Opsound

Opsound is a site for the open exchange of music and sound.

Beginning in 2003 with a special focus on experimental electronic and electroacoustic music, Opsound maintains a completely open-access sound pool, allowing anyone to contribute any kind of auditory material. A sound pool unfiltered by gatekeepers allows for open-eared listening, and ultimately aims to enrich the possibilities for experimental and mainstream musics alike. As all of the music and sound in the Opsound pool is released under a copyleft license, it is free to be sampled, deconstructed, remixed, and reimagined into new musics.

Opsound has held festivals, concerts, listening walks, and sound collection events in Berlin, New York, and Cambridge, MA. The Opsound sound pool has been featured in a streaming radio station (the Opstream) and as part of the Palais de Tokyo’s Tokyo Ozone project.