David Toop's opera Star-shaped Biscuit to be performed at Aldeburgh

26|07|2012

David Toop's opera, Star-shaped Biscuit , will be performed at Aldeburgh in Snape Maltings this September, in one of Snape's derelict buildings....

Issue 341

Off The Page 2012: Simon Reynolds: Toopological Space: The Flow-motion Studies of David Toop

April 2012

Listen to Simon Reynolds's lecture on the composer and writer David Toop at Off The Page 2012.

Issue 338

David Toop reaches the end of the road

March 2012

A public resignation from David Toop. This article was originally published in The Wire 166 (December 1997).

Simon Reynolds's Toopographical Portal

March 2012

Peruse Reynolds's web link Toopology, accompanying his feature "Tales From Toopographic Oceans" that looks at the cultural politics of his fellow author and critic, David Toop, in The Wire 338.

Issue 337

Off The Page 2011: Daniela Cascella, David Toop and Salomé Voegelin Performance Lecture

December 2011

Daniela Cascella, David Toop and Salomé Voegelin practice the art of listening at the 2011 edition of Off The Page festival which took place 11–13 February at the Playhouse Theatre, Whitstable.

Off The Page 2012 festival announced

06|12|2011

The Wire and Sound And Music will be hosting the second Off The Page festival in February 2012. From 24–26 February we'll be decamping to The...

Issue 333

Adventures In Modern Music 20 October 2011: Music from the Lost Worlds special

October 2011

A special edition presenting rare ethnographic recordings from the collection of writer, musician and Wire contributor David Toop. Also available on Soundcloud.

Adventures In Modern Music: Music From The Lost Worlds

19|10|2011

This special edition of Adventures In Modern Music presents rare and unheard ethnographic recordings from the collection of writer, musician and...

Issue 332

John Butcher In Conversation With David Toop

16|05|2011

The first of Sound And Music 's series of interviews by David Toop is now available to listen to online. The series is part of Toop's exploration...

David Toop: All Mix & No Master…?

April 2011

Does the new technology of mix 'n' splice mean the end of Popular Song as we know it? Or the start of a new open-ended dance afterlife? The death of the Original, or the birth of the infinite version? David Toop looks/locks into a brand new time lapse. This article originally appeared in The Wire 103 (September 1992). David Toop reflects on writing the essay below.

Essay

A-Z Of Electro

March 2011

In its original incarnation, Electro was black science fiction teleported to the dancefloors of New York, Miami and LA; a super-stoopid fusion of video games, techno-pop, graffiti art, silver space suits and cyborg funk. Now that Electro is back, David Toop provides a thumbnail guide to the music that posed the eternal question: "Watupski, bug byte?" This article originally appeared in The Wire 145 (March 1996).