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How does sound shape urban life? What do soundscapes reveal about the experience of modernity? This innovative essay collection explores a series of critical themes including the diversity of urban soundscapes; acoustic flânerie and different ways of listening to the city; the emergence of specific associations between place, music, and sound; and the acoustic ecology of architecture, landscape and urban design. A specially commissioned CD features contributions from Félix Blume, Ekkehard Ehlers, Yui Onodera, Schneider TM and many other artists.

Sound artist B.J. Nilsen was hosted at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Urban Laboratory as a Leverhulme Artist in Residence in 2012, working with Prof Matthew Gandy. The book was published with the support of the Leverhulme Foundation, UCL Urban Laboratory, and .

The collection and accompanying CD will be of interest to a wide range of disciplines including architecture, cultural studies, geography, musicology, and urban sociology.

A website has been launched for the project, . An official London launch took place in September 2014 at the Arcola Theatre.