Ocean of Sound
David Toop
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Ocean of Sound

David Toop
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‘Ocean of Sound’ is a profound exploration of the world of sound. The book begins in 1889 at the Paris Exposition with Debussy’s first encounter with Javanese music and traces the evolution of a culture absorbed in ambient sound.

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Ocean of Sound starts with Debussy hearing a Javanese gamelan at the Paris exhibition of 1889 and moves through ambient music, dub, field recordings and the sound of rainforests, arguing that the twentieth century gradually learned to listen to atmosphere instead of melody. Rap Attack,…

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