320 pages
English language
Published Dec. 26, 2018 by Serpent's Tail Limited.
The classic account of ambient music, with a new foreword by Michel Faber.
David Toop's extraordinary work of sonic history travels from the rainforests of Amazonas to the megalopolis of Tokyo via the work of artists as diverse as Brian Eno, Sun Ra, Erik Satie, Kate Bush, Kraftwerk and Brian Wilson.
Honestly half the time I was reading it I had almost no idea what was going on and I mean that as the highest compliment. Part stream of consciousness, part dream journal, part interviews and memoirs and history. Can't wait to read it again.
