Ghostnotes : Music of the Unplayed

Cross, Brian (PHT); Chang, Jeff (INT); Tate, Greg (CON); Tompkins, Dave (CON)

ISBN 10: 1477313907 / ISBN 13: 9781477313909

Published by University of Texas Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Ghostnotes : Music of the Unplayed

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Publication Date: 2017

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

Ghostnotes: Music of the Unplayed is an extended photo essay with more than two hundred images that represent a mid-career retrospective of B+’s photography of hip-hop music and its influences. Taking its name from the unplayed sounds that exist between beats in a rhythm, the book creates a visual music, putting photos next to each other to evoke unseen images and create new histories. Like a DJ seamlessly overlapping and entangling disparate musics, Cross brings together LA Black Arts poetry and Jamaican dub, Brazilian samba and Ethiopian jazz, Cuban timba and Colombian cumbia. He links vendors of rare vinyl with iconic studio wizards, ranging from J Dilla and Brian Wilson to Leon Ware and George Clinton, David Axelrod to Shuggie Otis, Bill Withers to Ras Kass, Biggie Smalls to Timmy Thomas, DJ Shadow to Eugene McDaniels, and DJ Quik to Madlib. In this unique photographic mix tape, an extraordinary web of associations becomes apparent, revealing connections among people, cultures, and their creations.

Review:

"A magnificent retrospective of the world's preeminent hip-hop/rap photographer."--City Lights Books (09/14/2018)

..".an entrancing mid-career retrospective. The featured photos swerve from the journalistic to the impressionistic, capturing expansive stories in a single frame and combining unlikely source material to blur personal and political histories together in unexpected ways."-- (10/24/2017)

"With a design that juxtaposes two photos side-by-side on each spread, Ghostnotes creates a dialogue in much the same way as when you're flicking through vinyl in a record shop."--Vinyl Factory (01/22/2018)

"Ghostnotes quickly gets you familiar with Cross' impact on hip-hop culture, his travels and fascination with record stores from all around the world."--Eugene Weekly, Photography Books of the Year (12/13/2018)

"The photos...are arranged thematically like songs mixed together on a well-made mixtape. Cross's documentary style photos connect music, visual art and radical politics."-- (12/20/2018)