August 24, 2004
Musicians and mobilephones
"Musicians have subverted tools such as the record turntable, the digital sampler and the laptop computer, transforming them from their original purposes into instruments. Ringtones were the obvious starting point for the mobile phone as a creative device. In 2002, the Touch label released "Ringtones," a CD collection of sounds commissioned or collected from 99 artists and sources, ranging from Gilbert and George to sound recordist Doug Quin's tapes of arrow frog and baboon..."
For more of this great short history of musicians use of mobile phones, see
Walking Through Sound by David Troop. It's a great article.
Posted by newradio at August 24, 2004 06:33 PM
