{"title":"Rob Young","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRob Young\u003c\/strong\u003e offers profound explorations into the intersections of music, culture, and society. His works, including \u003cem\u003eAll Gates Open\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eElectric Eden\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into the history and impact of sound and folk traditions, revealing rich narratives beneath popular art forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can anticipate insightful, well-researched journeys that illuminate the evolving landscape of arts and culture. Young’s writing invites contemplation on how creativity shapes and reflects communities across time.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"electric-eden-by-rob-young-9780571349654","title":"Electric Eden","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRob Young investigates how the idea of folk has been handed down and transformed by successive generations, including song collectors, composers, Marxist revivalists, folk-rockers, psychedelic voyagers, free festival-goers, experimental pop stars, and electronic innovators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a sweeping panorama of Albion's soundscape, \u003ci\u003eElectric Eden\u003c\/i\u003e takes in the pioneer spirit of Cecil Sharp; the pastoral classicism of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Peter Warlock; the industrial folk revival of Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd; and the folk-rock of Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, Shirley Collins, John Martyn, and Pentangle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrative stretches further to the bucolic psychedelia of The Incredible String Band, The Beatles, and Pink Floyd, as well as the acid folk of Comus, Forest, Mr Fox, and Trees. It encapsulates the essence of \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e and occult folklore, recalls the early Glastonbury and Stonehenge festivals, and embraces the visionary pop of Kate Bush, Julian Cope, and Talk Talk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eElectric Eden\u003c\/i\u003e maps out a native British musical voice that reflects the complex relationships between town and country, progress and nostalgia, radicalism and conservatism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn attempt to isolate the 'Britishness' of British music—a wild combination of pagan echoes, spiritual quest, imaginative time-travel, pastoral innocence, and electrified creativity—\u003ci\u003eElectric Eden\u003c\/i\u003e will be treasured by anyone interested in the tangled story of Britain's folk music and Arcadian dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46520682414316,"sku":"9780571349654","price":21.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11172653482391.jpg?v=1748996964"},{"product_id":"all-gates-open-by-irmin-schmidt-9780571311521","title":"All Gates Open","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Gates Open\u003c\/i\u003e presents the definitive story of arguably the most influential and revered avant-garde band of the late twentieth century: CAN. It consists of two books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Book One, Rob Young gives us the full biography of a band that emerged at the vanguard of what would come to be called the Krautrock scene in late sixties Cologne. With Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay—two classically trained students of Stockhausen—at the heart of the band, CAN's studio and live performances burned an incendiary trail through the decade that followed: and left a legacy that is still reverberating today in hip hop, post rock, ambient, and countless other genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRob Young's account draws on unique interviews with all founding members of CAN, as well as their vocalists, friends, and music industry associates. He revisits the music, which is still deliriously innovative and unclassifiable more than four decades on. \u003ci\u003eAll Gates Open\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of a group who worked with visionary intensity and belief, outside the system and inside their own inner space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBook Two, \u003ci\u003eCan Kiosk\u003c\/i\u003e, has been assembled by Irmin Schmidt, founding member and guiding spirit of the band, as a 'collage'—a technique long associated with CAN's approach to recording. There is an oral history of the band drawing on interviews that Irmin made with musicians who see CAN as an influence, such as Bobby Gillespie, Geoff Barrow, Daniel Miller, and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are also interviews with artists and filmmakers like Wim Wenders and John Malkovitch, where Schmidt reflects on more personal matters and his work with film. Extracts of Schmidt's notebook and diaries from 2013-14 are also reproduced as a reflection on the creative process, and the memories, dreams, and epiphanies it entails. \u003ci\u003eCan Kiosk\u003c\/i\u003e offers further perspectives on a band that have inspired several generations of musicians and filmmakers in the voices of the artists themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCAN were unique, and their legacy is articulated in two books in this volume with the depth, rigour, originality, and intensity associated with the band itself. It is illustrated throughout with previously unseen art, photographs, and ephemera from the band's archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462590841068,"sku":"9780571311521","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571311521-all-gates-open.jpg?v=1775017191"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/rob-young.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}