Want to hear some achingly beautiful ringtones?
mainChicago’s Spektral Quartet have commissioned 40 of them, releasing now.
Listen here. Watch here:
Donload for 50c each from the group’s website.
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Can’t give up my “dumb phone” (clamshell, pullout antenna, works with gloves on), because out on the far canyon trails I’m the only one with reception. However if anything COULD tempt me, these are it.
I’ve listened to all and downloaded several of these. They’re all at least interesting, many of them stunning. A brilliant idea by the quartet and wonderful, ingenious responses by the composers.