pages, 24 x 17 cm
Published by Korm Plastics / Netherlands

$70.00 - Out of stock

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Frans de Waard published Vital, a fanzine for electronic and electroacoustic music, from 1987 to 1995. It was a low-budget, Xeroxed publication, bearing the revolutionary instruction: ‘No Copyright Publication. Reprint Now!’ It featured interviews with Asmus Tietchens, O Yuki Conjugate, Merzbow, P16.D4, Pierre Henry, Jim O’Rourke, Brume, Döc Wor Mirran and many others, hosted discussions on copyright, plagiarism and plunderphonics, house music, ambient music, cassette culture and noise, and included contributions from musicians such as Leigh Landy, Godfried Willem Raes, John Duncan, and GX Jupitter-Larsen. Every issue included reviews of cassette releases, LPs, CDs and books. A total of 44 issues were published. Vital moved online in 1995, where it appeared every week since as Vital Weekly.

This book is a reprint of all 44 issues and is a lively record of the heyday of cassette culture and industrial music, but also of developments in the wider field of electronic music.

File under: Asmus Tietchens O Yuki Conjugate Merzbow P16.D4 Pierre Henry Brume John Duncan Frans de Waard John Duncan Korm Plastics / Netherlands Theory / Essay Sound / Music Periodicals Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Counterculture

Nul Nul — the Complete Edition — Industrial Culture Magazine 1985—86
by Frans de Waard & Christian Nijs

2023, English
Hardcover (w. cd), 184 pages, 21 x 15 cm
Published by Korm Plastics / Netherlands

$60.00 - Out of stock

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In October 1984, Frans de Waard started his Korm Plastics label and his music project Kapotte Muziek. Shortly after, a fellow student, Christian Nijs, joined him as a musical partner. They quickly released a few cassettes and contributed to international compilations, and Nijs started a short-lived label, Disabuse Transmissions. In the summer of 1985, they published the first issue of Nul Nul, a fanzine, to promote their projects and to support the industrial music scene in The Netherlands and Belgium. They published four issues. The lack of enthusiasm of readers, the financial struggle and the Nijs leaving Kapotte Muziek meant the end of Nul Nul, and De Waard started shortly after Vital (1987-1995), which is already published in book form by Korm Plastics.

These four issues are a testament to the creative times that were the 1980s, cut ‘n paste, and the strange, curious language we used when we were younger. Mark Posyden and Frans de Waard painstakingly translated all the texts (and went slightly insane doing it, as some of the original writing was pure gobbledygook), and Studio Bertin made a design that is ‘almost’ like the original, making this book a true beauty.

Along with this book comes a 24-track compilation CD by bands discussed within the pages of Nul Nul. It is very well possible this is the first time industrial music from The Netherlands and Belgium is collected on a CD, and it comes with many musical approaches, from pure noise to minimal synth. The bands are Kapotte Muziek (with a rare solo piece by Christian Nijs), Odal, Zombies Under Stress, Factor 6 (Christian Nijs’s solo project), Narzisse, Jacinthebox, Het Zweet (of which in recent years various works have been re-issued), THU20, Joe the Prang’d, Administratief Management, The Dwarf Farm, Clinique Lutetia, Experiment Incest, Heer Peejee, Sluagh Ghairm (pre Psychic Warriors Of Gaia), Zweiter Korps, Mailcop (Roel Meelkop’s earlier project), Ilo Istatov (from O.R.D.U.C.), Prilius Lacus, Dikyl Brobojo, Kanker Kommando, Het Hilaire Brisdak Ensemble, Vidna Obmana (from his early noise days), and A Violated Body; from totally unknown bands to still going strong ones, such as Kapotte Muziek and THU20.

File under: Kapotte Muziek Odal Zombies Under Stress Factor 6 Narzisse Jacinthebox Het Zweet Joe the Prang’d Administratief Management The Dwarf Farm Clinique Lutetia Experiment Incest Heer Peejee Sluagh Ghairm Zweiter Korps Mailcop Ilo Istatov Prilius Lacus Dikyl Brobojo Kanker Kommando Het Hilaire Brisdak Ensemble Vidna Obmana A Violated Body Frans de Waard Christian Nijs Korm Plastics / Netherlands Sound / Music Counterculture Theory / Essay Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Periodicals

This Is Supposed To Be A Record Label
Staalplaat: Eleven Years Of Distortion In The Independent Music Industry

2023, English
Softcover, 232 pages, 24 x 17 cm
Fourth expanded edition,
Published by Korm Plastics / Netherlands

$40.00 - Out of stock

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In 1992, Frans de Waard (of Kapotte Muziek, Beequeen and the Korm Plastics label) was asked to work for Staalplaat, then one of the biggest independent labels for experimental and electronic music. Staalplaat was the home for bands like Muslimgauze, :zoviet*france:, Rapoon, O Yuki Conjugate as well as Jaap Blonk, Normally Invisible and Kingdom Scum. With an average of three new releases every month, Staalplaat remained a major player for the next eleven years. Hired to set-up a database and to sell and buy new music, Frans de Waard over the years also assumed a role as (unofficial) business director and A&R man, and came to be regarded as the head honcho. In 2003 he’d had enough and decided to quit.
This book tells his story about those eleven years, the many high and as many lows of working for a small independent record label, which also functioned as a shop, mail order, radio programme, news outlet, and concert organiser. It’s about embarrassing confrontations with musicians, labels, distributors, and the endless spending on the most unique packaging CD-land ever saw.
The book includes an interview with Staalplaat founder Geert-Jan Hobijn, a transcript of a radio interview with Muslimgauze, a 1980’s account of Staalplaat’s activities, and a discography, among others. This might be a suitable reading for everyone with an interest in the experimental music scene, and anyone else who wants to read a crazy, funny and sad story about a small struggling record label.
The second edition is expanded with two more appendixes, one about John Cage and one about things found and lost, 2016-2019. Also, anyone who is interested in a manual of how (not) to run your record label might want to take notes.

"Before reading this, I had some doubts about Frans’ ability to write something so captivating and downright fucking funny. I’ve worked with him myself before, plus we have met a few times, and I always had this impression he was a somewhat sombre, serious type (an impression maintained by his reviews), but This is Supposed to be a Record Label shatters this completely. The man ought to put down his pipe long enough to get another book out because he certainly knows how to tell a story." - Adverse Effect

"Although familiar with his work in sound and music, I hadn’t had the chance to hear de Waard’s writer voice until I came across his long-running music review newsletter, Vital Weekly. The matter-of-factness reflects the brutal honesty of his assessments. A dry, wicked sense of humor is always close to the surface. De Waard’s keen observational eye made This Is Supposed to Be a Record Label a must-read for anybody interested in underground sounds." - Hyperallegric.com

File under: Kapotte Muziek Muslimgauze Zoviet France Zoviet:France O Yuki Conjugate Rapoon Jaap Blonk Normally Invisible Kingdom Scum Chris and Cosey Cosey Fanni Tutti Savage Republic Masami Akita (Merzbow) Merzbow Club Moral Sleep Chamber Laibach The Hafler Trio Nocturnal Emissions The Nocturnal Emissions Z'ev Etant Donnes The Legendary Pink Dots Controlled Bleeding Lustmord Le Syndicat Charlemagne Palestine Brume Richard Hell Lydia Lunch Genesis P-Orridge Ain Soph Arcane Device Toy Bizarre KK Nul Deutsch Nepal Illusion of Safety Jorge Reyes Henri Chopin NON Randy Greif Aube Survival Research Laboratories Oren Ambarchi Francisco Lopez Gen Ken Montgomery Ryoji Ikeda Maeror Tri Scanner Stilluppsteypa Pimmon Tim Hecker Pan Sonic Frans de Waard Geert-Jan Hobijn Korm Plastics / Netherlands Sound / Music Theory / Essay Counterculture