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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 28
Top works
- Fairy Tales: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Into the Maelstrom : Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom
- Ocean of Sound
- Haunted Weather Book/CD (UK/Europe)
- Rap Attack
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1949
dance and electronica
Discography
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- Listeners
- 35,269
- Total plays
- 248,228
Tags
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David Toop (born 5th May 1949, Enfield, London, England) is a musician, writer and sound curator. He has published five books, currently translated into six languages: Rap Attack (now in its third edition), Ocean of Sound, Exotica (selected as a winner of the 21st annual American Books Awards for 2000), Haunted Weather and Sinister Resonance. His first album, New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments, was released on Brian Eno's Obscure label in 1975; since 1995 he has released six solo albums -
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- performance artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- American Book Awards
- Participant in
- Tabakalera
- Genre
- ambient music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Virgin Records
- Image
- David Toop 2025-001.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1949-05-05
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- Commons category
- David Toop
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
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