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Ocean of Sound: Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication (Serpent's Tail Classics) by David Toop, Michel Faber is a music available to read on EtoBox.
What is Ocean of Sound: Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication (Serpent's Tail Classics) about?
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. 'A meditation on the development of modern music,
Who reads Ocean of Sound: Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication (Serpent's Tail Classics)?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- David Toop, Michel Faber
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781788161046
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Philosophy, History, Music
- Updated
- 2026-03-16
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