Music

A collaborative artist's book and audio recording which translates a previous collaborative theater work into a violent multimedia disquisition on puppetry, serial killing and homoeroticism. The play and book are based on the Texan serial killer Dean Corll.

A film documenting a series of musical performances in the streets of Marseilles organized by Jacques Siron and commissioned by the Cité de la Musique.

Retrospective monograph: a complete overview of the visual and sound works by Rainier Lericolais.

Second issue, around the problematics of voice and oralness.

Marianne Pousseur sings John Cage and James Joyce, Morton Feldman and Rainer Maria Rilke, Hanns Eisler and Bertolt Brecht, Giacinto Scelsi, György Kurtág, Henri Pousseur and Friederich Hölderlin, Frederic Rzewski and Langston Hughes, E. E. Cummings, Michel Butor, Théodore Botrel, Rudolf Sieczynski...

First posthumous recording of Henri Pousseur.

John Wynne's untitled installation for 300 speakers, pianola and vacuum cleaner, at once monumental, minimal and immersive, using sound and sculptural assemblage to explore and define architectural space and to investigate the borders between sound and music.

Three sound compositions by sound artist Yannick Dauby, based on field recordings of Taipei city and its surroundings. Inspired by the Ghost Festival and the ambiences of Summertime, by the evolution and modernity of the urban environment, by the now extinct plain aborigines who once lived in the Taipei basin, these works are reflecting three ways of listening the urban soundscape of Taiwan's capital.

A musical, pictorial and cinematographic journey, as many sensitive interpretations of the domain of Certes in Gironde. Through the prism of Ernest Valeton de Boissière, inventor of the place and transmitter of the social utopias of the 19th century.

“Metal Machine Theory” par Mattin & Ray Brassier / chroniques / Jean-Claude Eloy / Thierry Madiot / Seijiro Murayama / Taku Sugimoto / L'interaction par et pour tous, Patricia Kuypers / Emmanuel Adely / disques / concerts / infos / index.

First monograph on Californian artist / musician's surreal-oriented universe (collages, sculptures, costumes, performances, music, films and videos), with essays by Doug Harvey, Stéphanie Moisdon and a conversation between the artist and Mike Kelley.

Sound and auditory experience as platforms for social meeting, urban intervention and environmental investigation.

A collection of texts about noise music: gesture, act, concept and performance.

Sixteen visual artists give their vision of Clair Obscur's album We Gave A Party For The Gods And The Gods All Came.

A study of the musical (and political) aspects of one of the most subversive artistic movements of the 60's.

Sound installations by the French graphic design studio.

“Metal Machine Theory” par Mattin / chroniques / Mastering / Interfaces / L'interaction par et pour tous, Carole Rieussec / Cave12 / disques / notes de lectures / concerts / infos / index.

New musical practices, modes of production and reception of culture, since the emergence of electronic music in the 1990s.

Soundtrack for an exotic elevator, innocent muzak, only a priori, an orchestra with sequins and cheap junk (the soundtrack of Pierre Beloüin's eponymous installation).

The first monographic book of the Belgium interdisciplinary art studio for architecture and urbanism LAb[au].

When French politics and the history of rock'n roll collide: a both irreverent and joyful text by Cyrille Martinez.

“Metal Machine Theory” par Mattin / chroniques / Tenko / The Amine ß Ring / L'interaction par et pour tous, Perrine Maurin / Mazen Kerbaj / Max-Msp#1.1.1.3 / disques / concerts / infos / index.

A sociological and musical study which shows how French female rapper Diam's contributed to introduce a series of social issues within the public debate.

Conceived as an homage to Musique Concrète pioneer Pierre Schaeffer's Solfège de l'objet sonore, Dataphonics is a project that focuses on the relationship between the data of sound and the sound of data. The work deploys frequencies at the very edges of human hearing, sounds that, as Ryoji Ikeda explains, “the listener becomes aware of only upon their disappearance.”

Conceived as an homage to Musique Concrète pioneer Pierre Schaeffer's Solfège de l'objet sonore, Dataphonics is a project that focuses on the relationship between the data of sound and the sound of data. The work deploys frequencies at the very edges of human hearing, sounds that, as Ryoji Ikeda explains, “the listener becomes aware of only upon their disappearance.”

An essay on Saâdane Afif's work.

The book and audio CD Water Days documents an exchange of pictures, texts, sounds and voices between multimedia artist Leah Singer and Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo inspired by the contrast between wanderlust and the desire for home.

The book and audio CD Water Days documents an exchange of pictures, texts, sounds and voices between multimedia artist Leah Singer and Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo inspired by the contrast between wanderlust and the desire for home.

Chroniques / « Metal Machine Theory » par Mattin / Marc Namblard / Wandelweiser / Christian Zanési / L'interaction par & pour tous – Patricia Dallio / disques / notes de lecture / infos / concerts / index.

Cercueil's first album.

The life and death of a shitty poet: a fake concept album on the trials and tribulations of a young literary mind and rock'n roll enthusiast.

L'étoile Absinthe was composed in 1999-2000 in the composer's studio. Chant d'ombre was composed in 2004 in the composer's studio. It is dedicated to Eliane Radigue.

Reference monograph, conceived in close collaboration with the artists.

The complete poetic works of singer and musician Clara Elliott, member of punk collective Crass.

Chroniques / « Obsolescence » – Ça sent le pâté par eRikm / Alan Vega / Antoine Chessex / Wandelweiser / L'interaction par & pour tous – Aurore Gruel / disques / lectures / chroniques bis / infos / concerts / index.

Two long time out of stock references, remastered at le Laboratoire Central.

Perroquet tout s'écroule band's musics isn't recorded on data carriers. This “album” (a monograph) is therefore a collection of graphic productions made by the group.

Cover versions in popular music.

This issue of Volume! continues the investigation started in #7-1, with new questions raised about cover versions, including copyright, intertextuality, and genealogy

The work of these musicians and performers from Germany, Italy, France, and USA is settled between weird Pop, avant-trash, free improvised music, Mediterranean folklore and noise drones. A creation of unique and exciting experiences by artists coming from different social and musical backgrounds.

An adventurous sonic exploration of the voice, cello and electronics.