david toop

  • Sounding the Archives:  Sounding the past towards a future living archive

    Sounding the Archives: Sounding the past towards a future living archive

      A message from the author: The following is writing from an earlier time in my recent research project, Wayback Sound Machine: Sound through time, space, and place. It felt an appropriate beginning to share here as the first part of the…

  • David Toop: Sinister Resonance, Full Lecture @ MALBA, Argentina

    David Toop: Sinister Resonance, Full Lecture @ MALBA, Argentina

    English musician, writer and curator David Toop was recently in Buenos Aires Argentina at MALBA giving a lecture on his ideas around listening, sound, performance and some specific explorations from his books, specially Sinister Resonance. The event was organized by…

  • ‘Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom’, New Book by David Toop

    ‘Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom’, New Book by David Toop

    It’s always a good day when you find out that David Toop has finished a new book, this time about one topic he has definitely tasted well: improvisation, called Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom To be…

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    Sonic Boom: The Art of Sound Hayward Gallery A hardcover catalogue with accompanying cd and essays was published to accompanying exhibition at london’s haytward gallery and was underwritten by ford.

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    Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener David Toop A major new work from one of the world’s most erudite, intellectual, and influential thinkers and writers about sound and music.

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    Haunted Weather: Music, Silence and Memory (Five Star Fiction S.) David Toop “Not just a deeply thoughtful and richly populated survey of modern experimental music, it’s a meditation on hearing itself.”—Guardian Digital technology has changed the ways in which music…