AbstractThe first chapter focuses on Tintinnabulation (Contemplative Sound), a 1970 recording of bells from Syntonic Research, Inc.’s Environments series of nature sound LPs. The Environments series, created by Irv Teibel, between 1969 and 1979 popularly packaged spare audio recordings, mostly of nature sounds, under the pretense of their “psychological” efficacy. This chapter historicizes...