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01. John Kameel Farah - Fugue and Toccata on Hold
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02. Ana Maria Rodriguez - Pocket Songs for Violoncello & Live Electronics
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03. Zeitblom - ikon
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04. Eliav Brand - Individual Stuff
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05. Guido Möbius - Entertain Premium
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06. Juliana Hodkinson - Ring a Ring
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07. Alex Paulick - Jingle Bells
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08. Ari Benjamin Meyers - Telekom II for 2 Baritone Saxophones
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09. Adi Gelbart - Musical Offering Against Telecommunication for Magnetic Tape, Bass Clarinet and Electronics
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10. Patric Catani - Baka Baka Dam
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ARTIST
VA
TITLE
PocketSymphonies
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
MARTIN HOSSBACH
CATALOG #
12BACH 003LP
12BACH 003LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
8/21/2015
There was a time when ringtones were important. At first, they simply identified the few who actually owned cell phones, before the possibility emerged of distinguishing oneself by choosing a
cool
ringtone. In May 2014, the Doofe Musik (Stupid Music: Songs for Dreaming, Sedation and Forgetting) festival took place at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin. As part of the HKW's Anthropocene Project, the festival focused on escapism and the special function of music when retreating from reality. HKW curator
Detlef Diederichsen
and Sound Studies Lab principal investigator
Holger Schulze
decided to focus not only on music that music-lovers usually hate -- e.g. Schlager music, easy listening, light jazz -- but also on ringtones. The audio logo of Deutsche Telekom has been part of Germany's mobile phone culture from the very beginning, so it acted as a starting point from which to question the usual conceptual understanding of ringtones. Using
Christian Kellersmann
's idea of the "Pocket Symphony," Diederichsen and Schulze invited ten artists to come up with adaptations of Telekom's audio logo. The results were performed for the first time during Stupid Music and once again in October 2014, when most of the recordings on this album were made. The short motif, as simple and unforgettable as it is, is ideal musical material. Everyone knows it; everyone has some sort of connection to it, and these ten different versions open up the most varied possibilities for associations. It is time to take the ringtone seriously again. As the most reduced yet most widely available form of music in the world, it contains enormous unrealized potential. Includes tracks by
John Kameel Farah
,
Ana Maria Rodriguez
,
Zeitblom
,
Eliav Brand
,
Guido Möbius
,
Juliana Hodkinson
,
Alex Paulick
,
Ari Benjamin Meyers
,
Adi Gelbart
, and
Patric Catani
.
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