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April 17, 2005
Sonic Alcatraz
Yesterday I was in an audio store. While I was looking around for the product of my choice they played some (ahum) music over their sound system; some horrible techno with a heavy beat and really harsh synthetic sounds. I couldn't stand it longer than a couple of minutes and escaped from this sonic Alcatraz. Their background noise cost them some business.
Many of the customers seemed totally relaxed with this background - I really find it hard to call this - music and some of them were doing their shopping with a mild form of head-banging.
One of the worst effects of electronic music reproduction is that people or organizations play it every where they can. Travel by airplane and while boarding some 'relaxing' music is played. Go to a supermarket and some mood-for-food music drips into your ears. Go to an electronics store and the above assault music is fired at you.
What in heavens name happened to good old plain silence so there will be no constant input I didn't ask for or choose for. Can someone answer this for me, because I am really curious about this?
Posted by Renske at 22:38 UTC | permanent link