No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene | Adele Bertei

In 1975 a young queer singer from Cleveland meets photographer Nan Goldin - an encounter that will Lead them to New York's bombed-out downtown, where something unprecedented is brewing. At Max's Kansas City and CBGBs, in derelict lofts and underground clubs, a generation of visionary women artists is rewriting the rules of creativity, sexuality, and power.

Adele Bertei didn't just witness the No Wave explosion - she ignited it. As acetone organist for the Contortions and as Brian Eno's assistant, she was at the epicentre when punk collided with post-punk, birthing a counterculture that fused music, art, cinema, fashion, and outlaw literature in an uncompromising explosion of creativity.
While mainstream culture wallowed in sexism and homophobia, No Wave created something fluid, fierce, and transgressive.

Raw, gripping, and illustrated with rare photographs from personal collections, No New York is the definitive insider's account of the women who obliterated every barrier in their path, taking us deep into the artistic and sexual experimentation of an era when true expression mattered more than money or fame.

Size: 163 x 242mm (hardback with dust jacket)

Pages: 336

Publisher: Faber & Faber