In this episode you’ll learn
• Why David Toop rejects traditional genre boundaries
• How ambient, improvisation, and field recording intersect
• The importance of listening as a cultural practice
• How Ocean of Sound reshaped ideas about ambient music
#davidtoop
#ambient
youtu.be/H3Pr5EfsRNI
• Why David Toop rejects traditional genre boundaries
• How ambient, improvisation, and field recording intersect
• The importance of listening as a cultural practice
• How Ocean of Sound reshaped ideas about ambient music
#davidtoop
#ambient
youtu.be/H3Pr5EfsRNI
The World of David Toop: What Happens When Music Has No Genre?
YouTube video by Monumental Movement
youtu.be
May 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
In this episode you’ll learn
• Why David Toop rejects traditional genre boundaries
• How ambient, improvisation, and field recording intersect
• The importance of listening as a cultural practice
• How Ocean of Sound reshaped ideas about ambient music
#davidtoop
#ambient
youtu.be/H3Pr5EfsRNI
• Why David Toop rejects traditional genre boundaries
• How ambient, improvisation, and field recording intersect
• The importance of listening as a cultural practice
• How Ocean of Sound reshaped ideas about ambient music
#davidtoop
#ambient
youtu.be/H3Pr5EfsRNI
#GeneralStrike #DangerInParadise (1984 #Touch). possibly then as now. possibly now as then. ”over.” experimental experiences. #SteveBeresford and #DavidToop.
staubgold.bandcamp.com/album/danger...
staubgold.bandcamp.com/album/danger...
March 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
#GeneralStrike #DangerInParadise (1984 #Touch). possibly then as now. possibly now as then. ”over.” experimental experiences. #SteveBeresford and #DavidToop.
staubgold.bandcamp.com/album/danger...
staubgold.bandcamp.com/album/danger...
In an extract from his new book, Two-Headed Doctor, #DavidToop recalls the first time he heard the weird and wonderful debut album by the American singer-songwriter
Gumbo Ya-Ya: David Toop on #DrJohn’s Gris-gris - Best of the Quietus 2024
https://buff.ly/4cD3Uay
Gumbo Ya-Ya: David Toop on #DrJohn’s Gris-gris - Best of the Quietus 2024
https://buff.ly/4cD3Uay
December 30, 2024 at 2:21 PM
In an extract from his new book, Two-Headed Doctor, #DavidToop recalls the first time he heard the weird and wonderful debut album by the American singer-songwriter
Gumbo Ya-Ya: David Toop on #DrJohn’s Gris-gris - Best of the Quietus 2024
https://buff.ly/4cD3Uay
Gumbo Ya-Ya: David Toop on #DrJohn’s Gris-gris - Best of the Quietus 2024
https://buff.ly/4cD3Uay
#DavidToop
#MMRコラム
「音楽はジャンルに閉じ込められるべきではない。耳をひらけば、すべてが音楽になる。」
― David Toop
続きはこちらから🔽
monumental-movement.jp/Column-David...
#MMRコラム
「音楽はジャンルに閉じ込められるべきではない。耳をひらけば、すべてが音楽になる。」
― David Toop
続きはこちらから🔽
monumental-movement.jp/Column-David...
【コラム】 David Toopとジャンルレスな音楽思考 ― 年代別にたどる音の探究
David Toopとジャンルレスな音楽思考 ― 年代別にたどる音の探究
monumental-movement.jp
September 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#DavidToop
#MMRコラム
「音楽はジャンルに閉じ込められるべきではない。耳をひらけば、すべてが音楽になる。」
― David Toop
続きはこちらから🔽
monumental-movement.jp/Column-David...
#MMRコラム
「音楽はジャンルに閉じ込められるべきではない。耳をひらけば、すべてが音楽になる。」
― David Toop
続きはこちらから🔽
monumental-movement.jp/Column-David...
#NP: #NowPlaying:
David Sylvian & various artists - 'The World Is Everything - A Samadhisound Sampler' (tour book + cd) (2007)
cd2303
#playall #playallyourcdsagain #playallyouralbumsagain #albumcollection #DavidSylvian #SteveJansen #ThomasFeiner #HaroldBudd #Nine Horses #DavidToop
David Sylvian & various artists - 'The World Is Everything - A Samadhisound Sampler' (tour book + cd) (2007)
cd2303
#playall #playallyourcdsagain #playallyouralbumsagain #albumcollection #DavidSylvian #SteveJansen #ThomasFeiner #HaroldBudd #Nine Horses #DavidToop
November 28, 2023 at 7:13 AM
#NP: #NowPlaying:
David Sylvian & various artists - 'The World Is Everything - A Samadhisound Sampler' (tour book + cd) (2007)
cd2303
#playall #playallyourcdsagain #playallyouralbumsagain #albumcollection #DavidSylvian #SteveJansen #ThomasFeiner #HaroldBudd #Nine Horses #DavidToop
David Sylvian & various artists - 'The World Is Everything - A Samadhisound Sampler' (tour book + cd) (2007)
cd2303
#playall #playallyourcdsagain #playallyouralbumsagain #albumcollection #DavidSylvian #SteveJansen #ThomasFeiner #HaroldBudd #Nine Horses #DavidToop
May 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Listening to these, in preparation for the arrival of this. #DrJohn #DavidToop
January 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Listening to these, in preparation for the arrival of this. #DrJohn #DavidToop
教授のソロじゃないけれど、ちょっとマニアックな１枚を聴きます。
Now playing Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Toop live album "Garden of Shadows and Light", Released only of 12 inch clear vinyl UK edition. #ryuichisakamoto #davidtoop #improvisation #clearvinyl #vinyl
Now playing Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Toop live album "Garden of Shadows and Light", Released only of 12 inch clear vinyl UK edition. #ryuichisakamoto #davidtoop #improvisation #clearvinyl #vinyl
January 17, 2024 at 11:53 AM
教授のソロじゃないけれど、ちょっとマニアックな１枚を聴きます。
Now playing Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Toop live album "Garden of Shadows and Light", Released only of 12 inch clear vinyl UK edition. #ryuichisakamoto #davidtoop #improvisation #clearvinyl #vinyl
Now playing Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Toop live album "Garden of Shadows and Light", Released only of 12 inch clear vinyl UK edition. #ryuichisakamoto #davidtoop #improvisation #clearvinyl #vinyl
As always, huge thanks to the artists that have contributed to this mix: #Plinth #IanHawgood #CraigTattershall #warmth #PhilipSamartzis #JezRileyFrench #KazuyaMatsumoto #DavidToop #Avsluta #PatrickTubinMcGinley (aka #Murmer) @k8carr.bsky.social #MattAtkins #AnnetteKrebs #PeterCusack
January 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
As always, huge thanks to the artists that have contributed to this mix: #Plinth #IanHawgood #CraigTattershall #warmth #PhilipSamartzis #JezRileyFrench #KazuyaMatsumoto #DavidToop #Avsluta #PatrickTubinMcGinley (aka #Murmer) @k8carr.bsky.social #MattAtkins #AnnetteKrebs #PeterCusack
In this episode you’ll learn
• Why David Toop rejects traditional genre boundaries
• How ambient, improvisation, and field recording intersect
• The importance of listening as a cultural practice
• How Ocean of Sound reshaped ideas about ambient music
#davidtoop
#ambient […]
• Why David Toop rejects traditional genre boundaries
• How ambient, improvisation, and field recording intersect
• The importance of listening as a cultural practice
• How Ocean of Sound reshaped ideas about ambient music
#davidtoop
#ambient […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
May 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
In this episode you’ll learn
• Why David Toop rejects traditional genre boundaries
• How ambient, improvisation, and field recording intersect
• The importance of listening as a cultural practice
• How Ocean of Sound reshaped ideas about ambient music
#davidtoop
#ambient […]
• Why David Toop rejects traditional genre boundaries
• How ambient, improvisation, and field recording intersect
• The importance of listening as a cultural practice
• How Ocean of Sound reshaped ideas about ambient music
#davidtoop
#ambient […]
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DebGrant
Brim & David Toop:
🎵 Bombin'
#6music #Brim #DavidToop
#newRelease - 🆕 single
▶️ #Radio6Musichover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🆕🪄 Automagic 📻 playlist: 👉 New releases played on #Radio6Music 👈
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
Brim - Bombin' (Original Version - 7" Edit), by Brim / David Toop
from the album Bombin' / Graffiti In The Dark
brimtats.bandcamp.com
March 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DebGrant
Brim & David Toop:
🎵 Bombin'
#6music #Brim #DavidToop
#newRelease - 🆕 single
▶️ #Radio6Musichover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">🆕🪄 Automagic 📻 playlist: 👉 New releases played on #Radio6Music 👈
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
I am currently reading this book. It is a tiny bit of a slog but Toop is interesting in how he approaches writing about #ambientmusic and noises in the world.
I am hoping to finish it by the end of the week and get some fiction reading in next.
#books #reading #DavidToop
I am hoping to finish it by the end of the week and get some fiction reading in next.
#books #reading #DavidToop
March 5, 2024 at 10:12 PM
I am currently reading this book. It is a tiny bit of a slog but Toop is interesting in how he approaches writing about #ambientmusic and noises in the world.
I am hoping to finish it by the end of the week and get some fiction reading in next.
#books #reading #DavidToop
I am hoping to finish it by the end of the week and get some fiction reading in next.
#books #reading #DavidToop
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
Steve Beresford, John Zorn, Tonie Marshall & David Toop:
🎵 Tallulah
#6music #SteveBeresford #JohnZorn #TonieMarshall #DavidToop
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
March 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
Steve Beresford, John Zorn, Tonie Marshall & David Toop:
🎵 Tallulah
#6music #SteveBeresford #JohnZorn #TonieMarshall #DavidToop
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
David Toop:
🎵 Ceremony Behind Screens
#6music #DavidToop
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
Ceremony Behind Screens, by David Toop
from the album Screen Ceremonies
davidtoop.bandcamp.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
David Toop:
🎵 Ceremony Behind Screens
#6music #DavidToop
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #FreakZonePlaylist
David Toop:
🎵 Ancestral Beings, Sightless by Their Own Dust
#DavidToop
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
ancestral beings, sightless by their own dust, by David Toop
from the album Entities Inertias Faint Beings
room40.bandcamp.com
October 2, 2024 at 11:20 PM
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #FreakZonePlaylist
David Toop:
🎵 Ancestral Beings, Sightless by Their Own Dust
#DavidToop
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
2024年12月22日 『moth wings beating air incised』 David Toop/Ecka Mordecai/Christian Kobi (Meenna) [Music] https://sinkan.net/?ean=4589740823521&action_item=true #新刊情報 #sinkan
2024/12/22 moth wings beating air incised David Toop/Ecka Morde... [イージーリスニング] - 新刊.net - 書籍やCD、DVD、ゲームの新刊発売日を自動チェック
2024年12月22日 日曜日 発売 moth wings beating air incised DavidToop/EckaMordecai/ChristianKobi Meenna イージーリスニング
sinkan.net
December 19, 2024 at 5:46 AM
2024年12月22日 『moth wings beating air incised』 David Toop/Ecka Mordecai/Christian Kobi (Meenna) [Music] https://sinkan.net/?ean=4589740823521&action_item=true #新刊情報 #sinkan
I've been revisiting books by #DavidToop and steeling myself for three months of intensive writing about sound, the road, vinyl records, and the cultural anthropology of vinyl in general...I forgot how great his writing is, especially how his ideas unfold in the text.
May 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I've been revisiting books by #DavidToop and steeling myself for three months of intensive writing about sound, the road, vinyl records, and the cultural anthropology of vinyl in general...I forgot how great his writing is, especially how his ideas unfold in the text.
#davidtoop
#mmrコラム
「音楽はジャンルに閉じ込められるべきではない。耳をひらけば、すべてが音楽になる。」
― David Toop
続きはこちらから🔽
https://monumental-movement.jp/Column-David-Toop/
#mmrコラム
「音楽はジャンルに閉じ込められるべきではない。耳をひらけば、すべてが音楽になる。」
― David Toop
続きはこちらから🔽
https://monumental-movement.jp/Column-David-Toop/
【コラム】 David Toopとジャンルレスな音楽思考 ― 年代別にたどる音の探究
David Toopとジャンルレスな音楽思考 ― 年代別にたどる音の探究
monumental-movement.jp
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#davidtoop
#mmrコラム
「音楽はジャンルに閉じ込められるべきではない。耳をひらけば、すべてが音楽になる。」
― David Toop
続きはこちらから🔽
https://monumental-movement.jp/Column-David-Toop/
#mmrコラム
「音楽はジャンルに閉じ込められるべきではない。耳をひらけば、すべてが音楽になる。」
― David Toop
続きはこちらから🔽
https://monumental-movement.jp/Column-David-Toop/
December 1, 2024 at 8:51 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #LateJunction
David Toop & Rie Nakajima:
🎵 Is Spring A Sculpture? Part I
#BBCRadio3 #DavidToop #RieNakajima
#newRelease - 🆕 album
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
Is Spring A Sculpture? Part I
Rie Nakajima, David Toop · Is Spring A Sculpture? · Song · 2025
open.spotify.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #LateJunction
David Toop & Rie Nakajima:
🎵 Is Spring A Sculpture? Part I
#BBCRadio3 #DavidToop #RieNakajima
#newRelease - 🆕 album
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify: