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Haunted Weather: Music, Silence, And Memory

By David Toop

Book information

Publisher
Serpents Tail
Year
2005
ISBN
1852427892, 9781852427894
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8791210 bytes)
Edition
Main
Pages
279\289
Time added
2021-03-07 16:49:49

Description

“Not just a deeply thoughtful and richly populated survey of modern experimental music, it’s a meditation on hearing itself.”—Guardian Digital technology has changed the ways in which music is perceived, stored, distributed, mediated, and created. In the eye of the storm stands David Toop, shedding light on the most interesting music now being made, wherever he finds it. Haunted Weather is an intensive survey of recent developments in digital technology, sonic theory, and musical practice. Introduction: beginning with a slight breeze Spatial interlude 1. What is happening to music? 2. Space and memory 3. Moving through sound 4. Sampling the world 5. Growth and complexity 6. To play 7. Machines and bodies 8. Silent music, secret noise 9. Epilogue: a book at bedtime Afterword Bibliography Discography Index

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