Abstract:
The musician, writer, curator, and sound artist David Toop visits de MTG for an open conversation with Sergi Jordà about his work and vision of music with electronic media nowadays.
David Toop is an English musician, author, curator, and emeritus professor. He was a professor of audio culture and improvisation at the London College of Communication.
In 1974 Toop edited and co-published the book, New/Rediscovered Musical Instruments. In 1984, he published a book on hip hop, Rap Attack. Eleven years later, Ocean of Sound was published, described as Toop’s “poetic survey of contemporary musical life from Debussy through Ambient, Techno, and drum ‘n’ bass.” Subsequent books include Exotica, a winner of the American Book Awards in 2000, Sinister Resonance (2010), and Into the Maelstrom
He was a regular contributor to British music magazine The Wire and the British magazine The Face.
Since the 1970s, Toop has also been a presence on the British experimental and improvised music scene, collaborating with Hugh Davies, Brian Eno, Rie Nakajima, Thurston Moore, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and others. He was a member of the Flying Lizards.
