Julian Cope Libri

Julian Cope's highly acclaimed autobiography and its long-awaited sequel in one extraordinary volume.

Eschewing the usual criteria of chart success or acknowledged influence, the Copendium - a collection of album reviews and themed track samplers - takes energy, originality and heaviness as its bearings.

A unique account of the Japanese rock phenomenon from a legendary rock musician with an army of fans

From the visionary musician and antiquarian Julian Cope, comes a colourful and extraordinary work of fiction.

Julian Cope's long-awaited follow up to The Modern Antiquarian, his bestselling and critically acclaimed guide to ancient Britain. The Megalithic European takes us on a breathtaking journey around prehistoric Europe's first temples. Contents / The Megalithic European is a monumental colour guide to the standing stones and ancient temples of prehistoric Europe. / In a 6-year personal odyssey (leaving no stone unturned) Julian Cope covers 300 of the important sites of Northern Europe and the Mediterranean. / The book looks further, revealing several thousand years of information which scholars have previously ignored, to the Classical temples of the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Seas. / Section 1: a series of essays, looking at the universal desire of all to celebrate and mythologize the landscape in which they have chosen to live, highlighting comparisons with British settlements. / Section 2: a gazeteer of the many ancient sites in Europe that Julian Cope has personally visited, from Ireland to the Netherlands, from Crete to Denmark, discussing many areas outside the European arena, from Mount Ararat in Armenia to Mount Fuji in Japan, via the celebrated Mount Olympus of the Greek Myths to the legendary Tree of Yggdrasil of the Norse Myths.

Englands Rockexzentriker "Julian Cope (Teardrop Explodes) ist ein Fan der deutschen Kosmischen Musik, der Wurzeln heutiger Techno-Sounds.§Hier beschreibt er den Weg von so Gruppen wie Kraftwerk, Can, Amon Düül, Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, Faust, Guru Guru, Neu! und Cluster. Es geht um Leute wie Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, Tim Leary, Sergius Golowin, und die Labels Ohr, Pilz und Brain.