DAVID TOOP

'David Toop' (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician, author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London College of Communication. He was a prominent contributor to the British magazine ''The Face''. He is a regular contributor to ''The Wire'', the U.K. based music magazine.

Contents
Early Years
Bibliography
Discography (partial)
Solo and Collaborative Albums
Curated albums
External links

Early Years


Soon after his birth, his parents moved to Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, where he grew up. He was educated at Broxbourne Grammar School, which he left in 1967 to study at Hornsey College of Art.

Bibliography



★ ''Rap Attack: African Jive to New York Hip Hop'' (1984) ISBN 0-89608-238-5 - republished with additional chapters as


★ ''Rap Attack 2: African Rap To Global Hip Hop'' (1992) ISBN 1-85242-243-2


★ ''Rap Attack 3'' (2000) ISBN 1-85242-627-6

★ ''Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds'' (1995) ISBN 1-85242-743-4

★ ''Exotica: Fabricated Soundscapes in a Real World'' (1999) ISBN 1-85242-595-4

★ ''Haunted Weather : Music, Silence, and Memory'' (2004) ISBN 1-85242-812-0

Discography (partial)


Solo and Collaborative Albums


★ ''New & Rediscovered Musical Instruments'' (with Max Eastley) (1975)

★ ''Buried Dreams'' (with Max Eastley) (1994)

★ ''Pink Noir'' (1996)

★ ''Screen Ceremonies'' (1996)

★ ''Spirit World'' (1997)

★ ''Hot Pants Idol'' (1999)

★ ''Museum of Fruit'' (1999)

★ ''Black Chamber'' (2003)

★ ''37th Floor at Sunset'' (2004)

★ ''Doll Creature'' (with Max Eastley) (2004)

★ ''Sound Body'' (2007)
Curated albums


★ ''Ocean of Sound'' (1996) - (2-CD set intended to accompany his book)

★ ''Crooning on Venus'' (1996)

★ ''Sugar & Poison: Tru-Life Soul Ballads for Sentients, Cynics, Sex Machines & Sybarites'' (1996)

★ ''Booming on Pluto: Electro for Droids'' (1997)

★ ''Guitars on Mars'' (1997)

★ ''Haunted Weather : Music, Silence, and Memory'' (2004) - (2-CD set intended to accompany his book)

External links



DavidToop.com

Perfect Sound Forever: David Toop Interview by Billy Bob Hargus (August 1997)

DT artist's page on vibrofiles.com

excerpt from Toop's book ''Ocean of Sound''

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