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David Toop

Real Name:David Toop
Profile:David Toop (born 5th May 1949, Enfield, London, England) is a musician, writer and sound curator. He has published three books, currently translated into six languages: Rap Attack (now in its third edition), Ocean of Sound, and Exotica (selected as a winner of the 21st annual American Books Awards for 2000). 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 - Screen Ceremonies, Pink Noir, Spirit World, Museum of Fruit, Hot Pants Idol and 37th Floor At Sunset: Music For Mondophrenetic - and curated five acclaimed CD compilations for Virgin Records - Ocean of Sound, Crooning On Venus, Sugar & Poison, Booming On Pluto and Guitars On Mars. In 1998 he composed the soundtrack for Acqua Matrix, the outdoor spectacular that closed every night of Lisbon Expo '98 from May until September. He has recorded shamanistic ceremonies in Amazonas, appeared on Top Of The Pops with The Flying Lizards, worked with musicians including Brian Eno, John Zorn, Prince Far I, Jon Hassell, Derek Bailey, Talvin Singh, Evan Parker, Max Eastley, Scanner, Ivor Cutler, Haruomi Hosono, Jin Hi Kim and Bill Laswell, and collaborated with artists from many other disciplines, including theatre director/actor Steven Berkoff, Japanese Butoh dancer Mitsutaka Ishii, sound poet Bob Cobbing visual artist John Latham, filmmaker Jae-eun Choi and author Jeff Noon. As a critic and columnist he has written for many publications, including The Wire, The Face, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Arena, Vogue, Spin, GQ, Bookforum, Urb, Black Book, The New York Times and The Village Voice. He has curated Sonic Boom, the UK's largest ever exhibition of sound art, displayed at the Hayward Gallery, London, from April to June, 2000. In 2001-02 he was sound curator for Radical Fashion, an exhibition of work by designers including Issey Miyake, Junya Watanabe, Martin Margiela and Hussein Chalayan, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2001-2002 and featuring music by Björk, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Akira Rabelais, Paul Schütze and others.
URLs:http://www.davidtoop.co.uk
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http://www.samadhisound.com/davidtoop
Aliases:Iron Monkey, Steve Topp
In Groups:49 Americans, The, abAna, Alterations, Frank Chickens, General Strike, Promenaders, The, Rain In The Face
Name Variations: All | David Toop | D. Toop | Dave | Dave Toop | Toop
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Releases:
New And Rediscovered Musical Instruments (LP)   Obscure (UK) 1975
Cholagogues ◄ (2 versions)   Bead Records ... 1977
Circadian Rhythm (LP)   Incus Records 1980
Whirled Music (LP)   Quartz Publications 1980
Imitation Of Life (LP)   Y Records 1981
Deadly Weapons (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Nato 1987
Buried Dreams (CD)   Beyond 1994
Screen Ceremonies (CD, Album)   The Wire Editions 1995
Pink Noir (CD, Album)   Virgin 1996
Spirit World (CD)   Virgin 1997
Hot Pants Idol (CD)   Barooni 1999
Museum Of Fruit (CD, Album, Dig)   Caipirinha Productions 1999
37th Floor At Sunset - Music For Mondophrenetic™ (CD)   Sub Rosa 2000
Needle In The Groove (CD)   Sulphur Records 2000
Imitation Of Life / Double Indemnity (CD)   Atavistic 2001
A Picturesque View, Ignored (CD)   Room40 2002
Black Chamber (CD)   Sub Rosa 2003
Breath Taking (CD)   Confront 2004
Doll Creature (CD, Album, Dig)   BiP_HOp 2004
Sound Body (CD, Album)   Samadhisound 2007
Remixes:
Dodo (CD) Dreamlife 2 Haven 1999
Production:
We Know Nonsense (LP)   Choo Choo Train Records 1982
Women of the World (7")   Rough Trade (UK) 1983
Blue Canary ◄ (2 versions)   Kaz Records 1984
Fujiyama Mama (12")   Ariola 1984
Touch Travel (Cass, Comp) My Other Body, Snowdrops Touch 1984
We Are Frank Chickens ◄ (4 versions)   Kaz Records ... 1984
We Are Ninja (Not Geisha) (Single) ◄ (7 versions)   Ariola Benelux ... 1984
We Are Ninja / Fujiyama Mama (12")   Kaz Records 1984
Sleepwalking (12")   Streetwave 1986
Get Chickenized ◄ (2 versions)   Femme Music 1987
Freedom Principle - Acid Jazz And Other Illicit Grooves Vol. 2 (CD) Black Dahlia Urban (2) 1989
Lo Recordings Vol. 1: Extreme Possibilities (CD) Stones, Bones And Skin Lo Recordings 1995
Statics (CD, Dig) Iron Perm CCI Recordings 1995
Lo Recordings Vol. 2: Collaborations (CD) Flashing Night Spirits... Lo Recordings 1996
Hmm (CD, Album) Let All Mortal Flesh K... Sprawl Imprint 2000
We Know Nonsense (CD, Album)   Saidera Records 2002
Appears On:
'Untitled' (LP)   Bead Records 1978
Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter 3 (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Pressure Sounds ... 1980
Spanish Guitar (LP)   London Musicians' Collective 1980
The Laughing Policeman (7", Ltd)   Arista 1980
I Never Knew (7")   Choo Choo Train Records 1981
We Know Nonsense (LP)   Choo Choo Train Records 1982
Blue Canary (7") We Are Frank Chickens Kaz Records 1984
Danger In Paradise (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Touch ... 1984
Touch Travel (Cass, Comp) My Other Body, Yanomam... Touch 1984
We Are Frank Chickens (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier ... 1984
We Are Ninja (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   BMC Records ... 1984
Dancing The Line (LP)   Nato 1986
Tell Mandela (Things Are Going To Change) (7")   Tout Ensemble Records 1986
Tell Mandela (Things Are Going To Change) (12")   Tout Ensemble Records 1986
Freedom Principle - Acid Jazz And Other Illicit Grooves Vol. 2 (CD) Black Dahlia Urban (2) 1989
Ambient 4: Isolationism (2xCD, Comp) Burial Rites (Phosphor... Virgin, Virgin 1994
Alterstill (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   UtterPsalm 1995
Ancient Lights And The Blackcore (CD, Comp) Group Healing Sub Rosa 1995
L'inachevé / The Unfinished (CD, Comp) Boneless Sub Rosa 1995
Lo Recordings Vol. 1: Extreme Possibilities (CD) Stones, Bones And Skin Lo Recordings 1995
Miscellaneous (CD, Comp) Living Dust Language 1995
Amberdelic Space (4xCD, Comp + Box) Bodies Of Water Dressed To Kill 1996
Lo Recordings Vol. 2: Collaborations (CD) Flashing Night Spirits... Lo Recordings 1996
Myths 2, System Of Flux & Energies (CD, Comp) Reach For N, Reach For N Sub Rosa 1996
Ocean Of Sound (2xCD, Mixed, Comp)   Virgin 1996
Ocean Of Sound 2: Crooning On Venus (2xCD)   Virgin 1996
Sugar And Poison (2xCD)   Virgin 1996
Fractuur (CD, Album, Clo)   UtterPsalm 1997
Ocean Of Sound 3: Booming On Pluto: Electro For Droids (2xCD)   Virgin 1997
Ocean Of Sound 4: Guitars On Mars (2xCD)   Virgin 1997
Get Chickenized (CD, RE)   Resurgence 1998
Alterations Live (CD)   Intuitive Records 2000
Hmm (CD, Album) Let All Mortal Flesh K... Sprawl Imprint 2000
Resonance Volume 8 Number 2 / Volume 9 Number 1: LMC…The First 25 Years (2xCD) 09.03.80 London Musicians' Collective 2000
Sonic Boom: The Art Of Sound (2xCD, Comp)   Hayward Gallery 2000
Not Necessarily "English Music" (2xCD, Album, Comp) The Judith Poem, Searc... Electronic Music Foundation 2001
Björk (CD)   Les Inrockuptibles 2002
Greatest Hits & Family Tree (6xCD, Album, Comp + VHS, NTSC, Comp + Box, Promo) Audio Of The David Too... One Little Indian 2002
Insect Groove (CD)   c74 2002
The Wire 20 1982 - 2002: Audio Issue (3xCD, Comp + Box) Buried Dreams Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Too Young To Be Ideal (CD, Album)   Saidera Records 2002
Voila Enough! (CD, Album)   Atavistic 2002
We Know Nonsense (CD, Album)   Saidera Records 2002
Wonder (CD, Album)   Saidera Records 2002
Audiolab (2xCD) Thousands Of Records (... Lucky Kitchen 2003
Haunted Weather. Music, Silence And Memory (2xCD)   Headz, Staubgold 2004
I Love My Organ (CD) Martian Kiss, It Just ... Birdman Records 2004
Melatonin: Meditations On Sound In Sleep (2xCD, Comp) Hypnogogmatist Room40 2004
Pass The Distance ◄ (3 versions)   Durtro ... 2004
Uovo 14 (2xCD)   The Bookmakers Ed. 2007
Space Elements Vol. I (Album) ◄ (3 versions) I.III Staubgold ... 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Lucky Bag Tapes (Cass, C90) The Barkless Dog 5th Column Tapes, The 1983
Freedom Principle - Acid Jazz And Other Illicit Grooves Vol. 2 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Black Dahlia Urban (2) 1989
A Gnomean Haigonaimean (LP) Fe-Tshun-Ti-Fe (Burial... Johnny Blue 1991
At Close Quarters (CD) Normal Entrance, Abnor... These Records 1993
Ambient 4: Isolationism (2xCD, Comp) Burial Rites (Phosphor... Virgin, Virgin 1994
em:t 3394 (CD, Dig) Mud & Quartz em:t 1994
Em:t 2000 (2xCD) Mud & Quartz Instinct Records 1995
L'inachevé / The Unfinished (CD, Comp) Boneless Sub Rosa 1995
L'inachevé / Unfinished (LP) Boneless Sub Rosa 1995
Lo Recordings Vol. 1: Extreme Possibilities ◄ (2 versions) Stones, Bones And Skin Lo Recordings 1995
Miscellaneous (CD, Comp) Living Dust Language 1995
Statics (CD, Dig) Iron Perm CCI Recordings 1995
em:t 5595 (CD, Dig) Bodies Of Water em:t 1995
Amberdelic Space (4xCD, Comp + Box) Bodies Of Water Dressed To Kill 1996
Em:t Explorer (2xCD) Bodies Of Water Instinct Records 1996
Lo Recordings Vol. 2: Collaborations (CD) Flashing Night Spirits... Lo Recordings 1996
Ocean Of Sound (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Chen Pe' I Pe' I Virgin 1996
Virgin (CD, Promo) Slow Loris Versus Pois... Wire Magazine 1996
Ambient Journeys (CD) Slow Loris Versus Pois... Virgin 1997
Big Jesus Trance Head (2xCD) Bodies Of Water Age Of Panik 1997
East-Westercism ◄ (2 versions) House Of Traps Law & Auder 1997
Future (2xCD) Mr Lullaby Should Have... Virgin 1997
Future: A Journey Through The Electronic Underground (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Mr. Lullaby Should Hav... Virgin ... 1997
Ocean Of Sound 4: Guitars On Mars (2xCD) I Hear Voices Too Virgin 1997
Roma - A Soundscape Remix (CD, Comp) City On Fire Noteworks 1998
Space 'n' Bass - The Ultimate Ambient Collection (12xCD, Comp + Box) Bodies Of Water Dressed To Kill 1998
Ambient Spirit - Fire (CD) Bodies Of Water Dressed To Kill 1999
Sónar 99 (4xCD, Comp) An Arthopod Raising It... So Dens 1999
Architettura / Film - Music - Architecture Vol. 1 (VHS) Enclosed Nature Caipirinha Productions 2000
Hmm (CD, Album) Let All Mortal Flesh K... Sprawl Imprint 2000
Resonance Volume 8 Number 2 / Volume 9 Number 1: LMC…The First 25 Years (2xCD) 24.01.81a, 22.04.79 London Musicians' Collective 2000
Sulphur: Compound (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Bass Instruction # 4 Sulphur Records ... 2001
Emit One (CD) Breath Shapes EMIT 2002
Floating Foundation Vol. 2 (CD) Tricyrtis Latifolia Sub Rosa 2002
Konstantin Raudive (CD) Kolade Spirit Sub Rosa 2002
The Wire 20 1982 - 2002: Audio Issue (3xCD, Comp + Box) Buried Dreams Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Musiques Nouvelles: Sons En Mutation (CD, Comp) Air-Con Function La Lettre Volée, Musiques Nouvelles 2003
Haunted Weather. Music, Silence and Memory ◄ (2 versions) Eyelash Turned Inwards Staubgold ... 2004
Melatonin: Meditations On Sound In Sleep (2xCD, Comp) Hypnogogmatist Room40 2004
Pensive Platforms (CD) Black Chamber, Empty Mall Sonic Arcana 2004
Rhythm Science: Excerpts And Allegories From The Sub Rosa Archives ◄ (2 versions) Tricyrtis Latifalia Sub Rosa ... 2004
The Inside-Out Issue. Vibrö No.1 (CD) Darkness Moves Vibrö 2004
Evening At Room40 (CD, Comp, Promo) Live Excerpt, Sprawl 2004 Wire Magazine 2006
On Isolation (CD, Comp) Chair Creaks, Though N... Room40 2006
Otherness (CD, Album, Comp) Yanomamo Wayamou Sonic Arts Network 2007
The World Is Everything - A Samadhisound Sampler (CD, Album, Smplr, Ltd) Heating And Cooling (E... Samadhisound 2007
Uovo 14 (2xCD) Artificial Or Captive? The Bookmakers Ed. 2007
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