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Designed with elegance and reverence, the book invites readers into a fragile and luminous inner world that shaped one of the most enigmatic figures in post-industrial music and occult aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Timeless Edition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51443141935450,"sku":"9791096037100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/the-cupboard-under-the-stars-cover.jpg?v=1758586723"},{"product_id":"the-last-slogan-regular-edition-genesis-p-orridge","title":"The Last Slogan Regular Edition - Genesis P-Orridge \u0026 Jean-Pierre Turmel","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Last Slogan Regular Edition — Genesis P-Orridge correspondence archive\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Last Slogan Regular Edition is a 192-page hardcover published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/timeless-edition\" title=\"Browse all Timeless Edition publications available at Lokator100\"\u003eTimeless Edition\u003c\/a\u003e (France) in 2022. It collects letters written by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge to Jean-Pierre Turmel spanning the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, supplemented by an unpublished interview conducted by Nicolas Ballet in 2016 and archival documents drawn from Turmel's personal collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe letters are working correspondence — not retrospective commentary. They record plans, positions, and private exchanges from within the ecosystems of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, without framing those contexts as the primary subject. The book functions as a document of method, assembled from primary sources rather than constructed as biography. It sits within the broader field of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books-sound-culture\" title=\"Explore books on music, sound art, and experimental culture\"\u003eMusic Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture\u003c\/a\u003e as a publication grounded in correspondence and archival practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the book contains\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetters from Genesis Breyer P-Orridge to Jean-Pierre Turmel (mid-1970s to early 1990s)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnpublished interview with Genesis P-Orridge, conducted by Nicolas Ballet (2016)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheory texts and archival documents from Turmel's personal collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll texts in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRegular Edition and Limited Edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Regular Edition: a standard hardcover printed on Arena Extra White 170 g paper, 22 × 30 cm, 192 pages. A separate variant with additional content and a smaller print run is also available: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-last-slogan-limited-edition-genesis-p-orridge\" title=\"Ver la edición limitada de The Last Slogan con extras exclusivos\"\u003eThe Last Slogan Limited Edition - Genesis P-Orridge \u0026amp; Jean-Pierre Turmel\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders connected to adjacent figures in industrial and experimental culture — including \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/john-balance\" title=\"Books and publications related to John Balance and Coil\"\u003eJohn Balance\u003c\/a\u003e — may find the archival scope of this volume relevant to those interests.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Timeless Edition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53762272231770,"sku":"TE-TLE-2022-GPO-RE","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/the-last-slogan-regular-edition-cover.jpg?v=1778342358"},{"product_id":"bright-lights-and-cats-with-no-mouths-john-balance","title":"Bright Lights and Cats with No Mouths - John Balance (Extended Edition, 2024)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBright Lights and Cats with No Mouths — Extended Edition, 2024\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBright Lights and Cats with No Mouths\u003c\/em\u003e is a 300-page hardcover survey of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/john-balance\" title=\"Browse all John Balance titles at Lokator100\"\u003eJohn Balance\u003c\/a\u003e's work on paper, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/timeless-edition\" title=\"Explore the full Timeless Edition catalogue at Lokator100\"\u003eTimeless Edition\u003c\/a\u003e in 2024. This Extended Edition expands and redesigns the original publication, adding 40 pages of previously unreproduced works. The print run is limited to 400 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is new in this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2024 Extended Edition is not a reprint. It has been reformatted and redesigned throughout. The 40 pages of new art include works that have not appeared in any prior edition. Texts by Val Denham and Jeremy Reed are included, alongside a magico-critical appreciation by BC. The result is a substantially expanded object that stands apart from earlier versions of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eJohn Balance art on paper\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe drawings and paintings collected here operate through private symbolic systems — recurring figures, dense mark-making, and an internal logic that resists easy categorisation. This is not illustrative work, nor is it subordinate to any other practice. It reads as a body of work with its own coherence and its own terms. Balance developed this visual language in parallel with his music, and the book treats it accordingly — as autonomous, not supplementary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those interested in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\" title=\"Browse artist books and publications at Lokator100\"\u003eArtbooks \u0026amp; Artist Publications\u003c\/a\u003e from the post-industrial milieu, or in the broader field of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books-sound-culture\" title=\"Explore music books and sound culture titles at Lokator100\"\u003eMusic Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture\u003c\/a\u003e, this publication occupies a specific and considered position. It is not a document of Coil. It is a record of what Balance made when he worked with paper, paint, and ink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eRelated titles\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther work by John Balance is available in \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-abrahadabra-letters-john-balance-anthony-blokdijk\" title=\"The Abrahadabra Letters by John Balance \u0026amp; Anthony Blokdijk\"\u003eThe Abrahadabra Letters\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-cupboard-under-the-stars-a-peek-into-the-john-balance-notebooks\" title=\"The Cupboard Under The Stars – John Balance Notebooks\"\u003eThe Cupboard Under The Stars - A Peek into the John Balance Notebooks\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition and handling\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew copy. Clean and unused. Packed with rigid protection for safe transit. 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Huber's voice is severe and elevated — a proclamation made after the collapse, holding fear, death, and the body's finitude as its primary material. The book sits at the intersection of poetry and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/critical-theory-philosophy\" title=\"Explore Critical Theory \u0026amp; Philosophy titles at Lokator100\"\u003eCritical Theory \u0026amp; Philosophy\u003c\/a\u003e, treating the sacred not as comfort but as dread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe physical object reinforces the register of the text. \u003cem\u003eSacra\u003c\/em\u003e is softbound, sewn, and finished with flaps — a construction that gives the chapbook a deliberate, archival weight. Karolina Urbaniak's collages operate on a forensic logic: fragments, traces, and arranged evidence assembled as though from a crime board. The images do not illustrate the language. 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Text and image accumulate without a governing editorial distance — the effect is density rather than argument, atmosphere rather than thesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe material is printed entirely in black and white, which flattens hierarchies of medium and source. Collage, photography, text, and illustration occupy the same tonal space throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLineage and precedents\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publication situates itself within a specific tradition of late-1980s and early-1990s underground print culture. 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