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A retrospective snapshot of the musical legacy of the Institute of Sonology in The Hague.

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Between a collection and an archive. Nostalgia coexists with academic rigor.

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We dig up some unreleased fragments of
the interview with sound collector Jonny Trunk that we were unable to include the first time around.

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This music selection was used as a teaser for the MEMORABILIA. Collecting sounds with... Ed Veenstra lecture, which took plave on April 15th, 2011 at the MACBA, and features some of the highlights of Ed Veenstra’s collection.

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This music selection was used as a teaser for the MEMORABILIA. Collecting sounds with... William Bennett lecture, which took place on April 1st, 2011 at the MACBA, and features some of the highlights of William Bennett’s collection.

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Jonny Trunk picks his fifteen favourite tracks from the fifteen best library music companies in his collection.

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Jonny Trunk walks us through a hard-to-find and yet very familiar genre: library music.

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A hyperconcentrated collection of bumpers and crazy rants from Kenneth Goldsmith's legendary WFMU radio show.

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Anki Toner talks about his personal collection of records and gramophonic objects.

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Kenneth Goldsmith, founder of Ubuweb, takes us on a journey through his personal history as a sound collector.

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Transcript of Ed Veenstra's lecture: "Broken Music, anti-records and object records".

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Transcript of William Bennett's lecture: "Musical homeostasis: music not just to be heard".

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Transcript of Kenneth Goldsmith's lecture: "From collector to archivist: seven thoughts".

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Broken Music: records and paramusical works produced by visual artists and other avant-garde creators.

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As a teaser for his forthcoming lecture, Jonny Trunk compiles fifteen gems from his very own sound collection.

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As a teaser for his lecture, Kenneth Goldsmith compiles fifteen gems from his very own sound collection.

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A collection of Broken Music and rarities of all kinds that go beyond the traditional functions of the record medium.

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We dig up some unreleased fragments of the interview with sound collector William Bennett that we were unable to include the first time around.

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Some of the secret jewels found in William Bennett's sound collection, discovering rare percussion music from West-Africa.

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Mark Gergis, a regular collaborator with Sublime Frequencies, explains the project's philosophy and the cultural, logistical and esoteric implications of collecting music from a culture other than one's own.

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A singular labyrinth of sounds to chart different paths through the musical preferences of William Bennett.

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We dig up some unreleased fragments of the interview with sound collector Mark Gergis that we were unable to include the first time around.

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A musical selection of some of the anomalies found in Mark Gergis' sound collection.

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'Sound anomalies' from the Middle East and Southeast Asia rescued from oblivion.

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This is a conversation by email with ephemeral film collector Rick Prelinger, which took place on April 2011.

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This is a conversation by email with record and sound collector Mark Gergis, which took place on April 2011, to prepare a monograph on his sound collection.

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This is a conversation by email with Dutch collector Ed Veenstra, which took place on April 2011, to prepare a monograph on his sound collection.

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This is a conversation by email with William Bennett (Whitehouse), which took place on March 2011, to prepare a monograph on his sound collection.