David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician, author, and as of
2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London College of
Communication. He was a prominent contributor to the British magazine The
Face. He is a regular contributor to The
Wire, the U.K. based music magazine.
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Contents
- 1 Early
Years
- 2 Bibliography
- 3 Discography
(partial)
- 3.1 Solo
and Collaborative Albums
- 3.2 Curated
albums
- 4 External
links
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Early Years
Soon after his birth, his parents moved to Waltham
Cross, Hertfordshire, where he grew up. He
was educated at Broxbourne Grammar School,
which he left in 1967
to study at Hornsey College of Art.
Bibliography
- Rap Attack: African Jive to New York Hip Hop
(1984) ISBN
0-89608-238-5 - republished with additional chapters as
- Rap Attack 2: African Rap To Global Hip Hop
(1992) ISBN
1-85242-243-2
- Rap Attack 3 (2000) ISBN 1-85242-627-6
- Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and
Imaginary Worlds (1995) ISBN
1-85242-743-4
- Exotica: Fabricated Soundscapes in a Real World
(1999) ISBN
1-85242-595-4
- Haunted Weather : Music, Silence, and
Memory (2004) ISBN
1-85242-812-0
Discography (partial)
Solo and Collaborative Albums
- New & Rediscovered Musical Instruments
(with Max Eastley) (1975)
- Buried Dreams (with Max Eastley) (1994)
- Pink Noir (1996)
- Screen Ceremonies (1996)
- Spirit World (1997)
- Hot Pants Idol (1999)
- Museum of Fruit (1999)
- Black Chamber (2003)
- 37th Floor at Sunset (2004)
- Doll Creature (with Max Eastley) (2004)
- Sound Body (2007)
Curated albums
- Ocean of Sound (1996) - (2-CD set
intended to accompany his book)
- Crooning on Venus (1996)
- Sugar & Poison: Tru-Life Soul Ballads for
Sentients, Cynics, Sex Machines & Sybarites (1996)
- Booming on Pluto: Electro for Droids
(1997)
- Guitars on Mars (1997)
- Haunted Weather : Music, Silence, and
Memory (2004) - (2-CD set intended to accompany his book)
External links
