Edited with introduction by Lawrence Kumpf. Paperback, 8.5 x 11 in., 490 pp, 28 bw Blank Form Editions, April 2026 The most comprehensive compilation of the sound artist's working documents for her unrealized media-opera tour de force Written in the early 1980s by American sound art pioneer Maryanne Amacher (1938–2009), Intelligent Life follows the employees of Supreme Connections LLC, a music entertainment corporation navigating a future in which artificial intelligence generates music faster than composers can. Anticipating an industry-wide downturn, Supreme Connections president Aplisa Kandel seeks advanced technologies that will revolutionize the act of listening, narrating to the audience as she does so. Though the untimely deaths of the opera's would-be patrons prevented Amacher from realizing the work in its intended forms—a serialized radio broadcast and television simulcast—she continued designing "treatments" for the opera for much of her career.This publication makes the most complete presentation of these working documents—including episodic scripts, notes on the use of LaserDisc and an illustrated storyboard for the pilot—available to the public for the first time, and evinces Amacher's prescient ideas about perception, listening and composition.

Softcover, 235pp Wymer Publishing, 2026With Jon Klein and Martin McCarrick now full-blown members, Siouxsie and The Banshees embarks on one of its most creative and ambitious odysseys, culminating in the multidimensional complexities of the 1988 album Peepshow. Both lyrically and musically, the Banshees continue to confound expectation with their progressively sophisticated and erudite artistry, yielding the groundbreaking single ‘Peek-A-Boo’ and propelling the Banshees to number one on the American Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Live, the Banshees continue to be a breathtaking entity; the theatricality of their stage shows paralleling the grandiosity of their songs. However, the revolving door of personnel changes again threatens to derail the band, this time in the form of their (mis)management, until Tim Collins starts to unpick and stabilise the Banshees’ shambolic financial affairs.Amplifying the strained relations, the first major rupture between founder members Siouxsie and Steven Severin, while on tour, leads to the Banshees’ hiatus between the end of the Peepshow gigs in December 1988 and the release of ‘Kiss Them For Me’ in May 1991, reaching the Modern Rock Tracks number one slot for the second time; a noticeable divergence from their volatile chart fortunes in the UK.There is a resurgence of The Creatures’ activity, and the album Boomerang is released in 1989. At the same time, Severin composes the film score for director Nigel Wingrove’s Visions Of Ecstasy film. Invited to play the inaugural Lollapalooza tour in July and August 1991 alongside bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction and Butthole Surfers, the Banshees consolidate their growing popularity in the USA and go down a storm! Convening for two more studio albums, Superstition (1991) and The Rapture (1995), as well as the 1992 Twice Upon A Time: The Singles compilation album, the Banshees go to Hollywood, co-writing the song ‘Face To Face’ with composer Danny Efman for the 1992 Tim Burton-directed film Batman Returns. With tranches of time between activities becoming increasingly prolonged, it begs the question: have Siouxsie and The Banshees, a band that have stayed the course against often insurmountable odds since 1976, finally reached their journey’s end?

Paperback, 260pp Lendal Press, 20261950s New York: a city alive with risk, both artistic and political. Against a backdrop of McCarthyite witch-hunts, the Rosenberg trial and the Korean War, two young outsiders – composer Morton Feldman and painter Philip Guston – form a friendship that will shape the course of their creative lives. Part rivalry, part devotion and part creative necessity, their bond threatens to be both salvation and undoing. As nights stretch into mornings in cramped studios and downtown cafés, the work itself becomes a kind of battleground, where everything – wives, friends, health, reputation and self – is expendable, in search of the next breakthrough. Published for Feldman’s centenary, Feldman in Love is a lyrical, intimate novel about creation and longing, what it truly costs to make great art, and what we ultimately owe to one another when the last note has been played.

Paperback, 390pp Cambridge University Press, 2016Morton Feldman is widely regarded as one of America's greatest composers. His music is famously idiosyncratic, but, in many cases, the way he presented it is also unusual because, in the 1950s and 1960s, he often composed in non-standard musical notations, including a groundbreaking variety on graph paper that facilitated deliberately imprecise specifications of pitch and, at times, other musical parameters. Feldman used this notation, intermittently, over seventeen years, producing numerous graph works that invite analysis as an evolving series. Taking this approach, David Cline marshals a wide range of source materials - many previously unpublished - in clarifying the ideology, organisation and generative history of these graphs and their formative role in the chronicle of post-war music. This assists in pinpointing connections with Feldman's compositions in other formats, works by other composers, notably John Cage, and contemporary currents in painting. Performance practice is examined through analysis of Feldman's non-notated preferences and David Tudor's celebrated interpretations.

Hardback, 320pp Profile Books, 2026  How thirty years of Black music reshaped Britain, from 1989 to the present Shapeshifting, collaborative, endlessly inventive and robustly empowering: Black music has transformed British culture and society, and gifted generations of Black Britons a powerful means to reject misrepresentation and find freedom and joy in sound. From the height of jungle and hip-hop in the 90s to the London uprisings in 2011, the birth of UK trap and the rise of grime superstars like Stormzy, filmmaker and DJ Jesse Bernard examines how Black culture in Britain is moulded by creativity drawn from Lagos and Los Angeles, Sao Paolo and South London. Escaping Babylon takes a deep dive into the history of Black British music to celebrate its richness, heritage and towering legacy.

Foreword by Paul Gilroy Paperback, 310pp Manchester University Press, 2026A bold analysis that exposes the racist policing of Black music. The emergence of UK drill music made headline news, portraying it as a criminal enterprise instead of recognising it as an art form. This new rap subgenre, however, is neither the first nor the only Black music to be targeted this way. Policing the beats rewinds the tape to demonstrate how music has been used as an instrument for policing Black people, from the era of colonial slavery to the present day, revealing the racist legal processes that make crimes out of rhymes. This original and readable book offers the first in-depth account of the policing of Black music in Britain, highlighting the relationship between politics, culture and criminal (in)justice and inviting music lovers, scholars and activists to tune in.

Drawing on his experience in the field of contemporary dance, Jeroen Peeters discusses principles, methods and practices that contribute to an understanding of dramaturgy as an experimental, collaborative practice and a material form of thinking. Written from practice, this book reflects a particular history of collaboration and conversation with dance-makers such as Martin Nachbar, Meg Stuart, Vera Mantero, Sabina Holzer, Lisa Nelson, Jennifer Lacey, Chrysa Parkinson, deufert + plischke, Eleanor Bauer, Philipp Gehmacher and many others. Phantasmal archaeology, unfolding material, literal and physical reading, crafting method, articulating process, witnessing and performing not-knowing, naming and ritual destruction, conceptual landscapes, symbolic waste, internal fictions and foreign objects – they may all play a role in creation and in exploring the unfamiliar in pursuit of making sense. And then it got legs is an invitation to think along or against, to discuss those ideas with others or explore them in the studio, and eventually to imagine and devise one’s own methods of research, observation, reflection and creation.Softcover, 168pp Varamo Press, 2022

Sofcover, 384pp.  Aum Fidelity/ Centering, New York, 2026 3rd edition, 100 copy runWilliam Parker's Observations presents the most expansive overview of his prolific, diverse, and illuminating writings yet. Drawn from over a 50+ year span (1967-2023), it collects an array of works that include liner notes, remembrances, essays, lyrics, concert programs, book forewords, plays, & transcriptions of recitations. Nearly 400 pages & over 100,000 words, it includes many pieces not previously published or anthologized. In its pages, one can trace the evolution & refinement of core philosophies that Parker came to conceive & embrace from first immersing himself in music, film, poetry, art, & grassroots movements. Liner notes often go far beyond descriptions of the music, providing an outlet to present the broader foundations of his art, visions for a better world, & evocative tales about old friends & colleagues, many of whom are unlikely to be documented in "official" history books. Observations is published on Parker's Centering imprint. The first edition of 50 copies was sold at the 2024 Vision Festival. This second edition, first print run of 100 copies (February 2025), adds a foreword by the late Dr. E. Pelikan Chalto, aka Carl Lombard, an important early influence on WP, who has described him as "a shaman, teacher, painter, poet, & musician ... one of the heaviest spirits on the scene."   William Parker was born in the Bronx, NY, in 1952. At a young age, he realized that art & community would guide his life's path. This led him to move to the Lower East Side of New York City, where he has lived since the early 1970s. Inspirations for his work include peace, compassion, self-determination, nature, freedom, music of Indigenous peoples, and the relationships between improvisation, composition, sound, & silence. These themes & others converge in his concept of Universal Tonality, which he explores as a musician, poet, visual artist, philosopher, historian, organizer, educator, & activist.

حمد [Ahmed] - Writing gathers together the [Ahmed] ‘paper’ texts from the last decade: liner-notes; covers of the releases; and writing by the band members – Antonin and Joel have written two fresh ones for this book, Seymour’s have appeared alongside the records, and some of Pat’s come from a time (long) before [Ahmed]. “Together, the ideas-energy in these things gives a sense of what we have done, do, think together (and apart) in living music, how our different ways come together, and how, together, we learn through be-doing [Ahmed]... These texts are woven together (the etymology of text is from weave) through (and into) a rich fabric of enquiry. A collaborative weaving together of difference(s) to make a whole (thing).” (Seymour Wright) Contributions by Pat Thomas, Seymour Wright, Antonin Gerbal, Joel Grip, Robert Levin, James G. Spady, John Chantler, Edward George, Fred Moten. Designed by Will Holder. Thanks to Jef Lambrechts and Stoffel Debuysere. Published by In vitro and KASK School of Arts, April 2026.

Tunes transcribed from recordings and annotated by Francis Collinson Compiled & Edited by J.L Campbell  Paperback, 400pp Birlinn Ltd, Oct, 2018  The classic three volumes of Hebridean Folksongs, reissued simultaneously for the first time since their original publication (1969, 1977, 1981), contain 135 songs connected with the waulking of homespun tweed cloth in the Hebridean isles. Volume 1 is based on waulking songs collected by Donald MacCormick in South Uist in 1893. Volumes 2 and 3 are based on John Lorne Campbell's recordings of songs made between 1938 and 1965 in Barra, South Uist, Eriskay and Benbecula. The translations for all the songs in Volumes 2 and 3 and many of those in Volume 1 are by John Lorne Campbell, who also wrote detailed notes discussing the songs. Multiple versions of the same song are compared with each other and with versions drawn from unpublished manuscript sources. Francis Collinson's meticulous musical transcriptions of the songs, and musicological analyses, are invaluable. The songs are from the repertoires of some well-known singers of their generation, including Miss Annie Johnson, her brother Calum and Miss Mary Morrison, all of Barra, Mrs Neil Campbell of South Uist, and Miss Nan MacKinnon of Vatersay.

Having fled to France in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, the Catalan psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles joined the Saint-Alban psychiatric hospital, where he carried out a transformative clinical practice for over twenty years, in part under the Vichy regime.Saint-Alban was an extraordinary event, a commune, an informal refuge in a time of extreme danger, a sort of upwelling spread through word of mouth. Those entering the asylum were welcomed, and that welcome never stopped. Care happened through a broad range of communal activities for staff and patients: theater, cinema, collective writing, horticulture, the sorting of colored pearls, gymnastics, singing, a monthly newspaper. The dignity of every patient was of foremost importance.Now, as then, warmongers are willing to poison and slaughter without blinking, making all of life difficult if not impossible: the pull of such asylums is obvious. Tosquelles is a ground-breaking record of the life and work of the founder of institutional psychotherapy. Assembled by Joana Masó, with many texts translated to English for the first time, it is a direct encounter with Tosquelles’s clinical, intellectual, and political writings.  with texts by Francesc Tosquelles translated by Robert Hurley & Mara Faye Lethem Softcover, 398pp, 200 b&w; ill. Divided, May 2026

Softcover, 144pp Divided, May 2026For decades, Fanny Howe has been the great poet of spirit and conscience, dislocation and bewilderment. In This Poor Book, completed just before her death, she assembled a selection of her writing from the last thirty years into a single, astonishing work.

Around 1830, opera houses stopped using castrati, and Rome and the Vatican became home to their glorious singing, engineered by surgery and intensive vocal training. Castrati were long mired in secrecy, obfuscations, and lies about their origin and conditions, not least the last of them, Alessandro Moreschi. Musicologist Martha Feldman declines to accept these deep-seated mysteries and concealments. After a decade and more of digging through archives and family histories comes her exciting transdisciplinary and quasi-cinematic account of Moreschi, whose recordings preserve the only sonic trace of a solo castrato.Yet Moreschi’s story extends far beyond him. It opens up intrigues, politics, and histories of the Vatican, everyday histories of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Rome, the world of Roman opera, the city’s unique mélange of sacred and vernacular tropes, and representations of Rome by iconic film director Federico Fellini. Moreschi and Fellini turn out to have been related by marriage, but also to share synergies grounded in Rome’s persistent inclination to vernacularize the sacred. Far from telling of one anomalous figure, Feldman’s gripping history convinces readers that Moreschi, like Fellini, can be read as an improbable index of Roman consciousness, both during his own life and well beyond.Hardcover, 488pp Zone Books, 2026

Brötzmann – In My Focus is a large-format photo book by Slovenian photographer Žiga Koritnik – a tribute to Peter Brötzmann, one of the most influential figures on the international free jazz and improvisation scene. For almost three decades, Koritnik accompanied Brötzmann on stage, backstage, on tour, and in quiet moments. The result is a powerful, intimate portrait that shows the musician not only as an icon, but also as a human being. The images are complemented by texts from Peter Brötzmann, John Corbett, Mats Gustafsson, Bill Laswell, Heather Leigh, Paul Lovens, and Paal Nilssen-Love, as well as poems by Steve Dalachinsky and Joe McPhee—a dense collection of voices, memories, and reflections from the innermost circle. The volume is published by Društvo Pega (Slovenia). At the request of Žiga Koritnik, Wolke distributes this title in German-speaking countries and internationally. An extraordinary document of a musical era—photographically precise, emotionally intimate, and full of resonance for readers, listeners, and collectors.Hardcover, 144pp, photographs Wolke Verlag, 1st edition, November 2024

Softcover, 408pp Serpents Tail, 2018In this classic account of the new black music of the 1960s and 70s, celebrated photographer and jazz historian Val Wilmer tells the story of how a generation of revolutionary musicians established black music as the true vanguard of American culture. Placing the achievements of African-American artists such as Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sun Ra in their broader political and social context, Wilmer evokes an era of extraordinary innovation and experimentation that continues to inspire musicians today. As vital now as when it was first published in 1977, As Serious As Your Life is the essential story of one of the most dynamic musical movements of the twentieth century.

In 1975 a young queer singer from Cleveland meets photographer Nan Goldin — an encounter that will lead them to New York’s bombed-out downtown, where something unprecedented is brewing. At Max’s Kansas City and CBGBs, in derelict lofts and underground clubs, a generation of visionary women artists is rewriting the rules of creativity, sexuality, and power. Adele Bertei didn’t just witness the No Wave explosion—she ignited it. As acetone organist for the Contortions and Brian Eno’s assistant, she was at the epicenter when punk collided with post-punk, birthing a counterculture that fused music, art, cinema, fashion and outlaw literature into an uncompromising explosion of creativity. While mainstream culture wallowed in sexism and homophobia, these artists and more created something fluid, fierce, and transgressive. Raw, gripping, and illustrated with rare photographs from personal collections, No New York is the definitive insider’s account of the women who obliterated every barrier in their path, taking you deep into the artistic and sexual experimentation of an era when true expression mattered more than money or fame.A memoir of no wave and the women who shaped the scene  Hardback, 327 Faber & Faber, 2026

A 100-page hardcover compendium of David Berman's (Silver Jews) best-loved black and white cartoons, priced for the laughter-adjacent commuter bus-and-train reading crew. The New Yorker missed out, don't you do it too! “The drawings are pitched into some rudimentary space of public art, a place we might think of as between and below Gary Larson and Raymond Pettibon.”