Every week for the rest of our lives, we'll be releasing an original ringtone. We're deadly serious about this.



When we came upon this project by our friends Helena - who also happens to be the next artist for The Present Group - and Joseph we instantly thought "what a wonderful ringtone this would undoubtedly make". Sure we're incessantly thinking that particular thought, but their sculpture recordings really are wonderful. Here's the description of "Sculpture Garden Carillon":

Joseph del Pesco and I were invited by the Oakland Museum of California to develop a project which would reinterpret works in the museum's permanent collection. Working with the large metal sculptures that populate the museum's multi-tiered gardens, we created a sound project that marks the closing and renovation of the museum's art and history galleries. Starting January 2, 2008 and running through October, 2009 (or until renovations are completed), Sculpture Garden Carillon can be heard across the museum grounds.

We started by digitally recording gong-like sounds emitted by twelve sculptures when struck with a fleece covered drum mallet. Using a computer program to update the museum's existing (decommissioned) carillon system, the “voices” of these sculptures sound out over the museum grounds every hour of the day and night. The number of times each sculpture rings tells the hour: the sound of one sculpture rings once at one o'clock, another rings twice at two o'clock, and so on, until a twelfth sculpture, accompanied by a chime, rings twelve times at noon and midnight. Posters distributed at the museum and in the neighborhood provide a key to the hourly chimes and the corresponding sculptures.



CLICK HERE to download the mp3.

CLICK HERE to download for the iphone (make sure ringtone syncing is activated in itunes).

OR, you can have the mp3 (or a link to the mp3) sent directly to your phone via text message by filling out the form below (have patience and let us know if this does not work, we're still working the kinks out):