What was recorded sound for; historical record? dictation of memos? the arts? At this point nobody is really making the case for any one purpose. The phonograph is out there in the homes of the wealthy trend-setters, recording studios are being set up in major cities, and popular entertainers are being sought out to make …
MP3 download | Patreon | Apple | Mixcloud | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | RSS One of the main problems with making this Centuries of Sound thing is representation. The 1890s are the birthplace of ragtime and the blues, Buddy Bolden was playing proto-Jazz down in New Orleans, and over in Europe figures like …
MP3 download | Patreon | Apple | Mixcloud | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | RSS We’re a bit stuck in between ages here. The experiments are now fading into the background, phonographs are being introduced into the world, but the nascent music business still hasn’t really taken off. 1890 sees our last recordings from …
MP3 download | Patreon | Apple | Mixcloud | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | RSS 1889 is by no stretch of the imagination a golden year for recorded music. A blip on the otherwise upwards trajectory in terms of both sound quality and things being recorded, it is, frankly, the worst possible starting point …
MP3 download | Patreon | Apple | Mixcloud | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | RSS The gramophone and phonograph had been experimental toys for a decade, their inventors deciding to tinker with them from time to time in between other, more immediately lucrative projects. In 1887, aside from Edison’s occasional developments, Alexander Graham Bell’s …
https://centuriesofsound.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1878-1885.mp3 MP3 download | Apple | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | Radiopublic | RSS . Nearly two decades have passed, and Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville’s experiments with recording sound have so far not resulted in anything replayable. On the other side of the Atlantic, however, development are taking place which will eventually turn these …
The story you may have heard about the birth of sound recording goes something like this; Thomas Edison, alone in the lab after a hard day’s work, manages to record a recital of “Mary Had A Little Lamb” onto a wax cylinder. You may have even think you have heard the recording, but you haven’t. …
2016 was, by all accounts, a bit of a rough year. In terms of music, though, it will probably be better-remembered. Tracklist 0:00:00 David Bowie – Lazarus 0:03:13 Ian William Craig – Contain (Astoria Version) 0:04:26 Buz Ludzha – Basslines For Life 0:06:32 Nadia Rose – Skwod 0:09:13 Yussef Kamaal – Strings of Light 0:11:55 …
