Ocean of Sound

@book{Toop96:ocean, abstract = {A member of a radical editorial collective on the cutting edge of British music criticism in the 1970s, later a critic for more standard papers, including the <i>Times</i>, David Toop'S second book covers a vast expanse of music. His tour-de-force survey describes a dissonant and invigorating clash of music and noise from western classical to Javanese gamelan, from Claude Debussy to Miles Davis to Brian Eno, from disco to techno to ambient. He discusses the changes in our sound world caused by the global reach of radio and recordings, and shows himself a rigorous pluralist, open to all styles and forms, but unafraid to offer robust criticism in any musical sphere. <P><I>Ocean of Sound</I> 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.</P><P><B>David Toop</B>, who lives in London, is a writer, musician and recording artist. His other books are <I>Rap Attack 3 </I>and <I>Exotica</I>.</P>}, author = {Toop, David }, citeulike-article-id = {894151}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {1852427434}, keywords = {1996, ambient, book, helmet, music}, month = {June}, posted-at = {2008-03-26 21:23:06}, priority = {5}, publisher = {Serpent's Tail}, title = {Ocean of Sound}, url = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21\&amp;path=ASIN/1852427434}, year = {2001} }

TY - BOOK ID - Toop96:ocean L3 - citeulike-article-id:894151 TI - Ocean of Sound PB - Serpent's Tail SN - 1852427434 N2 - A member of a radical editorial collective on the cutting edge of British music criticism in the 1970s, later a critic for more standard papers, including the <i>Times</i>, David Toop'S second book covers a vast expanse of music. His tour-de-force survey describes a dissonant and invigorating clash of music and noise from western classical to Javanese gamelan, from Claude Debussy to Miles Davis to Brian Eno, from disco to techno to ambient. He discusses the changes in our sound world caused by the global reach of radio and recordings, and shows himself a rigorous pluralist, open to all styles and forms, but unafraid to offer robust criticism in any musical sphere. <P><I>Ocean of Sound</I> 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.</P><P><B>David Toop</B>, who lives in London, is a writer, musician and recording artist. His other books are <I>Rap Attack 3 </I>and <I>Exotica</I>.</P> KW - 1996 KW - ambient KW - book KW - helmet KW - music AU - Toop, David PY - 2001/06/01/ UR - http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&amp;path=ASIN/1852427434 ER -