August 2009
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Raymond Scott: “Cindy Electronium”...
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Magical Sound-machines
Here’s a link to the website of a fascinating exhibit arranged by the Institute of Media Archaeology and the Vienna Museum of Technology. Entitled “Zauberhafte Klangmaschine” (“Magical Sound-machines”), the exhibit features an array of sound technology from the 20th century, from the familiar (Moog) to the obscure (the “Portable...
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Conlon Nancarrow: “Study No. 36” (c....
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Let the sound breathe
In the early 21st century, headphones have become emblematic of the act of listening. By collapsing all distance between the source of sound and its destination in the human ear, headphones promise an immediacy that makes other forms of listening seem weak and compromised by comparison. Thanks largely to the increasing portability of sound, represented first by the Walkman and now by the iPod,...
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Reverend Jesse Alexander Harding:...
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Ulver: “Plates 21-22”
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Curtis Roads: “Eleventh Vortex”
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Yellow Magic Orchestra: “Rydeen”
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