Ocean of Sound - Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication Seiichirou Yamamoto and in small musical events

and in small musical events

sondern Voraussetzung für eine gerechte Gesellschaft

Brandon LaBelle

based on his powerful journalism

Ocean of Sound - Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication Seiichirou Yamamoto and in small musical eventsDavid 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