So just got this from PBE (more info on the release at
http://www.touch.demon.co.uk/releases/Tone14.html)
Esentially it's a collection of sound files designed to be used as
ringtones on future, more flexible cellular phones that can play arbitrary
soundfiles. (I'm sure some aren't actually intended to be used, but to
comment on ringtones in general, etc etc)
Interesting...this reminds me of the rumor that Brian Eno worked on
some of the system noises for Windows 95. Does anyone know of other
instances of utilitarian sound design by artists?
For example: you know how Windows lets you select 'sound themes'? I'd
love to have one designed by (insert the name of your favorite idm artist
here).
just daydreaming...
Lukas
quoted 22 lines $14.99 TOUCH RINGTONES: Touch Ringtones (TONE14CD)
> $14.99 TOUCH RINGTONES: Touch Ringtones (TONE14CD)
>
> 99 tracks - 177 ringtones - 45:06
>
> The process of transferring made-to-measure Ringtones to your mobile phone
> is, at present, a fixed casino... Chart hits, "celebrity" voices, action
> heroes, lame keyboard melodies... so the likelihood of hearing one of these
> on the 07.34 from Carshalton is, at present, remote, although the J range
> of Sony mobiles promise better things. However each of these has been
> composed with exactly this eventuality in mind. All the compositions
> included here are in one way or another intended to be experienced as
> isolated, personal interventions: low-res loops, creature calls, in low-res
> environments, with the branding of surprise.
>
> In whichever form you find them here, do sample and employ these humble
> suggestions...
>
> We assume you already agree that the cheap 'cheep cheep' tones of Nokia,
> Ericsson and the others leave a lot to be desired. But there is huge
> commercial possibility here, not least with the fact that these selections
> have not been motivated by database usage... this is far cooler, and the
> contributors have responded accordingly...
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