David Toop

David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician, author, curator, sound artist, and academic, widely known for his work on improvisation, sound culture, and listening practices. He was a long-standing contributor to The Wire and The Face, and a member of the British new wave band The Flying Lizards. He has been active across experimental music, sound art, ethnography, and writing for more than five decades. Toop has performed on a wide array of instruments and sound-making devices, authored influential books on sound and popular music, and held senior academic appointments at the University of the Arts London (UAL). He is Emeritus Professor at the London College of Communication (LCC).

Is Spring A Sculpture? - 2025-11-28T00:00:00.000000Z

The Shell That Speaks The Sea - 2023-06-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Breathing Spirit Forms - 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Apparition Paintings - 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Field Recording and Fox Spirits - 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Boundaries - 2019-05-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Suttle Sculpture - 2018-01-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Entities Inertias Faint Beings - 2016-06-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Lost Shadows: In Defence of the Soul (Yanomami Shamanism, Songs, Ritual, 1978) - 2015-04-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Mondo Black Chamber - 2014-03-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Black Chamber - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Museum Of Fruit - 1999-04-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Spirit World - 1997-04-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Pink Noir - 1996-04-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Screen Ceremonies - 1995-04-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Wounds (Hd Remastered) - 1979-06-30T00:00:00.000000Z

New And Rediscovered Musical Instruments - 1975-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Slow Loris Versus Poison Snail - 2022-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

GARDEN OF SHADOWS AND LIGHT - 2021-10-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Dry Keys Echo in the Dark and Humid Early Hours - 2016-04-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Life on the Inside - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Pink Spirit, Noir World - 2022-04-08T00:00:00.000000Z

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