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Ocean of sound : aether talk, ambient sound and imaginary worlds / David Toop.

By: Toop, DavidMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Five starPublication details: London : Serpent's Tail, 2001Edition: New edDescription: xiii, 306 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9781852427436 (pbk.) :; 1852427434 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Music -- History and criticism | Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics | Popular music -- 20th century -- History and criticismDDC classification: 780.9 Summary: "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. Those interviewed include: Sun Ra, Brian Eno and Lee Perry.

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Originally published 1995.

"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. Those interviewed include: Sun Ra, Brian Eno and Lee Perry.

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