Huge 400 page book on French music in English!

Twilight of the Alchemists - French music encyclopedia

OUT NOW !!!

encyclopedia of French progressive rock, experimental, electronic music, etc. by Steven Freeman & Alan Freeman

ISBN 978-1-914458-44-6 / 9781914458446 / BARCODE 9 781914 458446

From the writers of...
The Crack In The Cosmic Egg & A Fistful Of Spaghetti

specifications...

A4 404 pages total, perfect binding
internal pages: 400
368 numbered black & white pages
16 colour picture pages insert
16 black & white picture pages insert

Artists: 1,448 - omitting "more bands/artists" subsection
Albums: 3,075
Singles: 575

contents...
Page 5. Introduction, including: The French scene, Musique Concrète, The underground, The art of being French, etc.
Page 10. "Before it all began" by Jean-Jacques Birge
Page 11. " A concise history " by Guigou Chenevier
Page 13. "A voyage of discovery " by Andy Garibaldi
Page 15. The French top 100
Page 17. A short guided tour, including: setting the scene, cities, the 11 major scenes, family trees, etc.
Page 24. About the book, including: layout, information, clichés & terminology

ENCYCLOPEDIA
Page 29. The French prog scene - 789 artists
Page 197. New Wave & Industrial - 81 artists
Page 209. Synthesizer & Ambient - 74 artists
Page 221. Soundtracks & Library Music - 114 artists
Page 237. Avant-Garde & Experimental - 109 artists
Page 259. Foreigners & Ex-Pats - 139 artists
Page 273. Everything Else - 142 artists + 288 others in a "more bands/artists" subsection
Page 300+ Other Useful Info, including: producers & engineers, studios, cover art & design, festivals & concerts, various artists / samplers, record labels, group / artist index, cross reference index, further reading, etc.

Price: £35

Prices including p&p/shipping...

UK: £41 - PayPal = £43

EUROPE 1: £50 - PayPal: £53
EU countries: Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland

EUROPE 2: £51 - PayPal: £53
EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

EUROPE 3: £55 - PayPal: £58
non EU countries: Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, some former Soviet states, etc.

WORLD AIRMAIL
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ECONOMY
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Individuals, libraries, universities, etc: 5 copies = 5% off, 6+ copies = 10% off, 30+ copies = 30% off.
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Web version of this page: http://www.ultimathulerecords.com/twilight.html

Twilight of the Alchemists; Audion French Scrapbook preview

 

This special pdf publication (which contains virtually all of the French articles and reviews in Audion issues 1-58) is one of the extras you will get for free if you invest in the forthcoming book "Twilight of the Alchemists"
More information on the book here: http://www.ultimathulerecords.com/twilight.html

More missing Audions now available!

 Brand-new first printed editions of...
 

Audion 65 (10/2021) 40 pages

Gravity Adjusters Expansion Band, Kungens Män - Free-rock from the "King's Men" of Sweden, Terje Rypdal - the early years 1968-78 (Scandinavian fusion legends 1), Wallenstein - the Krautrock era, Choice British label classics: B&C Records and Chrysalis, Obscure psychedelic & progressive singles of the 1960s/70s, part 3: Italy, Mexicanos Oscuros, Musea, Rescued Relics: Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Dunkelziffer, Faust - 1971-1974 box set, Nektar, Tangle Edge, Trees, etc.
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Audion 66 (12/2021) 40 pages

Alco Frisbass, Datashock - "Neo-Hippie-Spook-Folk", Etherfysh - interview, The return of Ken Moore, Guranfoe, Dave Powell: Fried Rosin, The Scratch Orchestra: with Cornelius Cardew, Vangelis: the progressive/experimental era, Witthüser & Westrupp , Choice British Label Classics: Dandelion, Alan Freeman - Topology Of A Phantom City (review), the return of "the avant-garde sector", Prix Russolo at The Western, Rescued Relics: The Electric Prunes, Tangle Edge, Zone Six, etc.
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Audion contact: Alan Freeman, Audion Magazine, 21 Heather Road, Leicester, LE2 6DF, UK
Telephone: 0116 270 2354 email: utle2uk@btconnect.com

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Twilight of the Alchemists

encyclopedia of French progressive rock, experimental, electronic music, etc.
by Steven Freeman & Alan Freeman

From the writers of The Crack In The Cosmic Egg & A Fistful Of Spaghetti

Funding campaign

This book project is currently: "work in progress!"
with a planned publication date of November 2024

Info page: http://www.ultimathulerecords.com/twilight.html

 

 

 

Message from an Audion reader

 Hello Alan and Steve – Scott Cleveland here near Philadelphia PA. I was subscriber to Audion for many years, bought my Crack in the Cosmic Egg Book when it came it around 1998? Am a fan of a lot of the music you cover. I had all but written you guys off when Audion sort of dropped off, and talk of the new book on Italian Artists seemed so so long incoming and I thought it just fizzled. I recall a change of address of you store, and thought well another nail in the coffin. Glad to say I was 100% wrong though. When I heard Fist Full of Spaghetti was really coming out, I was on the fence on whether to buy it – thinking how much good unknown to me music could still be out there – Gotta say glad I bought it, and having a great time listening to all this old/new music. Great job on book, I feel like I know the format of how you catalog and describe things already so was able to dive right in. I bought it from Bandcamp along with the three Audions in hard copies – Gotta say I REALLY love the physical format of these printed versions – kinda hard paper cover, great color and printing – very sturdy I might say – will hold up very well overtime. If you are wondering if the readers like this type of hard copy edition – Well I am a big fan. I would love to see more printed old/new like this – I understand the PDF thing – I bought one issue in PDF and printed out and put in a binder – just not the same.

Anyway Thanks and keep up great work…

Scott

Audion 76 now available!

A tempter from the Made In Sweden article in Audion 76.

One of the most overlooked of Swedish fusion pioneers.

 

The magazine is available as a snazzy (colour throughout) pdf publication with optional free audio content, or as a limited printed edition (colour cover, black & white inside)

 

Basic info and purchase options here:

http://www.ultimathulerecords.com/audion.html#a76