PRX - Pieces for Tone: Intriguing

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A Piano stands on a frozen lake in Northern Ontario. Steel wire connects its soundboard to an old camper two hundred feet away. Aeolian tones (.....

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 14:13
Caption: Olivia Block gathering audio in Chicago
The work of composer and sound artist Olivia Block has been described as "distinctive and individual" by The New York Times. She is happy enough wr...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WUNC, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 20
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Without their beeps and chimes, all of your modern conveniences would be very hard to use

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KZYX, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 5
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We're used to interacting with objects. But we're not used to objects that teach us how to interact with each other.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, KVNF and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
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The story of Jack Foley, a former dock worker who, when working at Universal Pictures, created a method of adding sounds to films, known now as the...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 33:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The digital is expanding the definition of the print and creating a complex relationship between artists, their work, and the tools they use to cre...

  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 17:30
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Tucson artist Mat Bevel muses on his sculptures, performances and the philosophy of making beauty out of trash.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:38