How to Play Swing-Style Modular Synthesizer

If there is an acoustic hell, it is in today’s oceans, places now filled with far-carrying engine noise, the explosions of seismic oil exploration, and sonar. Hear how a small outboard engine drowns other sounds. This is a small example of Earth’s most severe sonic crisis, noise pollution in the seas. 

The book Sounds Wild and Broken is an invitation to listen to the marvels and fractures of the world. I hope that it inspires you to listen in your own place, finding your own sonic wonders. I offer the sound clips here as a sampler of the sounds and stories from the book. Longer versions of most are available for radio and podcasts.
Sounds Wild and Broken is available for pre-order in the US and UK, with translations forthcoming.
Copyright David George Haskell 2022.

Outboard Engine Amid Snapping Shrimp (Sounds Wild and Broken)

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KZSU Day of Noise 2016 (Excerpt 01)

KZSU Day of Noise 2016 (Excerpt 03)

KZSU Day of Noise 2016 (Excerpt 02)

Live In A Room, Part 2 (excerpt)

Live In A Room, Part One (excerpt)

Arrangement for 17-piece accordion orchestra & circuit-bent theremin by Tom Djll. 

Rhythm Ace programming, beverages & crunchy snacks by Clarke Robinson.

PSAs for Borderland Nocturnal Radio Stations (wood flooring)

Solo performance(hybrid-trumpets and "Naga Phoenix" slide trumpet) on Nov.17, 2018 at the Vigeland Mausoleum, Oslo as a part of Rajesh Mehta's guest professorship & workshop on "sounding buildings" at the Norwegian Theatre Academy, Fredrikstad, Norway.

Rajesh Mehta Solo Performance at the Vigeland Mausoleum, Oslo

A track featuring the early creations of master-synthesizer designer and builder Rob Hordijk. The instruments, Robtronium II and  TwentyFourSeven are prototypes of synthesizers like the Blippoo Box and the Benjolin.