Introducing ‘Out Of The Void – The Art Of Rocket Recordings: 1998 – 2024' a ltd edition, 144 page hardback book.
The book is ltd to 500 hand numbered copies – 400 of these come with an exclusive Goat + MC Yallah collaboration 7” single.
The book also features a foreward by Rocket fan, Stewart Lee.
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Preorder a copy with or without the 7" via this link:
https://rocketrecordings.com/products/out-of-the-void
We hope to ship the week before Christmas if the printers deliver by the time they say they will...
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“Pathetic earthlings…hurling yourself out into the void, without the slightest inkling of who or what is out there.” Emperor Ming
Space exploration has been the business of Rocket Recordings for over a quarter century now, both the inner and outer kind. It’s not for nothing that every release from the label bears ‘LAUNCH’ in its catalogue number, marking it out as a new and unique psychic voyage into territory unknown. Therefore, it only seems fitting that LAUNCH360 spans and measures out the full circle of this operation so far.
Whilst the arcane artefacts that they’ve chosen to hurl into the ether tend to focus on audial resonance, this remains only half the story. The sleeves of Rocket releases since the label’s inception have formed their own gateways to altered states and fresh perspectives. Now, with ‘Out Of The Void’ - a new physical compendium of the label’s visual world - longstanding heads and fresh converts alike can re-connect with all of these stellar vibrations, wherever they’ve landed.
Reflecting and refracting the diverse interests and musical lives of its founder members Chris Reeder and John O’Carroll, the graphic and artistic style of Rocket has evolved from influences like Barney Bubbles and Derek Riggs and iconography from bands from Dead Kennedys to Stereolab, through decades of inspiration, illusion and experimentation into the synapse-frying visual language that offers a coded portal into the further dimensions of the Rocket universe.
‘Out Of The Void’ is a luxurious package that offers a mind-expanding glimpse into this multi-dimensional prism - a celebration of the evolving aesthetics and creative dérives that have played a crucial role in transforming what was once a hobby into a totemic imprint trusted and relied upon for revelations aplenty.
It’s the result not only of union with sonic artists of the calibre of Goat, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Gnod, Teeth Of The Sea, The Heads and countless more, but with extraordinarily talented visual artists like Arik Roper, Sophie Hollington, Luke Insect and Callum Rooney, all of whose visions and landscapes have aligned with Reeder and O’Carroll’s unique curatorial oversight and design aesthetics.
Moreover, this tome also includes a foreword by renowned seer Stewart Lee, a free 7-inch including an exclusive and blistering unreleased collaboration from Goat and MC Yallah, and an 10 page interview of insights and insults from Chris and John themselves.
“Rocket engines burning fuel so fast, up into the night sky they blast”
Get on board. ‘Out Of The Void’, one and all. You have nothing to lose but your mind.
