A 15 minutes soundwalk from Paris’ summer attraction.
Release pageEach year a 3 kilometers-long area at Paris’ River Seine turns into a public beach where everyone can relax, chill and simply enjoy hanging up at the city beach. French sound artist Anton Mobin visited this urban event twice in summer 2008 to collect 4 hours of sound. After first audition, he turns the recordings into 2 hours of material. At the end he condensed the remaining 2 hours into a 15 minutes sound postcard, a soundwalk through Paris.
The first day of recording was on August 15th, which is a holiday in France: A lot of people came to visit Paris-plage: These recordings are dense and charged with many sonic events. Anton returned to Paris-plage’s site on August 20th, an ordinary workday, which was very different with a weaker attendance rate. This day Anton was able to make more meticulous sound recordings leaving the place retail.
Paris-plage is considered to be a “radiophonic work”, says Anton Mobin. On his soundwalk he passed 7 bridges in Paris: 1. Pont Neuf, 2. Pont au Change, 3. Pont Notre Dame, 4. Pont d’Arcole, 5. Pont Louis Philippe, 6. Pont Marie, 7. Pont de Sully (confer to the map image that is part of the zipped download package). The soundwalk Paris-plage includes these spots: Bus station “Rivoli - Pont Neuf” / Cyclists in a tunnel / Tourists boat / fencing / Competition of petanque / babyfoot / Huge atomizers / Players of didgeridoo / Player of Japanese violin / Return by the roadside: voix George Pompidou.
konkretourist is proud to release Anton Mobin’s radiophonic / soundwalk / soundscape work Paris-plage. The zipped download package consists of the 15 minutes Paris-plage audio file (320 kbps), a map of recorded and visited spots in this radiophonic piece, cover art and a short biography of Anton Mobin.
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