Sonic Entanglement: Book and Podcast Series

The book and accompanying podcast series support the residency programme in offering composers and sonic artists a powerful set of integrated concepts for discussing and creating sound-based music. The innovative approach departs from previous stepwise, sequential ways of conceptualising the listening process and encourages creative individuals to think multimodally in their artmaking practices. Based on a collection of multisensory modes of listening, the model serves to simplify and unite numerous extant theories from the domains of electroacoustic music studies, acoustic ecology, psychology, and neuroscience. Eight interwoven modes of listening (modes of auditory attention) are identified, representing the: expressive, formal, referential, visual, gestural, environmental, spatial, and structural qualities of sound. New insights are offered through the concept of entanglement – the way in which all modes are simultaneously activated during the ordinary listening process, managed by different areas within the brain, and developed through crosstalk between layers of mental activity. The book will be available in PDF (free), EPUB, paperback, and hardcover formats by mid-2026 and the accompanying podcast series (free download) by mid-2027.​​