{"title":"Masala Noir","description":"\u003ch2\u003eParis-based archive publishing by Shinzo Noda\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMasala Noir is an independent publishing project founded in Paris by Shinzo Noda. Its editorial scope is documentary: each title sets out to record a specific category of image material or printed matter that has received little systematic attention elsewhere. The publications are small in format and focused in scope, built around a single subject rather than a broad survey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe books function primarily as visual indexes. Subject areas include vintage graphic design, counterculture graphics, logo archives, sticker collections, record-related printed matter, and other categories of printed ephemera. The approach is archival and classificatory — the work is concerned with documentation and inventory rather than interpretation or aesthetic argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMasala Noir titles are available at Lokator100 and dispatched from Germany with tracking.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"death-metal-graphics-1980-2020-masala-noir","title":"Death Metal Graphics (1980–2020)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAn archival record of death metal graphics across four decades\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeath Metal Graphics (1980–2020)\u003c\/em\u003e is a compact compilation of visual material drawn from death metal vinyl and cassette culture, assembled by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masala-noir\" title=\"Browse all Masala Noir publications at Lokator100\"\u003eMasala Noir\u003c\/a\u003e and spanning the full period from 1980 to 2020. The book functions as an archive rather than a critical survey — no thesis, no argument, no editorial framing beyond the selection itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross 240 pages, the material moves through logos, illustration styles, layout conventions, and typographic choices that constitute the genre's visual language. The approach is accumulative: shifts in iconography, density, and contrast register gradually across four decades rather than through any single break. Death metal graphic design is treated here as a surface phenomenon — type, symbol, and image examined on their own terms, without subordination to music history or cultural commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume addresses two audiences directly: collectors of metal ephemera, and researchers or practitioners working in underground graphic design. It offers a controlled, concentrated reference for a body of imagery that is otherwise dispersed across physical formats and private collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelated titles in the same format series include \u003ca href=\"\/products\/speed-metal-logos-1990-2020\" title=\"Speed Metal Logos (1990–2020) — related Masala Noir graphic archive\"\u003eSpeed Metal Logos (1990–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/japanese-punk-graphics-1980-2010\" title=\"Japanese Punk Graphics (1980–2010) — underground visual culture archive\"\u003eJapanese Punk Graphics (1980–2010)\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/new-wave-post-punk-graphics-1980-2000\" title=\"New Wave \/ Post-Punk Graphics (1980–2000) — related graphic archive title\"\u003eNew Wave \/ Post-Punk Graphics (1980–2000)\u003c\/a\u003e. Further titles in underground visual culture are available in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books-sound-culture\" title=\"Explore music books and sound culture publications at Lokator100\"\u003eMusic Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture\u003c\/a\u003e section of the Lokator100 catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Masala Noir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53471805538650,"sku":"9782958689032","price":32.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/death-metal-graphics-front-cover.jpg?v=1778496260"},{"product_id":"noise-graphics-book","title":"Noise Graphics 1980–1990 – Masala Noir","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAn Archive of Noise Cover Art, 1980–1990\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNoise Graphics 1980–1990\u003c\/em\u003e is a noise graphics book structured as a documentary archive rather than a critical survey. It collects vinyl sleeve art and cassette cover design from a decade of underground music production, presenting them as printed evidence of a visual language that operated entirely outside mainstream graphic culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe material logic of the content is inseparable from its subject. DIY typography, collage, xerox textures, hard contrast, and the grain of photocopy duplication are not stylistic choices imposed on the archive — they are the archive. Across 224 pages, covers and related underground ephemera are reproduced in sequence, with the restrained approach of a reference object rather than an editorial one. The focus stays on the small decisions: how type was set, how images were duplicated, how zine aesthetics crossed into record sleeve production at the margins of the noise and industrial scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hardcover format, measuring 17 × 22 cm, is compact enough to use as a working reference while substantial enough to hold the density of material it documents. No excess, no spectacle — the format suits the content. For researchers, designers, and collectors working in the history of independent graphic design, cassette cover design, or noise music visual culture, this book functions as a primary source rather than a secondary account.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masala-noir\" title=\"Browse all Masala Noir titles at Lokator100\"\u003eMasala Noir\u003c\/a\u003e, an imprint with a consistent focus on art and music publications at the edges of mainstream print culture. It sits within the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books-sound-culture\" title=\"Explore music books and sound culture publications at Lokator100\"\u003eMusic Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture\u003c\/a\u003e category at Lokator100 — a catalogue section gathering publications at the intersection of sound, print, and independent production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRelated titles from Masala Noir\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/death-metal-graphics-1980-2020-masala-noir\" title=\"Death Metal Graphics 1980–2020 — another Masala Noir archive publication\"\u003eDeath Metal Graphics (1980–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/new-wave-post-punk-graphics-1980-2000\" title=\"New Wave and Post-Punk Graphics 1980–2000 — related underground visual archive\"\u003eNew Wave \/ Post-Punk Graphics (1980-2000)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/japanese-punk-graphics-1980-2010\" title=\"Japanese Punk Graphics 1980–2010 — underground graphics archive by Masala Noir\"\u003eJapanese Punk Graphics (1980-2010)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/punk-flyers-1975-2020\" title=\"Punk Flyers 1975–2020 — DIY print culture and underground ephemera\"\u003ePunk Flyers (1975–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Masala Noir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53477488591194,"sku":"MN-NOISE-GRAPHICS-1980-1990-HC","price":47.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/noise-graphics-1980-1990-masala-noir-cover.jpg?v=1781428800"},{"product_id":"punk-flyers-1975-2020","title":"Punk Flyers (1975–2020)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA print archive of DIY punk ephemera, 1975–2020\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePunk Flyers (1975–2020)\u003c\/em\u003e compiles over 200 original gig flyers into a single, sequenced volume. The reproductions retain the material character of the originals: photocopy noise, cut-and-paste layouts, hand lettering, improvised grids. Nothing is cleaned up or recomposed. What you see is the source document, as printed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book runs to 240 pages in a compact 13 × 17 cm format — dense enough to function as a working reference, small enough to handle without ceremony. The span from 1975 to 2020 traces how punk graphic design shifted across scenes and decades: styles that recur, splinter, and reappear in altered form. The format makes that arc legible without editorialising it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a practical catalogue of \u003cstrong\u003eDIY punk ephemera\u003c\/strong\u003e — useful to collectors, graphic designers, and zine readers who want primary material rather than retrospective commentary. It belongs in the same category as other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books-sound-culture\" title=\"Explore our Music Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture collection\"\u003eMusic Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture\u003c\/a\u003e publications that treat printed artifacts as documents rather than decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masala-noir\" title=\"Browse all titles published by Masala Noir\"\u003eMasala Noir\u003c\/a\u003e. Dispatched from Germany by Lokator100 in careful packaging, with accurate condition documentation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Masala Noir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53479867810138,"sku":"9782958689049","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/punk-flyers-cover-front-minimalist-pink-grid.jpg?v=1778440481"},{"product_id":"bad-people","title":"Bad People: Japanese TV Series Villains (1970–2000) — Masala Noir","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA visual archive of Japanese TV series villains, 1970–2000\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBad People\u003c\/em\u003e is a compact archive of villain iconography drawn from Japanese TV series spanning three decades. Published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masala-noir\" title=\"Browse all titles published by Masala Noir\"\u003eMasala Noir\u003c\/a\u003e, the book collects antagonist figures from the period 1970–2000, treating masks, costumes, and facial construction as its primary subject matter rather than narrative or critical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe editorial approach is that of a visual typology. \u003cem\u003eBad People\u003c\/em\u003e does not read as a critical study; it functions as a printed document — an accumulation of screen presences organised by image rather than argument. The A6 format suits this logic: small, dense, and close to the material, it keeps the focus on the imagery itself without the distancing effect of a larger, more discursive format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book sits within a broader field of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/film-books-film-culture\" title=\"Explore our Film Books \u0026amp; Film Culture collection\"\u003eFilm Books \u0026amp; Film Culture\u003c\/a\u003e publications concerned with Japanese screen culture, design history, and the serial construction of character across popular television. It is of interest to readers working across cult TV imagery, pop-cultural archives, and the visual history of Japanese broadcast media. This new extended edition, published in 2025, expands the original with additional material across 102 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Masala Noir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53860776083802,"sku":"978-2-494834-28-6","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/bad-people-front-cover.jpg?v=1778413442"},{"product_id":"new-wave-post-punk-graphics-1980-2000","title":"New Wave \/ Post-Punk Graphics (1980-2000)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTape and Vinyl Graphics from the New Wave and Post-Punk Era\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume compiles graphic material produced for tape and vinyl releases across the new wave and post-punk scenes between 1980 and 2000. Cover art, logos, sleeve layouts, and associated visual ephemera are gathered here as a documentary record of two decades of underground music design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masala-noir\"\u003eMasala Noir\u003c\/a\u003e in 2024, the book belongs to a series of archive-format publications focused on the visual output of underground and independent music cultures. Each volume in the series treats its subject as primary source material rather than retrospective commentary. \u003cem\u003eNew Wave \/ Post-Punk Graphics\u003c\/em\u003e follows the same approach: images are presented without editorial inflation, and the period speaks through the work itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThematically adjacent titles in the catalogue include \u003ca href=\"\/products\/punk-flyers-1975-2020\"\u003ePunk Flyers (1975–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e, which documents print culture across a longer arc of punk's visual history, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/noise-graphics-book\"\u003eNoise Graphics 1980–1990\u003c\/a\u003e, which covers the parallel noise music scene during the same opening decade. Also from \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masala-noir\"\u003eMasala Noir\u003c\/a\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/death-metal-graphics-1980-2020-masala-noir\"\u003eDeath Metal Graphics (1980–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/japanese-punk-graphics-1980-2010\"\u003eJapanese Punk Graphics (1980-2010)\u003c\/a\u003e. Further titles — \u003ca href=\"\/products\/speed-metal-logos-1990-2020\"\u003eSpeed Metal Logos (1990-2020)\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gabber-hardcore-logos-1990-2000\"\u003eGabber \/ Hardcore Logos (1990-2024)\u003c\/a\u003e — extend the series into adjacent scenes and formats. The full range is browsable under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books-sound-culture\"\u003eMusic Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Masala Noir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54301479797082,"sku":"9782494834439","price":31.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/new-wave-post-punk-graphics-1980-2000-cover-front.jpg?v=1781353276"},{"product_id":"japanese-punk-graphics-1980-2010","title":"Japanese Punk Graphics (1980-2010)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eJapanese Punk Graphics 1980–2010\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA documentary archive of punk visual culture from Japan, spanning three decades of graphic production across flyers, zines, record sleeves, and hand-drawn typography. Published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masala-noir\"\u003eMasala Noir\u003c\/a\u003e, the book maps a period — 1980 to 2010 — in which Japanese underground scenes developed a graphic language distinct from their Western counterparts: more compressed, more typographically dense, and operating within a different set of material constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe period covered traces punk's initial arrival in Japan through its absorption into hardcore, noise, and adjacent subgenres, documenting how visual identity evolved alongside the music. The material functions as both a graphic-design reference and a record of subcultural self-representation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRelated titles in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books-sound-culture\"\u003eMusic Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture\u003c\/a\u003e collection include \u003ca href=\"\/products\/punk-flyers-1975-2020\"\u003ePunk Flyers (1975–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/new-wave-post-punk-graphics-1980-2000\"\u003eNew Wave \/ Post-Punk Graphics (1980-2000)\u003c\/a\u003e. For adjacent underground graphic archives, see also \u003ca href=\"\/products\/noise-graphics-book\"\u003eNoise Graphics 1980–1990\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/death-metal-graphics-1980-2020-masala-noir\"\u003eDeath Metal Graphics (1980–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Masala Noir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54301479895386,"sku":"9782494834132","price":31.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/japanese-punk-graphics-1980-2010-cover.jpg?v=1781353295"},{"product_id":"speed-metal-logos-1990-2020","title":"Speed Metal Logos (1990–2020)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSpeed Metal Logos (1990–2020)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn archive of speed metal band logos compiled by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masala-noir\"\u003eMasala Noir\u003c\/a\u003e, covering three decades of underground heavy music visual identity. The book documents sharp lettering, aggressive marks, and chrome effects drawn from the speed metal scene between 1990 and 2020 — presented without editorial commentary, as a graphic record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished as part of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books-sound-culture\"\u003eMusic Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue, this softcover volume is printed on Munken 90 g paper. Dimensions: 13×17 cm, 96 pages. ISBN: 9782494834576.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelated titles in the Masala Noir series: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/death-metal-graphics-1980-2020-masala-noir\"\u003eDeath Metal Graphics (1980–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/punk-flyers-1975-2020\"\u003ePunk Flyers (1975–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/noise-graphics-book\"\u003eNoise Graphics 1980–1990\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gabber-hardcore-logos-1990-2000\"\u003eGabber \/ Hardcore Logos (1990-2024)\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Masala Noir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54301480190298,"sku":"9782494834576","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/speed-metal-logos-1990-2020-cover-front.jpg?v=1781353323"},{"product_id":"gabber-hardcore-logos-1990-2024","title":"Gabber \/ Hardcore Logos (1990–2024)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGabber and Hardcore Logos, 1990–2024\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn archive of graphic identities from European rave culture. The book collects artist marks, label identities, and distorted lettering produced within gabber and hardcore scenes across three and a half decades — from the early 1990s through 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe material is presented as a visual record of a graphic language that developed largely outside mainstream design discourse: compressed type, aggressive distortion, and high-contrast forms that served as immediate identifiers within a dense, fast-moving underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masala-noir\"\u003eMasala Noir\u003c\/a\u003e, whose archive-format titles in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books-sound-culture\"\u003eMusic Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture\u003c\/a\u003e series follow a consistent approach — focused subject, compact format, no editorial apparatus. Related titles in the same format include \u003ca href=\"\/products\/death-metal-graphics-1980-2020-masala-noir\"\u003eDeath Metal Graphics (1980–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/punk-flyers-1975-2020\"\u003ePunk Flyers (1975–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/speed-metal-logos-1990-2020\"\u003eSpeed Metal Logos (1990-2020)\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Masala Noir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54303439454554,"sku":"9782494834101","price":21.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/gabber-hardcore-logos-1990-2024-cover-grid.jpg?v=1781428775"}],"url":"https:\/\/lokator100.store\/collections\/masala-noir.oembed","provider":"Lokator100","version":"1.0","type":"link"}