A list of references and sources from which extracts were read out, audio was mined, replayed, rerecorded and sampled for this index to take shape. Unless otherwise stated, all samples were recorded while they played on soundcloud/ youtube/ respective platforms.

An Index/ On Mining the ear for the nearly-but-not-quite-there

  1. The Sound Sweep by JG Ballard, 1960 (extracts read out)
  2. An audio adaptation of The Sound Sweep, narrated by Robert JE Simpson, 2014

https://soundcloud.com/robert-j-e-simpson/the-sound-sweep-by-jg-ballard

  1. Video killed the radio star by The Beagles (youtube/ TheBugglesVevo)

  2. Mosquito Device Overview (youtube/ Simon Morris)

  3. Engadget report 'Alexa and Siri are vulnerable to 'silent,' nefarious commands' (video embedded in report)

Alexa and Siri are vulnerable to 'silent,' nefarious commands

  1. Speaking in tongues-Reverse Speech with David John Oates (youtube/ Darian Cohen)

  2. Night Prowler by AC/DC (youtube/ ACDC)

  3. Ultrasonic Tracking, Twenty Thousand Hertz, a podcast by Dallas Taylor

  4. Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler

  5. Perfect Sense, David Mckenzie, 2011 (film clips)

  6. The Sound of Silence, Michael Tyburski, 2019 (film clips)

  7. The Infinity of Lists by Umberto Eco

  8. News report, 'The Scream': Israel Blasts Protesters With Sonic Gun, The Wired

https://www.wired.com/2011/09/the-scream-israel-blasts-rioters-with-sonic-gun/