Designing Sound » david toop http://designingsound.org The Art and Technique of Sound Design Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:27:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 The Sound of Fear – BBC Radio 4 http://designingsound.org/2011/10/the-sound-of-fear/ http://designingsound.org/2011/10/the-sound-of-fear/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:18:51 +0000 Miguel Isaza http://designingsound.noisepages.com/?p=11362 Continue →]]>

Fantastic broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on the sound of fear.

A door creaks, footsteps echo, someone’s breathing – and we are terrified. But why? Sean Street investigates the psychology of fear, so potently sensitive to sound.

He hears from musician and writer David Toop and film-maker Chu-Li Shrewring how sounds trigger fear and the way this inspires them. The neuro-scientist Sophie Scott explains how our brains process terror.

Context is important: anomalous noises, disembodied voices and sounds whose origins are mysterious – all these frighten us. David Hendy reveals that, in its early day, radio itself was alarming. Louis Niebur, author of a book on the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop, reveals how in the 1950s, the advent of electronic sounds allowed programme-makers to use sounds that frightened people because they didn’t know what made the noises. Sound researcher Marcus Leadley explains how this triggers a state called schizophonia.

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Composer, musician and writer David Toop talks on this video about his interest on digital generated sound and the impact of that on experimental music, his love for the sounds and music making and his work on Laptop Orchestra.

About David Toop

David Toop is a musician/composer, writer, and curator. He has written four books, currently translated into eight languages: Rap Attack (now in its third edition), Ocean of Sound (included in the Observer Music Monthly’s 50 Greatest Music Books Ever), Exotica (a winner of the 21st annual American Books Awards for 2000), and Haunted Weather. His first album, New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments, was released on Brian Eno’s Obscure label in 1975; since 1995 he has released seven solo albums.

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