Exotica by David Toop
Merging anecdote and biography, autobiography and interviews, fact and fiction and a characteristically eclectic selection of music, David Toop spirals us through the 20th century?s guilty fascination with exotica. Notions of the exotic have long inspired musicians across the musical spectrum, from classical to ?easy listening? to rap - from Stravinsky to the Boo-Yah T.R.I.B.E. Exotica takes a look at some of the world?s most witty, experimental and adventurous sound recordings while taking in the work of Les Baxter, the meaning of Carmen Miranda, leopard skin leotards, pink fluffy cubicles, elevator music, and more... Painstakingly researched and brilliantly insightful, Exotica includes interviews with Burt Bacharach, Ornette Coleman, Bill Laswell, YMO?s Haroumi Hosono, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and The Boo-Yah Tribe.
To put it starkly, Toop knows far more, about a far broader range of music, than any other critic * New Statesman *
Brave in ambition and scope, exciting in execution? The result is a book that, like no other, encompasses the way people hear and produce music today * Jon Savage in Mojo *
Erudite and entertaining?including one of the most fascinating, eclectic discographies ever to make it into print * Wired *
Brave in ambition and scope, exciting in execution? The result is a book that, like no other, encompasses the way people hear and produce music today * Jon Savage in Mojo *
Erudite and entertaining?including one of the most fascinating, eclectic discographies ever to make it into print * Wired *
David Toop is a highly regarded author, music critic and musician. Since 1995 he has released three solo albums, curated five compilation albums (including the soundtrack to Ocean of Sound), and the sound and music exhibition at the Hayward Gallery - 'Sonic Boom'. His music journalism appears in The Wire, Book Forum, The Times and The Face.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852425951 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852425954 |
| Title | Exotica |
| Author | David Toop |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1999-05-20 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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