Ocean of Sound

Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds

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Brossura, 320 pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 08 Febbraio 2018 da Serpent's Tail Limited.

ISBN:
978-1-78816-030-8
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ASIN:
1788160304

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The classic account of ambient music, with a new foreword by Michel Faber

David Toop's extraordinary work of sonic history travels from the rainforests of Amazonas to the megalopolis of Tokyo via the work of artists as diverse as Brian Eno, Sun Ra, Erik Satie, Kate Bush, Kraftwerk and Brian Wilson.

Beginning in 1889 at the Paris exposition when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed, Ocean of Sound channels the competing instincts of 20th century music into an exhilarating, path-breaking account of ambient sound.

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ha recensito Ocean of Sound di David Toop

As Entertaining As It Is Informative

What an adventure. Weaving personal experience with myriad interviews and deep knowledge as both a musician and a listener, David Toop fills the reader’s mind with musical history. Not so much a chronological history as it is a tale of organic evolution encompassing everything from classical to dub, Musique concréte to minialmilism, Kraut Rock to cosmic jazz. Going pretty far afield at times, you’ll find yourself reading an interview of Brian Eno on one page and a while later, an account of the author recording a group of shamans deep in the Amazon rainforest. Even if you’re not a huge fan of Ambient music, you may still get a lot out of this book. For me, it was a joy to read.

Argomenti

  • Music, history and criticism
  • Music, philosophy and aesthetics

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