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New Book: The Auditory Culture Reader, 2nd Edition

Many of you may already know The Auditory Culture Reader, a wonderful compilation of essays and reflections edited by Michael Bull and Les Back and contributed by a fine selection of authors. Such edition is completely fantastic, well organized and able to…

November 16, 2015
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…

November 13, 2015
New Book: Thresholds of Listening – Sound, Technics, Space

Thresholds of Listening addresses recent and historical changes in the ways listening has been conceived. Listening, having been emancipated from the passive, subjected position of reception, has come to be asserted as an active force in culture and in collective…

August 15, 2015
New Book: ‘Animal Music – Sound and Song in the Natural World’

‘Animal Music: Sound and Song in the Natural World‘ is a wonderful book I recently got. It’s edited by Tobias Fisher and Lara C Cory and features interviews with truly expert and passionate people on this field. Can animals talk?…

June 15, 2015
New Book: Keywords in Sound, a conceptual lexicon for sound studies

Duke University Press has a announced a new book dedicated to sound studies, edited by David Novak and Matt Sakakeeny. Will be available on April 17. In twenty essays on subjects such as noise, acoustics, music, and silence, Keywords in Sound presents…

March 26, 2015
New Book: The Sonic Boom

Joel Beckerman and Tyler Gray have published a new book called The Sonic Boom: How Sound Transforms the Way We Think, Feel, and Buy. A surprising look at the hidden power of sound, revealing how people and brands can use it to…

November 25, 2014