Ocean of Sound: Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication by David Toop Groundswell Speaker 2024 Berger alters the vision of

Berger alters the vision of anyone who reads his work

South Bank

BloomsburyISBN: 9781408890677Extent: 400 pages

HardbackPublication: 6 Aug 2020

Nigella Lawson

Ocean of Sound: Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication by David Toop Groundswell Speaker 2024 Berger alters the vision ofDavid 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