Ringtones

Ringtones is a set of operative ring tones produced specifically for use by mobile telephones. The audio addresses the compositional structures of ring tones and their functional use as transmission indicators.

Ringtones imitates the durational loops and rhythms found in the incoming and outgoing audio alerts. The audio tracks analyze different ring tone formats: Monophonic, Polyphonic, Truetone, Singtone, video ringtone; and other peripheral transmission languages: Morse code, MIDI. 

Ringtones investigates the dominant cadence patterns (i.e. ring-pause-ring), and other audible signals like the dial tone, busy signal, off-hook tone, and recorder tone. The work also explores the proprietary encoding formats and data compression techniques predominantly used to reduce transmission bandwidth and storage requirements of audio data.

Ringtones was recorded at free103point9’s Wave Farm Artist-In-Residence program in July 2012 at the Wave Farm Study Center in Acra, NY, USA.

Download: m4r (iPhone) / mp3 (Android) / wav (Other)
Download Installation Manual: PDF

Release date: 2012-12-01
Label: free103point9 Dispatch Series - AD040

free103point9 is a nonprofit arts organization based in New York State that defines and cultivates the genre of Transmission Art by promoting artists who make work with, for, and about the electromagnetic spectrum.

free103point9 Dispatches Series take the form of CDs, LPs, CSs, Catalogues, and Artists’ Multiples. Many recordings come from previous free103point9 transmission events, thematic compilations, and commissioned artist’s projects.

All tracks recorded, mixed & mastered by Jeff Kolar
Released on free103point9
Cover & booklet design by Jeremy Stephen Shedd

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States