Music > electronic / experimental

This edition, printed in serigraphy, delivers the reworked transcription of a recorded interview between Jacques Demierre and Louis Schild, in which the notion of surveying and measurement is examined, among other things and in a conversational manner (with a musical transcription and a contribution from the playwright Michèle Pralong).

Combining archive material with a wide selection of photographs of body paintings produced by the duo in the 1970-1980s, this publication retraces the evolution of gender identities and the treatment of the female body in visual culture from the 1950s to the present.

A hybrid edition (a vinyl record with a newspaper and an insert) extending the artist's research on the links between architecture and the history of spiritism.

This publication brings together the source material that has informed Marclay's visual practice over the past few years. It gathers nearly 300 black & white xeroxes of found image collages compiled with the help of graphic designer Laurent Benner.

The most complete and complex manifestation of Australian composer Lisa Lerkenfeldt's craft to date.

In Un homme sensible, Octave Mirbeau tells the story of a murderer who, in the name of world harmony, is determined to rid the world of "all organisms unfit for a strong and harmonious life". This inspired Nurse With Wound, which, as an illustration, gives us here a new piece of unpublished music.

Archival documents and new writings on the intermedia collaborations of avant-garde jazz trumpeter Don Cherry and textile artist Moki Cherry.

The first ever portrait album of Ash Fure's music, performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble, Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, Rebekah Heller, Brandon Lopez, and Nate Wooley. Released as a limited edition hardcover book with a digital download code included, featuring documentation from Ash Fure's immersive performances, commentary by the composer, an interview with Nate Wooley (Sound American editor), and contributions from Zachary Woolfe (New York Times), Steve Smith (New Yorker), and others.

An anthology.

A tribute to William S. Burroughs.

A tribute to William S. Burroughs.

A deconstruction of Dennis Johnson's November by legendary artist Lustmord and renowned classical pianist Nicolas Horvath.

A deconstruction of Dennis Johnson's November by legendary artist Lustmord and renowned classical pianist Nicolas Horvath.

Palo Alto pays tribute to Gilles Deleuze in a dazzling, radical and political concept album (featuring Richard Pinhas, Thierry Zaboitzeff of Art Zoyd, Alain Damasio and Rhys Chatham).

Palo Alto pays tribute to Gilles Deleuze in a dazzling, radical and political concept album (featuring Richard Pinhas, Thierry Zaboitzeff of Art Zoyd, Alain Damasio and Rhys Chatham).

The meeting of Vladislav Delay's electronics and Sly and Robbie's Jamaican rhythm section.

The meeting of Vladislav Delay's electronics and Sly and Robbie's Jamaican rhythm section.

Presenting the first perfomance of Hermann Nitsch's grand and large-scale “Traubenfleisch” symphony.

The new opus in the "Mind Travels" series is a fully accomplished symbiosis between the industrial and experimental tones of Geins't Naït and the celestial melodies of Laurent Petitgand, who refine and polish their sounds to build a fascinating, poetic and melancholic narrative.

The new opus in the "Mind Travels" series is a fully accomplished symbiosis between the industrial and experimental tones of Geins't Naït and the celestial melodies of Laurent Petitgand, who refine and polish their sounds to build a fascinating, poetic and melancholic narrative.

Bundle (special offer for the purchase of the sept issues of OpticalSound).