Haunted Weather: Music, Silence and Memory
music, silence, and memory
$42.25
- Paperback
279 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2005
Summary
Digital technology has changed the ways in which music is perceived, stored, distributed, mediated and created. The world of music is now a vast and complex jungle, teeming with CDs, MP3s, concerts, clubs, festivals, conferences, exhibitions, installations, websites, software programmes, scenes, Ideas and competing theories. In the eye of the storm stands David Toop, shedding light on the most interesting music now being made - on laptops, In downtown bars in Tokyo, wherever he finds it. Haun…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781852427894 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1852427892 |
| Author: | David Toop |
| Publisher: | Five Star (ME) |
| Imprint: | Serpent's Tail |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 279 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2005 |
| Weight: | 213g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 129mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
”‘Haunted Weather is not just a deeply thoughtful and richly populated survey of modern experimental music, it’s a meditation on hearing itself’ Guardian ‘[Toop] has somehow managed to make the world of experimental music not just understandable but alluring for even the most virginal listener… this book is almost perfect’ Independent on Sunday ‘One of Britain’s most celebrated writers on music’ New Statesman ‘A joy to read, whatever your musical taste’ Buzz ‘With Toop’s enthusiasm and accessible style, the world of the avant-garde needn’t seem like a closed club: Haunted Weather offers the perfect port of entry for the uninitiated’ Record Collector (Four-star review)”
About The Author
David Toop
David Toop is a highly regarded author, music critic and musician. Since 1995 he has released three solo albums, curated five compilation albums (including the soundtrack to Ocean of Sound), and the sound and music exhibition at the Hayward Gallery - Sonic Boom . His music journalism appears in The Wire, Book Forum, The Times and The Face.
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