Resource Library

Free music & audio tools

Audacity - Free, open-source audio recording and editing software. Cross-platform.

SuperCollider - Audio synthesis and algorithmic composition environment. Includes beginner tutorials.

LMMS - Free, open-source digital audio workstation with beat editor and synthesisers.

Bespoke Synth - Modular music creation environment. Highly visual and experimental.

Hundred Rabbits - Independent studio developing minimalist creative tools including audio and music software.

OBS Studio - Open-source recording and streaming software. Useful for capturing live audio and performance.

Sound Libraries

Freesound - Community sound library with hundreds of thousands of Creative Commons audio samples.

Internet Archive — Audio Collection - Broad archive of recordings: live concerts, old-time radio, field recordings, and more.

Wikimedia Commons — Audio Files - Freely licensed audio files from Wikipedia's media repository.

Radio Aporee - Global soundscape map with geolocated field recordings from around the world.

Wild Sanctuary - Nature sound archives and soundscape ecology research by Bernie Krause.

Internet Radio & Music Discovery

NTS Radio - A global radio platform broadcasting music from over 50 cities around the globe, live 24/7.

Poolsuite ☼ - An internet radio station and music player with a nostalgic retro interface. Features curated channels spanning disco, indie, house, yacht rock, and laid-back electronic music. Endless summer vibes.

Good Song Club - Minimalist music discovery site for sharing and uncovering tracks recommended by other listeners. A simple, community-driven way to stumble across songs you might never find through algorithmic playlists.

RIYL - College radio stations around the US.

Drive & Listen - Driving videos from cities around the world while tuning into local radio stations, blending geography and music discovery.

Radio Garden - Interactive globe that lets you explore live radio stations worldwide by spinning and clicking different locations.

Music-Map - Visual music discovery tool that shows artist relationships based on similarity, helping you find related musicians.

Every Noise at Once - Massive genre map of music, generated algorithmically, allowing exploration of thousands of micro-genres and artists.

Radiooooo - Time-machine for global radio that lets you explore music by country and decade, offering a historical listening experience.

Books — Open Access

Perception & Aesthetics

The Principles of Psychology - William James, 1890. Attention, habit formation, consciousness, and early cognitive psychology.

Critique of Judgment - Immanuel Kant. Aesthetic judgment, sensory experience, and beauty without concept.

Art as Experience - John Dewey. Embodied aesthetics and meaning-making through interaction.

Point and Line to Plane - Wassily Kandinsky. Visual perception, abstraction, and the emotional meaning of geometric forms.

Notations 21 - Theresa Sauer. Experimental scores and visual music notation.

Intersecting Colors - Vanja Malloy. Albers and contemporary color theory.

Psychoacoustics & Sensory Science

On the Sensations of Tone - Hermann von Helmholtz. Pitch perception, resonance, harmonic structure, and early auditory neuroscience.

Auditory Scene Analysis - Albert Bregman. The perceptual organisation of sound. Foundational psychoacoustics text.

Elements of Psychophysics - Gustav Fechner. Sensory thresholds, perception scaling, and quantitative approaches to sensation.

Auditory Neuroscience Resources - Freely available companion site with demos, data, and chapter materials.

Emotion, Body & Memory

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals - Charles Darwin, 1872. Emotional expression, bodily signalling, and evolutionary foundations of affect.

Matter and Memory - Henri Bergson. Time, memory, perception, continuity of experience, and embodied cognition.

Books — Find in Your Local Library

Unmasking Autism - Devon Price.

NeuroTribes - Steve Silberman.

Silence: Lectures and Writings - John Cage.

Deep Listening - Pauline Oliveros.

Full Catastrophe Living - Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Hayes, Strosahl & Wilson.

This Is Your Brain on Music - Daniel J. Levitin.

Musicophilia - Oliver Sacks.

Interaction of Color - Josef Albers.

Listening & Experimental Audio

UbuWeb — Sound - Archive of experimental and avant-garde audio: Cage, Oliveros, Xenakis, Nono, and hundreds more.

Library of Congress — Sound Recordings - Performing arts and sound recording collections from the US national library.

Wendy Carlos - Electronic music pioneer; synthesis and early digital sound.

Nicolas Collins - Experimental electronics, hardware hacking, and DIY sound.

Film, Video Art & Moving Image

UbuWeb — Film - Experimental film and video art archive. Hundreds of works freely available to stream.

Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) - Distribution archive for video and media art. Focuses on works from the 1960s onwards.

LIMA - Media art and time-based works archive based in the Netherlands.

Light Cone - Experimental film distribution and archive based in Paris.

Free Courses & Learning

Audio Signal Processing — Coursera - Free audit available. Covers spectral analysis, filtering, and synthesis.

MIT OpenCourseWare — Music & Sound - Freely available lecture notes, assignments, and readings from MIT music and theatre courses.

Kadenze - Creative technology and sound art courses. Some free, some paid.

Mental Health & Self-Regulation

Centre for Clinical Interventions — Self-help Resources - Evidence-based self-help worksheets covering anxiety, mood, perfectionism, and more. Free to download.

Mindfulness Exercises — Positive Psychology - Overview of evidence-based mindfulness practices with instructions and research context.

Gender & Identity

The Gender Dysphoria Bible - Comprehensive educational resource on gender dysphoria and trans experiences.

LGBTQIA+ Wiki - Community-authored encyclopaedia of orientations, gender identities, and related terminology.

The Trevor Project — Resources - Crisis support and educational LGBTQ+ resources, focused on young people.

GLAAD — Transgender Resource Guide - Educational materials and media guidelines on trans identities and experiences.

The Queer Transgender Resilience Workbook - Skills for navigating sexual orientation and gender expression.

Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity Wiki - Accessible information about neurodiversity topics.

Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) - Autistic-led advocacy organisation with educational materials and policy resources.

Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network - Community resources, education, and advocacy for autistic women and non-binary people.

National Autistic Society — Guidance - Practical information on autism for autistic people, families, and professionals. UK-based.

Independent Publications

The Quietus - Independent music and culture magazine. Strong coverage of experimental and underground music.

The Wire - Experimental music and sound culture. Monthly magazine and online content.

Sound Studies Blog - Research and writing on listening, sonic culture, and the interdisciplinary field of sound studies.

Neuroclastic - Publication offering lived-experience perspectives, critical writing, and advocacy focused on autism and neurodivergent communities.

Get in Touch

This library is updated regularly. If there is a resource you want to see added, get in touch at hello@jordanelias.de.