Tournament of Noises
DECEMBER 2, 2006 Listen to this Story
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San Francisco's Exploratorium encourages visitors to explore sound through interactive exhibits and on Saturday they get even more interactive. The museum is inviting guests to participate in the first Tournament of Noises. Guests are encouraged to showcase their noisemaking abilities. Bill Radke talks to Andee Connors, and Beth Lisick, judges at the event.
Notes from Producer Marc Sanchez
One of the judges for the first annual Tournament of Noises is Andee Connors. Andy works for a Aquarius records, which takes pride in stocking some strange recordings. If you're looking for a CD filled with the sound of bats, or water dripping, or field recordings of an air conditioning duct, then Aquarius just might be the place to go.
Here's what Aquarius staff writes about a hot selling disc called "Hollerin'":
Truly amazing and strange collection recorded in Spivey's Corner, North Carolina in 1975 and 1976 during the annual "Hollerin'" contest. Developed out of a need for communication over long distances long before walkie talkies were invented, hollerers soon developed their own unique hollers for various emergency situations. This disk contains some of the most advanced developments in Hollerin' and as such has some of the most amazing sounds you'll ever hear coming out of a human throat at high volumes.
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