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Thoughts on ‘Jungle Mania 2’

October 1, 2024

This is a little piece I wrote as a prelude to my being interviewed on ‘Three on the Ones and Twos’, a music podcast where interviewees discuss their favorite albums. I had chosen the compilation album ‘Jungle Mania 2’, and I felt some additional context might be useful for the Americans involved. I had, at […]

Sound art: the most mainstream and culturally important of cultural commodities?

February 25, 2021

“There is a perception, particularly amongst contemporary arts critics and arts commentators, but also among members of the public, that sonic art is a relatively new art form. The truth is that sounds produced by voices are among the earliest raw materials to have ever been subjected to any form of creative manipulation. Speech itself […]