The New Analog: Damon Krukowski In Conversation

Author Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500) will be in conversation with musician/writer Justin Turford (Truth & Lies Music / Ex-Friendly), in-store at Rough Trade Nottingham, discussing 'The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World', published 8th December, via MIT Press.

MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY.

DOORS OPEN AT 7PM / DAMON IN CONVERSATION WITH JUSTIN TURFORD STARTS 7.30PM / AUDIENCE QUESTIONS 8.15PM / BOOK SIGNING 8.30PM / CLOSE 9PM.

FREE ENTRY - NO TICKET NEEDED.

PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF 'THE NEW ANALOG...' ONLINE HERE: https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/books/the-new-analog-listening-and-reconnecting-in-a-digital-world

SELECT 'COLLECT IN-STORE' TO SAVE ON SHIPPING AND GET THIS SIGNED BY DAMON ON THE NIGHT.

Having made his name in the late 1980s as a member of the indie band Galaxie 500, Damon Krukowski has watched cultural life lurch from analog to digital. And as an artist who has weathered the transition, he has challenging, urgent questions for both creators and consumers about what we have thrown away in the process: Are our devices leaving us lost in our own headspace even as they pinpoint our location? Does the long reach of digital communication come at the sacrifice of our ability to gauge social distance? Do streaming media discourage us from listening closely? Are we hearing each other fully in this new environment?

In his book The New Analog (MIT Press) Krukowski uses the sound engineer’s distinction of signal and noise to re-examine what we have lost as a technological culture, looking carefully at what was valuable in the analog realm so we can hold on to it. This event will explore different ways that the switch from analog to digital audio is influencing our perceptions, changing our ideas of everything including time, space, love, money, power and noise. This book is about sound, and the ways we are using it to share information in the world right now. Our voices carry further than they ever did before, thanks to digital media. But how are they being heard?

“A wonderful new book, which uses the history of sound to explore the more personal side of our current technological rupture.”
Pitchfork

“If you’re a devoted music fan who’s dubious about both rosy nostalgia and futuristic utopianism, Damon Krukowski’s The New Analog is for you.”
The New York Times Book Review

“Damon Krukowski, who has a special gift for lucid explanation, shows how in favoring signal to the detriment of noise, we have sold our birthright for a handful of magic beans. His defense of noise is stirring, detailed, and above all useful.”
Luc Sante, author of Low Life and The Other Paris

Justin Turford (Truth & Lies / Ex-Friendly)

As half of Truth & Lies Music, Justin Turford is a regular contributor to Rough Trade Nottingham as both a DJ and event organiser. He also releases music and DJs under the moniker Ex-Friendly. Justin came of age at the birth of the Free Party movement, worked in clubs like the legendary Blue Note in Hoxton, and for independent music distributor SRD. He knows the difference between House and Garage. He also writes regularly for the Truth & Lies blog about international music and culture.

FREE ENTRY - NO TICKET NEEDED.

FLOOR ONE AT Rough Trade Nottingham IS LIFT ACCESSIBLE AND ALL AGES ARE WELCOME.

7PM START.