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Available
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Publication
Serpent's Tail (2001), Paperback, 320 pages
Description
"Ocean of Sound" begins in 1889 at the Paris Exposition when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed. A culture absorbed in perfume, light and ambient sound developed in response to the intangibility of 20th century communications. David Toop traces the evolution of this culture, through Erik Satie to the Velvet Undergound; Miles Davis to Jimi Hendrix. David Toop, who lives in London, is a writer, musician and recording artist. His other books are "Rap Attack 3 "and "Exotica,"
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LibraryThing member chriszodrow
Toop writes like the music he loves; ethereal, synthetic, atmospheric, even poetic. Toop embraces the multiplicity as the new one-ness, but the result is a lack of signposts. This lack of verticality can create a kind of desert space, as the immanent is reduced to a sameness of value. Bland? Maybe,
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but the potential for new styles is, at this very moment, quite tremendous. A scary, but exciting book. Show Less
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Original publication date
1995
2018 (2nd)
Physical description
320 p.; 7.72 inches
ISBN
1852427434 / 9781852427436