68 pages, A5. Risograph in greyscale.
English language.
Includes a download code for "Noho EP".
Northampton, Massachusetts. The Five Colleges. Hampshire College. Forward-thinking education. Electronic Music studies. A vast student population created and sustained a vibrant cultural scene. This is but a snapshot of a fraction, but a fertile and significant one that impacted the lives of many who came in contact with it. The book follows a tight group of people who got together, made music, promoted and released it, created the conditions for others to record and release music, booked bands and then scattered throughout the Midwest and East Coast.
First person memories and memorabilia from Christopher Vine, Craig O'Donnell, Elliott Sharp, James Whittemore, Nicholas Brown, Sean Elias and others, patch up a story of joyous action, firm and enthusiastic DIY endeavours to make things happen as they would like them to happen. It is about a local scene and some key protagonists and it communicates values and methods that are still current — and probably will always be in some form or another among young people with a serious drive to act upon their artistic inclinations. This is also a depiction of what was in fact a model of a music scene. A complete ecosystem was in place during this period. Northampton, sure, but extended across the whole of Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts. Bars, music and record stores, live music, College radio, electronic music studios, written press and a lot of energy going into creative work. The immediate "punk effect" motivated the appearance of numerous bands, many short lived, others evolving into New Wave / Power Pop territory, eventually crossing into Post-Punk experimentation.
Turning The Crank is also a companion to an EP of the same title, including music played, produced and recorded in Northampton between decades (1970s going into the 1980s) by different combinations of individuals resulting in The Higher Primates, The Scientific Americans and Human Error. Music in turns mechanical and austere, gorgeously loose, in love with Dub.
NoHo EP: Turning The Crank –
Limited Edition 12" vinyl
Human Error / The Higher Primates / The Scientific Americans
€18 EUR
NoHo EP: Turning The Crank –
BUNDLE: "NoHo EP: Turning The Crank" vinyl 12" + "Turning The Crank: The Noho Scene 1978-1982" book
Human Error / The Higher Primates / The Scientific Americans
€25 EUR
White Holuzam shopping bag.
€15 EUR
I –
Limited Edition LP
MOORIS
€25 EUR
Incorporeal –
Limited Edition LP
Hidden Horse
€25 EUR
It's Full Of Stars / Paisagens –
Limited Edition 2CD
Vítor Rua
Sold Out
Bangers For Jah - mixed and cut by Novo Major –
Limited Edition Cassette
Novo Major
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Improvisações Cristalizadas –
Compact disc with all the tracks of the digital version.
Nuno Rebelo
€12 EUR
Improvisações Cristalizadas –
Limited edition vinyl with innersleeve.
Nuno Rebelo
€24 EUR
Cliché Música
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Quaternity –
Limited Edition CD - 200 copies
Brace
€10 EUR
Play Off –
Limited edition CD
Vasco Mendonça & Drumming GP
€10 EUR
Ripples On The Surface –
Limited edition CD of 200 copies
Tiago Sousa
€10 EUR
Cavalcante –
Limited LP.
funcionário
€22 EUR
Aether –
Limited Edition CS40
André Gonçalves & Casper Clausen
€10 EUR
In Dub –
Limited Edition LP
Nocturnal Emissions
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Megadawn –
Limited edition CD
Ondness
€8 EUR
Of Air and Water –
Limited Edition Mixtape.
Vera Dvale
€10 EUR
Opala –
Limited edition cassette
Hidden Horse
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There's no knowing –
Limited edition CD
Joana Gama & Luís Fernandes
€12 EUR
nolastingname –
Limited Edition Cassette
Maria da Rocha
€10 EUR
Os Princípios do Novo Homem –
Limited Edition Cassette of "Os Princípios Do Novo Homem" by Clothilde.
Clothilde
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Red Cross –
Limited Edition Cassette of "Red Cross", by Filipe Felizardo
Filipe Felizardo
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Liminal Movements –
Limited edition CD
@c
€8 EUR
A Casa E Os Cães –
Limited Edition 2xCassette of A Casa E Os Cães / Sabor A Terra
Polido
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Sabor A Terra –
Limited Edition 2xCassette of A Casa E Os Cães / Sabor A Terra
Polido
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Kenemglev –
Limited Edition 12" Vinyl
Sabaturin
€15 EUR
Camerata Elettronica –
Limited Edition of Camerata Elettronica - Original copies from 1988 in a repackaged sleeve.
Telectu
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Illuminati Bounce –
Limited Edition Cassette.
V/A
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T-SHIRT ZAMPLER001
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Sun Oddly Quiet –
Limited Edition CD
João Pais Filipe
€10 EUR
ZAMPLER001 – Limited edition // 100 copies in black CDR. Hand-painted by Márcio Matos.
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Holuzam Lisbon, Portugal
Label created by André Santos, José Moura and Márcio Matos, owners and managers of Flur, a record store open in Lisbon since 2001.
