During the white-hot period of 2003-5 this already uniquely Ruff Sqwad sound expanded into something much more grandiose: palatial synth melodies, sweeping clifftop strings, and stirring military brass – instrumentals big, bold and detailed enough to stand up on their own, even while their functional purpose was a backdrop for live or radio MC-ing.
The Eagles sound expanded with the arrival of lead guitarist Don Felder and later Joe Walsh, which led to its crowning achievement, the "Hotel California" album in 1976.
The dance gained coherence as the music did, the fragments of sound expanding into melody as Mr. McDougall's skittish motions smoothed out into mime, his story framed by Mr. Collins and Ms. Kapteyn.
It saw Pixies' often claustrophobic sound expand like a sunburst, formed a worthy swansong to their first era and should probably win some kind of George Clinton award for advancing awareness of alien rights.
In Hauntologies, installation, image, and sound expand and acquire autonomy from each other, coexisting in a dialogue as they invoke past existences and their effect in the present.
The 29-year-old gets labelled an R&B artist but that category – unlike the funk-tastic white jacket he's wearing tonight – fits him less and less comfortably as his sound expands with each album.
As the sound expands and the piano doubles down, playing a quasi-classical phrase over Billy's ecstatic revelation, you see the truth of your miserable life laid bare before you.
As a child your ability for the ear to process different frequencies of sound is expanded, enabling you to distinguish and reproduce the sounds of the languages that surrounds you.
Simon's fascination with pop vocal sound quickly expanded to include the sparkle of English folk music, the ethereal pipes and voices of Andean mountain music, and the arching passion of gospel.
Within five years, he had revamped the roster, polished its sound considerably, expanded its regular programming and added special series like Meet the Moderns, in which he presented an inclusive overview of contemporary composition.
"If you had just merged with a big company what would you do?" The overwhelming consensus was, reissue Frank's Reprise albums -- some of which are going for as much as $200 on eBay and Amazon -- with remastered sound and expanded packaging.
