In addition, the tape recorder introduced the ability to gather sounds from the din of a media saturated environment created by radio, television and the media industry in general. This ability prompted artists to compose works that were critical of the new electronic landscape, turning it back upon itself. Handke and Kirwet in Germany and by, for instance, Howard Broomfield in Canada. Broomfield, an anthropologist, utilized sound recordings as a resource for research into social and cultural habits and circumstances, paying close attention to diction, common sound environments and nonliterary aural expression. As a member of the Soundscape Project , led by R. Murray Schafer, Broomfield believed that close attention paid to a relatively non-mediated aural signification would reap great benefits in the comprehension of cultural communication.
Radio today is the pulse of a society organized for maximum production and consumption.
The tape recorder introduced a new freedom in the artist's mobility. Conclusion Move from that which is easily identifiable to that which is at the limit of being identifiable. Enjoy their materiality. Everything is in the releasing. There is no score to follow.