Ecstatic Peace Library
{{Short description|British publishing company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
Ecstatic Peace Library is a book publishing imprint founded by Thurston Moore and Eva Prinz to release an exhibition catalogue by photographer Justine Kurland.{{Cite press release|title=Justine Kurland: This Train is Bound for Glory |url=https://www.artnet.com/galleries/mitchell-innes-nash/justine-kurland-this-train-is-bound |access-date=2023-04-20 |publisher=Mitchell-Innes & Nash}} The name is derived from Ecstatic Peace!,{{Cite web |date=2009-10-08 |title=The Archivist |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/thurston-moore-grunge-ecstatic-peace |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}} (also a music label run by Thurston Moore & Andrew Kesin), and an expression found in a passage from Tom Wolfe's book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.{{Cite web |last=Huncwot.com |title=Fluidity of Thought - Przekrój Magazine |url=https://przekroj.pl/en/culture/fluidity-of-thought-adam-zdrodowski |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=przekroj.pl |language=en}} The company publishes a range of photography and art-related books about the early Norwegian black metal scene,{{Cite web |title=Thurston Moore on the Legacy of Black Metal Gods, Mayhem|first=DJ|last=Pangburn|date=24 June 2016 |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/mayhem-thurston-moore-black-metal-exhibition/ |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Vice |language=en}} experimental jazz from the 1970s.{{Cite web |title=Ecstatic Peace Library / Thurston Moore & Eva Prinz - 1 Artwork, Bio & Shows on Artsy |url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/ecstatic-peace-library-slash-thurston-moore-and-eva-prinz |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.artsy.net |language=en}}
Founders
Thurston Moore is a musician best known as one of the founding members of the band Sonic Youth and now performs with various ensembles including his own band, The Thurston Moore Group. Eva Prinz started her publishing career in New York City at Taschen America. She held positions as Editor of Fine Arts at Rizzoli International Publications and later Senior Editor at Abrams Books. Prinz guest edited artist Peter Halley's Index Magazine (April/May 2005) and participated in curating exhibitions in New York City, including 'Radical Living Papers' {{Cite web |last=Nikolopoulos|first=Stephanie|date=February 8, 2007|title=Radical Living Papers |url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/radical-living-papers |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Gothamist |language=en}} which was a survey of the underground press from 1960-75 at Gavin Brown's Passerby gallery space. Eva Prinz and Thurston Moore began working together on books at Rizzoli International Publications — their first book was on the subject of mixtapes entitled Mixtape: The Art of Cassette Culture{{Cite web |title=Reel-to-Reel World: Thurston Moore's New Book Mix Tape Chronicles Our Cassette Obsessions {{!}} PATRICK SISSON |url=https://patricksisson.com/reel-to-reel-world-thurston-moores-new-book-mix-tape-chronicles-our-cassette-obsessions/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |language=en-US}} and was published on the pop culture imprint Universe Books, a division of Rizzoli.{{Cite web |last=Rapp |first=Alan |date=2010-08-17 |title=Ecstatic Publishing: Thurston Moore, Eva Prinz Discuss Their New Venture |url=https://www.printmag.com/design-books/ecstatic-peace-library-thurston-moore-eva-prinz/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=PRINT Magazine |language=en-US}} Prinz and Moore collaborated on several books that focused on music for Rizzoli and Abrams and worked together for several years before founding their own imprint Ecstatic Peace Library in 2009.
History
Ecstatic Peace Library published their first publication, Justine Kurland's This Train is Bound for Glory, in 2009.{{Cite book|title=This Train Is Bound for Glory |first=Justine|last=Kurland|authorlink=Justine Kurland|publisher=Ecstatic Peace Library|year=2009|isbn=9781616234881}} This was an exhibition catalog for Kurland's show at Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York.
On 5 September 2018, Ecstatic Peace Library announced the creation of their record label Daydream Library Series, with its premiere album Sistahs by the London band Big Joanie. The release was accompanied by a limited edition fanzine, edited by Moore, Prinz and the musicians.{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/25251-big-joanie-sistahs-thurston-moore-daydream-library-series|title=LISTEN: Big Joanie Announce Debut LP|first=Patrick|last=Clarke|date=5 September 2018|website=The Quietus|accessdate=5 September 2018}}
Notable Publications
- This Train is Bound for Glory by Justine Kurland (2011){{Cite web |last=Rudick |first=Nicole |date=2010-07-21 |title=Talking To Justine Kurland |url=https://www.vice.com/da/article/talking-to-justine-kurland/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Vice |language=da}}
- You Should Have Heard Just What I Seen: The Music Photography by James Hamilton (2015){{Cite news |last=Biondi |first=Elisabeth |date=2010-11-17 |title=James Hamilton: You Should Have Heard Just What I Seen |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/james-hamilton-you-should-have-heard-just-what-i-seen |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The New Yorker}}
- Stereo Sanctity: Lyrics and Poems by Thurston Moore (2015){{Cite web |title=Thurston Moore Releases 'Stereo Sanctity' Book of Lyrics and Poetry {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/thurston_moore_releases_stereo_sanctity_book_of_lyrics_poetry |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Thurston Moore Releases 'Stereo Sanctity' Book of Lyrics and Poetry {{!}} Exclaim!}}
- The Death Archives: Mayhem 1984-94 by Jorn 'Necrobutcher' Stubberud (2016){{Cite web |title=The Quietus {{!}} News {{!}} Thurston Moore On Mayhem |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/20321-necrobutcher-thurston-moore-mayhem |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=The Quietus |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Kim |date=2016-06-01 |title=Thurston Moore Is Putting Out Necrobutcher's Black Metal Book, 'The Death Archives' |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/necrobutcher-black-metal-book-excerpt/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Vice}}
- Adrian Henri: I Want Everything to Happen! by Catherine Marcangeli (2019){{Cite web |title=Woke up this morning, somebody rewrote the past {{!}} IT |url=https://internationaltimes.it/woke-up-this-morning-somebody-rewrote-the-past/ |access-date=2024-04-18}}
- Flutter Echo: Living Within Sound by David Toop (2019){{Cite web |title=Perfect Sound Forever: David Toop book excerpt |url=https://www.furious.com/perfect/davidtoopbook.html |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.furious.com}}
- Linger On: The Velvet Underground by Ignacio Julià (2023){{Cite web |title=Read an extract from Linger On: The Velvet Underground by Ignacio Julià - The Wire |url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/book-extracts/read-an-extract-from-linger-on-the-velvet-underground |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music}}
Daydream Library Series discography
- Sistahs by Big Joanie (30 November 2018){{Cite web |date=30 November 2018 |title=Sistahs by Big Joanie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/30/big-joanie-sistahs-review-bold-fearless-punk-debut |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=The Guardian}}
- Angeltalk by Katherina Bornefeld (21 September 2019){{cite web |date=1 October 2019 |title=Angeltalk by Katherina Bornefeld |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/27210-katherina-bornefeld-interview-the-ex |accessdate=4 May 2023 |website=The Quietus}}
- Spirit Counsel by Thurston Moore (21 September 2019){{cite web |date=21 September 2019 |title=Spirit Counsel |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/thurston-moore-spirit-counsel/ |accessdate=4 May 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}
- Three Graces by Thurston Moore (8 November 2019){{cite web |date=12 September 2019 |title=Three Graces by Thurston Moore |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-thurston-moore-cover-new-orders-leave-me-alone-2547395 |accessdate=4 May 2023 |website=NME}}
- Pollination by Thurston Moore (8 November 2019){{cite web |date=12 September 2019 |title=Pollination by Thurston Moore |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-thurston-moore-cover-new-orders-leave-me-alone-2547395 |accessdate=4 May 2023 |website=NME}}
- Leave Me Alone by Thurston Moore (8 November 2019){{Cite web |date=12 September 2019 |title=Leave Me Alone by Thurston Moore |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-thurston-moore-cover-new-orders-leave-me-alone-2547395 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=NME}}
- Trees Outside the Academy (Remastered) by Thurston Moore (24 July 2020){{Cite web |date=19 September 2007 |title=Trees Outside The Academy by Thurston Moore |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10681-trees-outside-the-academy/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}
- By the Fire by Thurston Moore (25 September 2020){{Cite web |date=29 September 2020 |title=By the Fire by Thurston Moore |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/thurston-moore-by-the-fire/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}
- Hashish by Thurston Moore (26 September 2020){{Cite web |date=20 June 2020 |title=Hashish by Thurston Moore |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2088447/thurston-moore-hashish/music/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Stereogum}}
- Lux Perpetua by Xopher Davidson (5 November 2021){{Cite web |date=22 February 2022 |title=Lux Perpetua by Xopher Davidson |url=https://touchingextremes.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/xopher-davidson-lux-perpetua/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Touching Extremes}}
- XVI by Seafoam Walls (12 November 2021){{Cite web |date=18 January 2022 |title=XVI by Seafoam Walls |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/seafoam-walls-xvi/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}
- Back Home by Big Joanie (4 November 2022){{Cite web |date=7 November 2022 |title=Back Home by Big Joanie |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/big-joanie-back-home/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}
- Enredados/Drop In by Las Nubes (16 December 2023){{Cite web |last=Tracy |first=Liz |title=Las Nubes Is Back With New Music and a Long-Awaited Miami Show |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/miami-band-las-nubes-releases-new-music-on-thurston-moores-ecstatic-peace-18471482 |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Miami New Times |language=en}}
- Oxford Gardens by Devon Ross (16 February 2024){{Cite web |author1=Ellie Rogers |date=2024-02-19 |title="I've always picked up my dad's guitars, but I wasn't that serious about it. Then I realized it was natural to me – it was so deep in my soul I didn't have a choice": Thurston Moore loved her demos. Now Devon Ross is journeying from actor to guitarist |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/devon-ross-oxford-gardens |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=guitarworld |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://ecstaticpeacelibrary.wordpress.com/}}
{{Thurston Moore}}
Category:Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom