Undercurrents - The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music

Published by Continuum Books in 2002 to coincide with The Wire's 20th anniversary, this anthology of essays, many adapted from back issues of the magazine, outlines the key concepts and underlying themes hardwired into the radical music of the past 100 years. The book is now required reading for many music-related courses at universities worldwide.

The Wire webshop price: £19
Postage and packing:
UK - free
Overseas airmail - £2
Subscribers to the print edition of The Wire get a discount of £2 off each copy.

Contents (280 pages):

"Recording Angels: The esoteric origins of the phonograph" by Erik Davis
"On The Mic: How amplification altered the voice for good" by Ian Penman
"The Jerrybuilt Future: The Sonic Arts Union, ONCE Group and MEV's live electronics" by Christoph Cox
"Worship The Glitch: Digital music, electronic disturbance" by Rob Young
"The Eternal Drone: Good vibrations, ancient to future" by Marcus Boon
"Slapping Pythagoras: The battle for the music of the spheres" by Rob Young
"The Ragged Trousered Anthologist: Harry Smith and his worlds" by Peter Shapiro & Philip Smith
"The Solar Myth Approach: Sun Ra, Stockhausen, P-Funk, Hawkwind: the live space ritual" by Ken Hollings
"Humans, Are They Really Necessary?: Sound art, automata, musical sculpture" by David Toop
"Automating The Beat: The robotics of rhythm" by Peter Shapiro
"The Autobahn Goes On Forever: On the road with Kraftwerk, Neu!, Wim Wenders" by Biba Kopf
"Rock Concrète: Counterculture plugs into the academy" by Edwin Pouncey
"Deck Wreckers: The turntable as instrument" by Peter Shapiro
"Destroy All Music: The Futurists' Art of Noises" by Mark Sinker
"The Limits Of Language: Sound poetry and Lettrism's textual assault" by Julian Cowley
"The Music Of Chance: Cage, Kagel, Zorn: Chance operators, musical dice men" by Andy Hamilton
"Smiling Faces Sometimes: Soul music's grinners and backstabbers" by Peter Shapiro
"Frames Of Freedom: Improvisation, otherness and the limits of spontaneity" by David Toop
"Generation Ecstasy: New York's free jazz continuum" by Tom Roe

Above info taken from Wire Magazine site: http://www.thewire.co.uk/shop/items/101/

Made In Sheffield - The Birth of Electronic Pop

The best post-punk music in Europe was electronic music and the best electronic music came from Sheffield, England.

MADE IN SHEFFIELD documents the rise of the influential post-punk movement that emerged from Sheffield in the late 70s, defined by the electronic pop of The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, Heaven 17 and ABC. Their dream was to destroy rock music. The result was the creation of some of the most influential sounds of the era.

Rare archive footage and exclusive interviews with the famous, almost famou and not famous at all, pull you directly into the Sheffield scene with its fanzines, nightclubs, weird bands, record labels and all the ambition and creativity that made that time so special.

Loaded with endearing moments and humor, the film captures the essence of the seldom portrayed aftermath of Punk and the spirit of the early 80s British New Wave movement. Featuring: Phil Oakey, Martyn Ware, Ian Marsh, Chris Watson, Stephen Singleton, Jarvis Cocker, Joanne Catherall, Susan Sully, and one of the last interviews with the legendary John Peel.

DVD package and menu design by The Designers Republic.

"FOUR STARS... A fascinating poral history of the Sheffield scene... The most important musical city in Europe... Conclusive proof that there was always more to Sheffield than Joe Cocker." -David Buckley, MOJO

"FIVE STARS." -UNCUT

"FOUR STARS... Excellent... Passionate and moving." -Q magazine

"FOUR STARS... If you need a history lesson--on how sparks flew out of a barren industrial climate creating some of pop's most influential music--or just want to revel in archive footage and anecdotes, then this is a must-buy... The kind of stuff collectors have been waiting to see for years." -Ian Peel, RECORD COLLECTOR

Above info taken from Plexifilm site: http://www.plexifilm.com/title.php?id=16

Rip It Up And Start Again

Transubstanciação

Info sobre o autor:
http://www.devir.com.br/mutarelli/biografia.htm
http://www.popbaloes.com/bios/mutarelli.htm

Mundo Pet

Info sobre o autor:
http://www.devir.com.br/mutarelli/biografia.htm
http://www.popbaloes.com/bios/mutarelli.htm

Umbigo

Cut-Up Films

Towers Open Fire (my favourite of the lot):

The Job (1989 edition)

( http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141189857,00.html?strSrchSql=the+job/The_Job_William_E._Burroughs )

The Burroughs File

Alucinações De Um Drogado

Portugal Futurista

( http://www.infopedia.pt/$portugal-futurista )

O Caminho do Leve (The Way to Lightness)

( http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._de_Melo_e_Castro )

K4, O Quadrado Azul

( http://www.educ.fc.ul.pt/docentes/opombo/seminario/almada/k4.htm )

Poemografias

( http://ocontrariodotempo.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html )

Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX

Música & Mass Média

Ruínas - a música de arte no final do século

Marcel Duchamp (Info & Book)

Marcel Duchamp (28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968; French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl dyˈʃɑ̃]) was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Duchamp's output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art. He advised modern art collectors, such as Peggy Guggenheim and other prominent figures, thereby helping to shape the tastes of Western art during this period.^[1]
A playful man, Duchamp challenged conventional thought about artistic processes and art marketing, not so much by writing, but through subversive actions such as dubbing a urinal art and naming it Fountain. He produced relatively few artworks, while moving quickly through the avant-garde circles of his time.

The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.^[2]

Read the rest here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp

( http://www.wook.pt/ficha/o-engenheiro-do-tempo-perdido/a/id/81982 )