New Music

Die Entgrenzung des Ästhetischen seit dem 20. Jahrhundert

From the autonomous work of art to the open aesthetic situation: Sabine Sanio traces the blurring of boundaries between music and art in the 20th century—from the historical avant-garde movements through John Cage and musique concrète to sound art, media, and new forms of listening.

38,00 €

Sound Studies and Sonic Arts Reader 2

What happens when listening itself becomes research? International artists and scholars explore sound as a form of knowledge—ranging from Arctic sonar to web cookies, decolonial listening practices, bodies, care, and surveillance.

29,00 €

The Sonic Real: Hearing the Other

What do we hear—and what escapes our hearing? *The Sonic Real* brings philosophy and sound art into dialogue and opens up new perspectives on sound, perception, and reality.

18,00 €

Speaking clearly

Four Decades of New and Experimental Music from a Composer’s Perspective: on Cage, Wolff, Stockhausen, Feldman, Darmstadt, the avant-garde, and the political conditions of musical life—a panorama of music from 1985 to the present that is as personal as it is critical.

28,00 €

Morton Feldman

What changes when we listen to the same music over and over again? In fifty fragmentary chapters, Guillaume Belhomme traces Morton Feldman’s *For Bunita Marcus* through time, silence, memory, and landscapes—weaving together music with Beckett, Cage, and the New York School to create a literary essay on the art of listening.

12,00 €

“Don’t tell anybody”

David Geringas talks about music, emigration, and survival. A portrait of a cellist of the century—now available in English as well.

34,00 €

Die Stimme der Musik

What language does music speak? This volume considers music as a language in its own right and explores its expression, its meaning, and its philosophical power.

18,99 € – 28,00 €

Gap Trap Laugh

What happens when music criticism itself becomes art? Ty Bouque’s SYNKOPEN essay, “Gap Trap Laugh,” explores Liza Lim’s music, feminist philosophy, and the power of speculative thinking—radical, poetic, and thought-provoking.

16,00 €

UNDERPLANET

What happens when sound becomes a material force? UNDERPLANET combines experimental sound art with decolonial philosophy and ecology—and offers a radically new perspective on the relationship between sound, the Earth, and politics.

12,00 €

Wohin soll ich mich wenden…

What happens to art when it loses its spiritual dimension? Thomas Grötz explores the connection between spirituality and contemporary music—a thought-provoking SYNKOPEN essay on transcendence, the philosophy of culture, and the future of aesthetic experience.

14,00 €

Karte, Uhr und Partitur

In his widely acclaimed collection of essays, Johannes Schöllhorn unfolds a fascinating panorama in which music intersects with art, philosophy, history, and politics. An insightful, vivid book full of surprising ideas—now available again in its second edition.

38,00 €

Nach Köln

Konrad Boehmer’s autobiographical memoirs are as sharp-tongued as they are moving: Against the backdrop of his childhood during the war, the Cologne avant-garde, and the Darmstadt Summer Courses, a portrait emerges of an uncompromising composer who recounts the history of New Music from up close—and relentlessly questions its myths.

28,00 €

Doppelschläge

Konrad Boehmer views music as a social force. In his essays—which are as brilliant as they are uncompromising—he challenges aesthetic certainties, analyzes power structures, and combines music criticism with political thought. An essential volume for anyone who refuses to view music in isolation from its historical context.

48,00 €

Unaufführbare Musik

What happens when music eludes its own performance? Jaronas Scheurer develops a new theory of “unperformable music” and offers surprising perspectives on scores, instruments, virtuosity, and the limits of what is musically possible.

39,00 €

Eigensinn und Gegenüber

An extraordinary portrait of composer Iris ter Schiphorst: Essays, program notes, letters, scores, documents, and illustrations—presented in a catalog format—offer insight into one of the most important voices in contemporary music—at the intersection of composition, language, politics, and performance.

49,00 €

Art-Interplay

A radical defense of the artistic “in-between”: Art-Interplay explores the tension between music, dance, drawing, and film—reflected upon theoretically and documented in a practical manner.

18,99 € – 35,00 €