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Contents

Series
Terrain
- Ambient
- Avantgarde
- Pop
Topic
- (Fourth) World
- Art
- Early Electronics
- Electronic Music
- Germany
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Misophonia
- Music by Women
- USA
Var. Intensity Levels
What Else
- DJ-Sets
- Documentary

A Happening

Adrian Sherwood Allen Ginsberg Angus MacLise BBC Radiophonic Workshop Brian Eno Can Conrad Schnitzler Daphne Oram Demetrio Stratos DIY Don Cherry Enzo Minarelli Faust Geir Jenssen Graeme Revell Gregory Whitehead Haruomi Hosono Henri Chopin Holger Hiller Jack Smith Japan John Cage John Cale Jun Togawa Kraftwerk Laurie Spiegel Leslie Winer Misophonia On-U Sound Paul Bowles Paul de Vree People Like Us Poetry Polypoetry Ryuichi Sakamoto Soliman Gamil Suzanne Ciani Tellus Testpattern The Residents Timothy Leary Tuli Kupferberg William S. Burroughs Yasuaki Shimizu Yellow Magic Orchestra

Listening with Misophonia

4. Reflecting Sound

When composer Pauline Oliveros quoted Tibetan lama Sogyal Rinpoche on putting meditation in an equation with the wisdom of listening and the depth of insight in 1999, she had realized that her own listening skills were still continuing to evolve – forty six years after she started meditating on sound.

Sounds Central

From the futurists to hyperdub, musical ideas have constantly evolved. Sounds Central explores this vast area of experiments with audio essays, series, and thematic mixes.

The selection doesn’t strive to be canonical, it rather comes from being a DJ who dislikes clichés and genres, but is fond of moving on the time line.

Misophonia and Me

Early in 2021, I learned that I’m suffering from misophonia, a disorder that typically begins in childhood and that’s characterized by extremely painful reactions towards certain sounds. Obviously, persons concerned aim at avoiding trigger sounds.

On the other end of the scale, there are many sounds that keep my ears entertained, e.g. when in natural environments. Some music and sound art falls into this category as well. Out of this pool, I develop Sounds Central’s thematic mixes.

A more detailed text about the implications of misophonia for my curatorial approach towards music over the past 35 years is in the making.

Pay Paul

Coming up with Sounds Central’s thematic mixes takes a lot of effort – and a bit of cash. If you enjoy them, please consider a monthly subscription of 2.99€ (or more) via Mixcloud.

Mixcloud is the first hosting provider to have come up with an infrastructure that allows DJs to legally present music online.

65% of your subscription fee go to artists featured on Sounds Central
18% are for music presenters like myself
12% stay with Mixcloud
5% are for fees

You may, however, support Sounds Central as well with a donation via Paypal. Any amount is welcome and much appreciated!

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