Sound Unbound

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Sound Unbound edited by DJ Spooky:
A look into music history, sound, sampling and the future of music.
Essays by:
Bruce Sterling
Erik Davis tracing the roots of sampling to Jamaica
Brian Eno on the history of bells
Chuck D droppin' science
Manuel DeLanda being Manuel DeLanda
etc.

There's even a bio-piece on the daddy of synthesizers, Raymond Scott

Sound Unbound