Thinking
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Sounds From Dangerous Places
Nice interview with Peter Cusack on sonic journalism and field recording. Peter Cusack is a field recordist, musician and researcher who has traveled to areas of major environmental devastation, nuclear sites, big landfill dumps, edges of military zones and other potentially dangerous…
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Interference: Sound Methods
Some weeks ago a new issue of Interference journal was published, featuring great essays by Mark Peter Wright, Iain Foreman, Kim Cascone, Leandra Lambert, among others. For this issue of Interference we invited papers that addressed any aspect of auditory cultures but…
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2014 World Listening Day – “Listen To You!”
You are invited to participate in the 2014 World Listening Day, an annual global event held on July 18. The purposes of World Listening Day are to: Celebrate the listening practices of the world and the ecology of its acoustic…
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“The Acoustic City”, New Book Edited by Matthew Gandy & BJNilsen
“The Acoustic City, 208 page Book + 22 track CD. Edited by Matthew Gandy & BJNilsen and published by Jovis. The acoustic city consists of a series of cutting-edge essays on sound and the city accompanied by a specially commissioned CD.…
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Salomé Voegelin and the New Generation of Field Recordists
Interesting article by Salomé Voegelin at Wire’s Collateral Damage: “A new generation of field recordists is challenging the myth of the invisible figure with a microphone in work that celebrates presence rather than absence.” Read
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Sonic Boom
How digital technology is transforming our relationship with sound Full article