Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds

Ocean of Sound begins in 1889 at the Paris Exposition when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed. A culture absorbed in perfume, light and ambient sound developed in response to the intangibili…

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