Ocean of Sound: Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication

Description: Ocean of Sound by David Toop, Michel Faber The classic account of ambient music, with a new foreword by Michel Faber. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description David Toops 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, theres no single term that is adequate to describe what Toop has accomplished here ... mixing interviews, criticism, history, and memory, Toop moves seamlessly between sounds, styles, genres, and eras Pitchforks 60 Favourite Music Books Author Biography David Toop is an English musician, author and professor of audio culture and improvisation at the London College of Communication. He was a member of the Flying Lizards and a contributor to the British magazine The Face. He is a regular contributor to The Wire, has recorded Yanomami shamanism in Amazonas, appeared on Top of the Pops, exhibited sound installations in Tokyo, Beijing and Londons National Gallery, and performed with artists ranging from John Zorn, Evan Parker, Bob Cobbing and Ivor Cutler to Akio Suzuki, Elaine Mitchener, Lore Lixenberg and Max Eastley. He has published five books, including Ocean of Sound, and released eight solo albums. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Prologue: Fragments and mantras 1. Memory 2. If you find earth boring 3. Scanning: aether talk 4. Burial rights 5. Content in a void 6. Altered states i: landscapes 7. Altered states ii: fourth world 8. Altered states iii: crystal world 9. Altered states iv: machine 10. Altered states v: lucid dreaming 11. Altered states vi: nature 12. Theatre of sound 13. Ocean of sound Bibliography Discography Index Review This history of ambient music, starting with Debussy, is a minor masterpiece * Observer 50 greatest music books ever *An encyclopaedic work, uncommonly knowledgeable and wide in its scope ... a rare and subversive read * DJ Magazine *A masterfully innovative and radical work * Melody Maker *A scintillating and illuminating read * Mojo *Buy it, read it and let it remix your head * i-D *A ground-breaking history of ambient music * Independent *Partly a mediation on the development of modern music, but theres no single term that is adequate to describe what Toop has accomplished here ... mixing interviews, criticism, history, and memory, Toop moves seamlessly between sounds, styles, genres, and eras, using listening as a tool in a search for a deeper understanding * Pitchforks 60 Favourite Music Books *An erudite and entertaining chauffeur, Toop shows us a way of listening differently ... Ocean of Sound puts Toop up there with Eno as a theorist of ambient music * Wired *Ocean of Sounds parallels arent music books at all, but rather Italo Calvinos Invisible Cities, William Gibsons Neuromancer ... Ocean of Sound is as alien as the 20th century, as utterly now as the 21st * Wire *Ocean of Sound has gained a fervent cult audience ... the best music-related book of the 90s * Chicago Reader *Ocean of Sound brilliantly elaborates [trends in music], like sonic fact for our sci-fi present, a martian chronicle from this planet earth * Face *A heroic endeavour brought off with elegance and charm * NME *David Toop is the brilliant voyager of our sonic century, for whom music is a map of our dreams -- Steve Erickson Promotional The classic account of ambient music, with a new foreword by Michel Faber Long Description The classic account of ambient music, with a new foreword by Michel Faber. David Toops 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, theres no single term that is adequate to describe what Toop has accomplished here ... mixing interviews, criticism, history, and memory, Toop moves seamlessly between sounds, styles, genres, and eras Pitchforks 60 Favourite Music Books Review Text This history of ambient music, starting with Debussy, is a minor masterpiece Promotional "Headline" The classic account of ambient music, with a new foreword by Michel Faber Description for Sales People An encyclopedic masterpiece of music criticism that will delight any music fan, and will appeal to readers of Alex Ross, Simon Reynolds and Lester Bangs alike. Previous edition (9781852427436) has sold over 4,000 copies in the US. A classic of music literature , originally published in 1995 Ocean of Sound has appeared in Best Music Book lists by Observer Music Monthly and Pitchfork, and was compared by Wire to books as diverse as Italo Calvinos Invisible Cities and William Gibsons Neuromancer for its breathtaking scope and imagination Michel Faber, bestselling author The Book of Strange New Things, provides a foreword that sets Ocean of Sound in its rightful place in the canon of music writing Details ISBN1788160304 Author Michel Faber Pages 320 Publisher Profile Books Ltd Series Serpents Tail Classics Year 2018 ISBN-10 1788160304 ISBN-13 9781788160308 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-08-02 Media Book Subtitle Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 780.9 Short Title Ocean of Sound Language English Edition 2nd UK Release Date 2018-08-02 AU Release Date 2018-08-02 Imprint Serpents Tail Edition Description Main - Classic Edition Alternative 9781788161046 Audience General NZ Release Date 2018-08-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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