David Toop

British writer, composer, and curator David Toop has been highly influential as both a musician and journalist since the 1970s, contributing to numerous publications, authoring several highly regarded books, and producing myriad styles of music, both as a solo artist and collaborator. Although Toop's recorded output has included everything from experimental rock and jazz (including improvised sets with Paul Burwell, Steve Beresford, and John Zorn) to musique concrète, the bulk of his solo and collaborative works has been in the vein of experimental ambient. Many of his recordi...