"wall of sound" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: walls of sound [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|walls of sound}} wall of sound (plural walls of sound)
  1. A popular music production technique, developed in the 1960s, in which a number of musicians perform the same instruments or parts in unison and the resulting sound is re-recorded in an echo chamber.
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  2. A densely layered sound, often a piece of music.
    Sense id: en-wall_of_sound-en-noun-MVbY1-NB

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