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Mechanical Sound: Technology, Culture, and Public Problems of Noise in theTwentieth Century Karin Bijsterveld Since the late nineteenth century, the sounds of technology have been the subject of complaints, regulation, and legislation. By the early 1900s, antinoise leagues in Western Europe and North America had…
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Tuning of the World R. Murray Schafer Entertaining recreations of soundscapes of past times and places precede a survey of methods for analyzing present-day soundscapes, distinguishing types of sound, and developing an understanding of the effects of sounds on us all.
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Journal of Sonic Studies 10 – Mapping the Field
It’s always a good day when you realize there’s a new issue of the Journal of Sonic Studies. This time I’m a bit late on it, since it was published a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, still fresh! This new publication, number 10, is a proceedings issue…
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Morske Orgulje, An Organ that is Played by the Sea
In the last few days there has been a lot of hype over the Internet about this beautiful project called Morske Orgulje (Sea Organ), an architectonic musical instrument built in Zadar, Croatia, and created for playing sound as it is triggered by sea waves that arrive at…
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oscillation/feedback
by frank bretschneider LINE is proud to present the latest work by Berlin based artist Frank Bretschneider. Renowned for his mastery of rhythmic elements throughout his discography, Bretschneider has set this palette aside for an unexpected and unsettling exploration into sensorial space. Isolation was initially…
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josh mason – hellified irie
Poetry is more silent than sonic, because it is, above all, an act of listening. Poems are not sung as much they are heard, like the notes of a guitar, the pounding of sea waves or the endless sound of a melody’s furtive echoes which, between subtle static…
