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. Beginning in 1889 at the Paris exposition
when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed, Ocean of Sound
channels the competing instincts of 20th century music into an
exhilarating, path-breaking account of ambient sound.