The first edition of the EM GUIDE magazine is here!

EM GUIDE’s mission to support independent music journalism has taken another step beyond the online space (after their first successful live event) and materialized in a physical issue: the first edition of the EM GUIDE magazine is now available! 
 

Music, resistance and the power of listening. The tagline we used for the magazine sums up its content perfectly. Dealing with music is one thing, but we must also reflect on the current events in the world around us through it. The articles selected for the print magazine cover a wide range of topics from representing underground music communities for civil resistance, the resurgence of folk in contemporary music, to thought experiments on how technology would shape making and listening to music. 



 

Beyond text, what makes the magazine so special is its tactility and expressive, raw design –by Vojtěch Cejnek–, accompanied by artistic photograps.

If you want to get a copy you can purchase it by walking into one of our distributors listed below, order it from the online store of 34.sk, or write to us on hey@emgui.de. 

The print in avaliable at the following locations: 

Neue Musik Zentrale
Viehofer Platz 18, 45127 Essen, Germany

readymade – Buchhandel & Kunst
Bochumer Str. 108, 45886 Gelsenkirchen, Germany

A4 – Space for Contemporary Culture
Karpatská 2, 811 05 Bratislava, Slovakia

ISBN+ Gallery & Bookshop (after the 10th of July, 2025)
Baross u. 42, 1085 Budapest, Hungary

More locations will be added soon.

Cover photo: Gabor Nemerov

Photos in article: Monika Karczmarczyk