Tag: Environmental Art

TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 11 of 11

“TOWER MUSIC / MUSIQUE DE LA TOUR” (10:52) COMPLETE your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. Opening with dramatic sweep and launching into a series of concussive surges that draws one ever further in, a journey is begun. Vigorous and muscular themes emerge trading blows with the underpinning rhythms. The listener is then delivered… Read more →

TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 9 of 11

“EVENING HARMONIES / HARMONIES DU SOIR” (4:46) HEIGHTEN your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. This work, spread over a dark canvas, is a deeply introspective exploration of the Eiffel Tower’s sounds by themselves, unshackled by any rhythmic or melodic imperative. Where most of the rest of Tower Music springs from existing percussive traditions… Read more →

TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 8 of 11

“GLASS FLOOR RHYTHMS / RYTHMES SUR LE PLANCHER DE VERRE” (2:48) BOOST your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. Some intrepidly approach the glass floors installed in 2014, others hesitate…each have their own rhythm. On YouTube, Spotify, or anywhere actually, you pick! Share it if you like it! #towermusic, #Bertolozzi, #Olympics Read more →

TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 7 of 11

“THE ELEPHANT ON THE TOWER / L’ÉLÉPHANT SUR LA TOUR” (3:32) BOOST your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. After the fierceness of the preceding “Ironworks,” this is a gentle waltz. Why not? The musical world encompasses everything from pulsating vigor to the elegant lilt. There are no boundaries.On YouTube, Spotify, or anywhere actually,… Read more →

TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 6 of 11

“IRONWORKS / FERRONNERIE” (4:14) AMPLIFY your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. A series of powerful rhythmic cadences separated by a melodic refrain…a sister work to Bridge Music’s “Steel Works,” the Mid-Hudson Bridge being made of steel and the Eiffel Tower being made of iron. On YouTube, Spotify, or anywhere actually, you pick! Share… Read more →

TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 4 of 11

“CONTINUUM” (3:22) PERFECT your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. At the 1889 World Exposition for which the Eiffel Tower was built, a contingent from Java introduced the gamelan to Europe, forever influencing Western music. This piece combines stylized gamelan motifs with contemporary post-minimalist gestures, melding the ancient music of Indonesia with the modern age…a… Read more →

TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 3 of 11

“THE HARP THAT PIERCED THE SKY / LA HARPE QUI A PERCÉ LE CIEL” (3:17) ENRICH your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. Contrasting highly to the preceding track, this movement leads the listener into a surprising sound world: a hybrid harp/lute/steel pan sonority drawn from a massive structure eliciting a quiet and intimate… Read more →