Song Reader

Name: Song Reader
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780571299409
Price: 59.99 NZD
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By Beck Hansen

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Song Reader by Beck Hansen is a unique artistic project that reimagines the concept of a music album for the 21st century. This beautifully illustrated book features 20 songs presented as individual full-colour booklets, each with original lyrics and striking artwork by renowned artists like Marcel Dzama and Leanne Shapton. Rather than a conventional recorded album, it invites readers to bring the songs to life themselves, making it an interactive experience. A lavish hardcover carrying case and ukulele notation are included, enriching this celebration of home-play creativity.
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This book appeals to music lovers, fans of Beck, and those interested in innovative art and cultural projects. It's perfect for readers who enjoy interactive and visually rich experiences, as well as musicians looking for fresh material to interpret on their own.

A groundbreaking publication: Faber is releasing Beck's new 'album' in the form of twenty songs existing only as individual pieces of sheet music, never before released or recorded.

Song Reader (Beck Hansen) is a groundbreaking publication: Faber is releasing Beck's new 'album' in the form of twenty songs existing only as individual pieces of sheet music, never before released or recorded.

Description

Complete with full-colour, heyday-of-home-play-inspired art for each song and a lavishly produced hardcover carrying case (and, when necessary, ukulele notation), Song Reader is an experiment in what an album can be in the 21st century. Beautifully illustrated by Marcel Dzama, Leanne Shapton, Josh Cochran, Jessica Hische and others, Song Reader has been designed by Beck with the help of McSweeney's for release in December 2012.

The 20 songs here, including two instrumentals, are as exciting as you'd expect from their author. But if you want to hear 'Do We? We Do', or 'Don't Act Like Your Heart Isn't Hard', bringing them to life depends on you, the reader.

Includes: 108 pages (comprising 20 individual full-colour song booklets—18 featuring original lyrics, and 2 instrumentals—with covers from more than a dozen different artists).

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571299409

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 December 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 244.0mm

Height: 318.0mm

Weight: 946g

Pages: 112

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Arts & Culture Beck Hansen Non-Fiction

About the Author

Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck. The four-time platinum artist rose to underground popularity with his early works, which combined social criticism with musical and lyrical experimentation. He first earned wider public attention for his breakthrough single Loser, a 1994 hit. Beck is known for creating musical collages of different styles. Two of Beck's most popular and acclaimed recordings are Odelay (1996) and Sea Change (2002). Odelay was awarded Album of the Year by the American magazine Rolling Stone, NME and Mojo. Odelay also received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. Beck's other albumns include Mellow Gold, Mutations, Midnight Vultures, Guero, The Information and Modern Guilt.