NIGHT PONG

Night Pong is a graphic cultural history project by Minh and Aashish. We are likely to cover avant-garde and new media art, art by women and people of color, and whatever else strikes our interests. We're based in Seattle, WA. Buy Night Pong zines. Hit us up

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Influential Women in Early Electronic Music zine

It may seem like women are starting to break into electronic music now, but there have always been women bending circuits, splicing tapes and creating new universes of sound on synthesizers. We highlight some of our favorite torchbearers who were there from the dawning of the electronic music genre, such as Delia Derbyshire (most famous for her work on the Doctor Who theme song). Then we get into artists who broke ground using later-developed innovative software, such as Pamela Z, a composer best known for voice electronic processing. The zine comes with a free mix CD of a selection of songs from the featured artists, as well as a 4″ x 4″ sticker. Playlist: 1. Delia Derbyshire - Love Without Sound 2. Pamela Z - Obsession, Addiction, and the 3. Delia Derbyshire - Ziwzih Ziwzih 00-00-00 4. Laurie Spiegel - Passage 5. Laurie Spiegel - A Garden 6. Laurie Spiegel - Appalachian Grove II 7. Eliane Radigue - Epure 8. Clara Rockmore - The Swan

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Asian Avant Garde Issue 1: Performance Artists

Asian Avant Garde Performance Artists zine.

The first of our Asian Avant Garde Art series, this zine focuses on Performance. In this issue we pay tribute to Asian avant-garde artists who have pushed some serious boundaries and have taken large risks for their work. Their work, controversial and challenging, conveys for us the complicated personal and societal tensions we experience that words only go so far to explain.  The zine dives into the art practices of artists and collectives from India, China and Japan, such as the expansive and interdisciplinary work from members of the Beijing East Village, the immersive performances of Bhupen Khakhar, and of course the groundbreaking experiments by Yoko Ono. This zine comes with three stickers!

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Keep pushing those boundaries,

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A Brief Foray into Japanese Psych Music

  A Brief Foray Into Japanese Psych Music zine.

This zine is the first issue of Night Pong, a graphic cultural history series. This limited edition, 24-page, full-color zine covers some of the many bands to be part of the Japanese psychedelic music movement. Giving attention to such bands as the Mops, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and Acid Mothers Temple, we provide a small sampling of some bands that were seminal to this scene. In this zine you’ll also find some interesting facts about the artists (like that Merzbow became an animal rights activist after raising his own bantam chickens!)

This zine also comes with an eclectic mix cd of some of our favorite Japanese psych tracks, from the loungy ambient vibes of Susumu Yokota to the downtempo drone sounds of Taj Mahal Travellers. 

We aren’t printing this issue again after these run out, so if you want to snag one, now’s the time.

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Thrash on,

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The Brief Foray Into Japanese Psych Music Playlist

Track list:

1. Cherry Blossom - Susumu Yokota

2. Kodomotachi - Susumu Yokota

3. 1000 Knives - Yellow Magic Orchestra

4. Pink Lady Lemonade - Acid Mothers Temple

5. Star - Boredoms

6. Heart - Boredoms

7. Flood 3 15:00 - Boris

8. People Can Choose - Les Rallizes Denudes

9. Between 7-03-7-15 PM - Taj Mahal Travellers