Strange to Your Ears

Jim Fassett started as a broadcaster on WBZ Boston in the 1920s. He eventually moved to New York where he took a position with CBS Radio. In the 1950s, he hosted a radio programme which highlighted his interest in the manipulation of sound on tape. The programme was called Strange to Your Ears and some of the results of that show became the basis of this LP.

Over the course of the album, Fassett plays weird and other-worldy sounds which he then proceeds to deconstruct revealing the original sound source. There are sound sources like roosters crowing and babies crying.

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Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 25, 2023
Category: Radio | 1950s | Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults

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That LP would be a hit in Sudan, where music is not allowed on the radio.

Posted by Yudith on 11/26/23 at 12:14 PM

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