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  Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds (Five Star Title) (Paperback) By (author) David Toop

  

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  Short Description for Ocean of SoundA work of sonic history that covers the rainforests of amazonas to virtual Las Vegas, from David Lynch's dream house, high in the Hollywood hills to the megalopolis of Tokyo. It begins in 1889 at the Paris Exposition when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed. It comprehensively maps a century of ambient music and its legacy.
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  • Publisher: Serpent's Tail
  • Published: 22 February 2001
  • Format: Paperback 256 pages
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  • Categories: Theory Of Music & Musicology | Music Reviews & Criticism | 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music | Popular Culture
  • ISBN 13: 9781852427436 ISBN 10: 1852427434
  • Sales rank: 81,976

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• Sun Ra, Brian Eno, Lee Perry, Kate Bush, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Brian Wilson are interviewed in this extraordinary work of sonic history that travels from the rainforests of amazonas to virtual Las Vegas, from David Lynch's dream house, high in the Hollywood hills to the megalopolis of Tokyo. "Ocean of Sound" begins in 1889 at the Paris Exposition when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed. It goes on to comprehensively map a whole century of ambient music and its legacy.