Serpent's Tail, ISBN 1852428120 As for the contemporary has shocked the use of sounds than they were ten or twenty years ago is a matter of fact, documented in a considerable number of productions and studies that testify to the changing environmental conditions (more sounds), social ( clearance of the 'noise'), infrastructure (digitization and distribution network in real time) and cultural (summary of the memory of past sounds that induces a different perception of the current ones). These four axes transformation dynamics are systematically included in the skilful work of David Toop who educates his readers to use the mind as a sampler, embodies the paradox of a body in the ubiquitous dematerialize sounds and vibrate, spontaneous or induced objects, architectures and public spaces nearby or remote. The sounds that characterized the elusive combination of sound and contemporary art have become ubiquitous in an environment which the author defines as "informational delirium", describing it stuffed with anecdotes and personal memories inevitable. The text (which may be accompanied by ' compilation album produced by Staubgold) travels through experiences and quotes from time to time in the light flashes imaginative reader, illuminating a path fascinating and challenging. The contemporary world is trying our perceptive possibilities like never before, and ricapitolarne a significant part of the myriad of authoritative sources as possible is the noble task of critics, as this book demonstrates effortlessly.