Film maker Andrew Porter‘s new documentary Bridge Music looks at Joseph Bertolozzi’s trailblazing musical work on New York’s Mid Hudson Bridge. Here’s a few images from our interviews for the film. and here’s a link to the trailer. It is starting to make the rounds of film festivals and its first public screening will be 7pm, Friday June 17th, 2016 at the Arts Society of Kingston… Read more →
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TOWER MUSIC @VASSAR COLLEGE
“A Photographic Diary of Joseph Bertolozzi’s Tower Music/Musique de la Tour” will be on view June 14-July 28, 2016 at the James W. Palmer III Gallery, Main Building, Vassar College. The exhibition is free and open to the public. The exhibition kicks-off with an opening reception on Tuesday June 14, 4:30-6:30pm. Palaia’s Tower Music book and Bertolozzi’s Tower Music CD will be available for… Read more →
RAIN WHEEL – DESCRIPTION & DEMONSTRATION
A short description of the Rain Wheel I developed for Tower Music followed by a scene of it in action. Since there were no interior structures within which to drop beads for a “rain stick” effect (like I did for Bridge Music, Tower Music’s sister project in New York), I had to find a way to sustain the sound effect… Read more →
INITIAL REVIEWS OF TOWER MUSIC: SO FAR SO GOOD!
Here are some of the initial reviews of Tower Music / Musique de la Tour SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “…irresistable…buoyant, resonant rhythmic entertainment….a witty and often beautiful array of rhythmic grooves and harmonic rhapsodies as if Steve Reich had been set loose on a giant Erector set. …the piece’s allure really comes from the vigor and inventiveness of Bertolozzi’s musical imagination…”… Read more →
BBC WORLD SERVICE COVERS TOWER MUSIC
BBC Weekend’s Anu Anand interviews composer Joseph Bertolozzi. Listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03vbbb3 Read more →
NICE TOWER MUSIC STORY FROM NPR
Melissa Block reported a nice Tower Music / Musique de la Tour story on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition. Here it is: http://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2016/05/08/477040062/how-one-man-made-the-eiffel-tower-sing Read more →
2nd Official Tower Music / Musique de la Tour Video
Enjoy the 2nd Official Music Video from #TowerMusic: “Glass Floor Rhythms.” You may listen to the whole album at https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-thousand-feet-of-sound/id1081098335?i=1081098641&mt=1&app=music @Apple Music Read more →
TOWER MUSIC / MUSIQUE DE LA TOUR ALBUM RELEASED
Joseph Bertolozzi‘s album TOWER MUSIC / MUSIQUE DE LA TOUR, on the innova label (innova #933) is now available. Order here, with links to iTunes, Amazon and physical CDs. Bertolozzi’s masterful recasting of this global icon into a musical instrument has shifted the landscape of public art. The seed for the project began in 2004 when the composer’s wife took a whimsical stroke… Read more →
Microphones on the Eiffel Tower 02
A little more on the properties of sound from the Eiffel Tower as we record #TowerMusic. Read more →
WHIMSY WHILE YOU WORK – ON THE EIFFEL TOWER
A few seconds of fun while working on #TowerMusic. The album is available at iTunes, AppleMusic, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc. Read more →