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BreakFlow November 27, 2024November 27, 2024 0 Comments 1960s, Alexander Trocchi, counterculture, R.D.Laing, Situationism, William S. Burroughs

SIGMA PORTFOLIO No.5 (1965)

Document: Sigma Portfolio No.5 from 1965 as reprinted in Break/Flow 1 (1996), written by Alexander Trocchi.
‘Since we are concerned to know how we behave, we shall exploit every reproductive technique (audio-video), integrating it as discreetly as possible into structure and decor. Obviously, the original “box-office” must be imperfect and very limited, but it should open soon into a theatre of operations in the country (our “shadow city”) and eventually into civilization if our historical judgement is correct.’

1965 1996 Break/Flow 1 Documents

BreakFlow November 25, 2024November 27, 2024 0 Comments Alexander Trocchi, counterculture, William S. Burroughs

Sigma Portfolio No. 4 – POTLATCH

Document: Alexander Trocchi’s Sigma Portfolio Number 4, inspired by the concept of Potlatch and ideas of Lettrisme and Situationism as re-published in the first issue of Break/Flow in 1996

1958 1996 Break/Flow 1 Documents

BreakFlow November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 0 Comments Gruppe Spur, Manifesto, Situationist International

SPUR MANIFESTO

Document: Manifesto of the Gruppe Spur in the translation published in Break/Flow 1, 1996. The Spur Group went on to become the German section of the Situationist International until they got expelled in February 1962. This is their first manifesto from 1958.

1996 Articles Break/Flow 1

Howard Slater November 1, 2024November 6, 2024 0 Comments Anti-Oedipus, Félix Guattari, Gilles Deleuze, Henry Miller, Schizo-politics, Situationist International

On Anti-Oedipus: Schizo-politics for Scallies Part 0.0001

On Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari subtitled Schizo-politics for Scallies from Break/Flow 1, 1996 with a short intro 2024.

In the aftermath of the Poll Tax rebellion sense of ‘disenchantment’ was rife. For Howard Slater the key zone of investigation became what could be termed Marxist-Freudianism and an ongoing engagement with Deleuze & Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus was pivotal.

1996 Break/Flow 1 Record Reviews

Flint Michigan October 22, 2024November 23, 2024 0 Comments Detroit, Electro, Techno

In Vogue 4: True People? Detroit, Michigan, USA

An extended review of the True People compilation on the British React label purporting to present an overview of the Detroit Techno Underground 1996. Flint Michigan takes aim in the first issue of Break/Flow in 1996.

1996 Break/Flow 1 Interviews

Flint Michigan October 10, 2024October 10, 2024 0 Comments Acid Planet, Bunker Records, Electro, The Hague

Mixed Up in The Hague: Sewersounds of the 90s

An introduction to the scene of The Hague in the mid-90s by Flint Michigan with a short interview he conducted with Interr-Ference from Acid Planet for Break/Flow in 1996.

1996 Break/Flow 1

Flint Michigan October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 0 Comments Record Review

Review the Review – plan sonore

A critical view on what a review could and should be… by Flint Michigan from Break/Flow 1.

1996 Break/Flow 1

Christoph Fringeli October 2, 2024December 3, 2024 0 Comments Network 23, Spiral Tribe

Network 23 (from Break/Flow 1, 1996)

An early review article from Break/Flow 1 (1996) about the underground record label and distribution operation Network 23, set up by members of Spiral Tribe in 1994.