NOISE UPRISING

In a handful of years between the development of electrical recording in 1925 and the outset of the Great Depression in the early 19 30s, the soundscape of modern music unfolded in a series of relatively unnoticed recording sessions around the world. These included the recording of tango in Buenos Aires, son in Havana, and samba in Rio/ of hula in Honolulu, shidaiqu in Shanghai, and kroncong in Jakarta/ and of taraab in East Africa and marabi in Johannesburg.