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LCD Hardcover – December 11, 2012

by Ruvan Wijesooriya (Photographer), James Murphy (Introduction)

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For the past decade, downtown-New York indie dance music innovation could be summed up in three letters: LCD. The brainchild of frontman James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem grew from a solo project into one of the most highly regarded live bands in contemporary music.

In 2011, at the height of their career, LCD Soundsystem decided to end the band.

From 2004 to the day they quit, photographer Ruvan Wijesooriya navigated through both private and public moments with the influential, Grammy-nominated, NYC indie band. Ruvan was a fan, first and foremost, and quickly became a fly on the wall and instigator who brought new meaning to the term, "I'm with the band." His access and friendship with LCD is something rare in the commercialized and controlled music industry of today, and this close relationship can be seen in the rapport between photographer and subject. The locations include Hyde Park in London, various New York institutions, Coachella, Rick Rubin's recording mansion in the Hollywood Hills, Way Out West festival in Sweden, Miami Art Basel and more. In addition, the scope of the book goes beyond just photography and features various album art and original interviews with members of the band and showcases an exciting design by James Timmins, art director of Dossier magazine. A handful of these photographs were featured in the recent LCD film, Shut Up And Play The Hits, and others have appeared in Rolling Stone, Spin, The New York Times Magazine, and The New Yorker, but the vast majority have never been shown before, making this the ultimate must-have for every fan to remember the band.

“All of Ruvan’s pictures remind me of that feeling: that you’re geographically fucked, and its all happening right now, somewhere else, without you. There’s an enormous amount of intimacy in them, and promise, and intrusion…” —James Murphy, LCD bandleader

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Hardcover: 216 pages
Publisher: powerHouse Books (December 11, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1576876284
ISBN-13: 978-1576876282
Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 1.1 x 9.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,036,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #777 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Individual Photographers > Monographs
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Required purchase for any LCD fan

By briankiz1 on December 17, 2012

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This is something you put on your coffee table when your friends come over, and you just sit back and wait to see who the first one is that picks it up. That person is your real friend.

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More text, please

By German Guitron on January 11, 2013

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I think it needs a little bit more of text to read, I mean, is good, but I liked all the initimate things the book says, things that usually are not in wikipedia, so it needs more text.
Photos are great.

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Great Read/View

By Music Collector on January 24, 2013

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Serious hardcover book here, could easily double as a weapon. Great interviews with the band in the beginning and a pretty solid selection of photos. Only thing I kept asking myself was if he was with them for so long why were there not more photos in the book?! Solid purchase.

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He was there

By Sandra E. Johnson on December 29, 2012

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My son was actually at this show. He loved this excellent photo history of that very important event in his life.

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Perfect condition, must have.

Great graphic book, i love lcdss and i believe is a must have.

Published 18 months ago by Carlos B.

great photo book

very nice book
well put together.
great photos.
a must buy for fans of this great band.
no. everybody must buy this book.

Published on August 26, 2013 by Fokke van der Meulen

Great Present!

Got this for my boyfriend, who is an LCD Soundsystem fan, for Christmas. He absolutely loved it. Makes a great gift and has a lot of great behind the scenes photos and a foreword... Read more

Published on January 20, 2013 by Tori