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Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds

By David Toop

Book information

Publisher
Serpent’s Tail
Year
2001
ISBN
1852427434, 9781852427436
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
654 kB (669646 bytes)
Edition
Paperback
Pages
320\0
Time added
2018-12-30 04:28:37

Description

Sun Ra, Brian Eno, Lee Perry, Kate Bush, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Brian Wilson are interviewed in this extraordinary work of sonic history. It travels from the rainforests of Amazonas to virtual Las Vegas; from David Lynch's dream house high in the Hollywood Hills to the megalopolis of Tokyo. Ocean of Sound begins in 1889 at the Paris exposition when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed. An ethereal culture developed in response to the intangibility of 20th century communications. Author of Rap Attack 3 and Exotica, David Toop has in Ocean of Sound written an exhilarating, path-breaking account of ambient sound.

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