Roots and Wires

Today I'd like to talk about some abstract ideas, some images, some open-ended notions about acoustic space. In particular, I am interested in the relationship between electronic sound and environments, on the Internet or in music. I won't talk about the various technologies involved; instead, I'll try to get at some of the deeper issues about sound and the ways it constructs subjectivities and can act as a kind of map. A good place to start is with a distinction...