September 2, 2020
David Toop - Ocean of Sounds
Очень пространное эссе про связь музыки с окружающими Пространственными звуками, социальным устройством, прогрессом и эволюции связи мозг / человек
I found it really liberating when he was talk- ing about listening to music at home and there was building work going on next door. Somebod:y said to him, 'Was it dis- ruptive?' and he just had to accept the fact that this waS part of the sound. Once you embrace that, then everything's OK."
hat's -supposed to capture a mood. Now whateverybody thought acid house was after that was"a drum machine and that acid machi~, the Roland TB-303, which was not the truth. Acid house was meant to be the cap- turing of moods. You don't have to use the same machine all the time. You can use different instruments - Marshall Jefferson
!'exhibiting grace under pressure,our appearance and our . acts gradually assume virtual royal power. Andas~ become noble, fully realising the spark of creative goodness God en- dowe~us with ;.. the shining ororo bird of thought and aspiration - we find the confidence to cope with allkinds of situations. This is ashe~ This is character.