Music for Airplanes (Ambient for the New Year 2006)

Music for Airplanes - Download MP3 44 MB - is an ambient piece that I originally composed for the wedding of two friends this year. The original piece was composed for two iPod shuffles and two pairs of muji speakers. Two different sets of short composed sections were loaded onto the iPod shuffles and the players were put in shuffle mode. The resulting generative piece is unique and lasts until the players need to be recharged. To me this is a simple exciting new way to make light-weight sound installations.

The attached file is a half-hour stereo remix of Music for Airplanes and is here offered to you the readers of this blog as an Ambient for the New Year 2006. The mix takes alot of liberties repeating and cutting sections. I've found that it makes for good music to think and write in.

I hope you enjoy Music for Airplanes and wish you a great New Year 2006.

Music for Airplanes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

Comments

[charlie]

cool!

[Antoin O Lachtnain]

hey there, thanks, sounds good!

best,

a.

[rns]

Somehow this reminds me of my childhood. I cannot tell why but I got a weird feeling of flying back in time!

[pekka mannila]

Hyvä Marko Ahtisaari,

Kommenttini ei koske viimeisintä musiikkiasi vaan aiempaa tuotantoasi. Tarina kysymykseni takana on seuraava:
Siskoni Liisa Mannila oli NEW YORKissa vuonna 1987. Kadulla joku kuvasi videokameralla. Tämä kuva materiaali päätyi aiemman yhtyeesi musiikkivideolle, joka esitettiin Suomen televisiossa joskus 90-luvun loppupuolella. Siskoni oli sattumalta avannut juuri television, kun se muusiikkivideo esittettiin. Hän ei ollut uskoa silmiään. Kukaan muu suvustamme tai ystävistämme ei nähnyt ko. lähetystä ja haluaisin kovasti saada tuon musiikkivideon käsiini. Siskoni täyttää tänä vuonna maaliskuussa 40-vuotta ja ajattelin, että tämä olisi hänelle erittäin yllätyksellinen ja mieluinen lahja. Jos sinulla on mahdollisuutta auttaa minun samaan jotenkin tämä video, arvostaisin sitä suuresti.

Ystävällisin terveisin,

Pekka Mannila

[jero]

It's a very beautiful track.

I used for a video for some friends who are selling their lodge in the Amazon jungle

http://www.youtube.com/celodge

rather strange place for it to end up, no?

thanks!

J

[Juha]

Terve Marko,semmosta kyselisin,että mikähän mahtaa olla se bändi,missä soitit joskus taannoin,taisi olla joku zkizim?Kyseisen levyn omistin ja nyt se on vuosion saatossa kadonnut.Onko ko.levyn biisejä tai levyä mahdollista saada jostain?
btw.good stuff!

[Audrey Morse]

Which airport can I hear this in? Certainly not Heathrow these days. Where have you been and what have you been up to, Marko? Would love to catch up and maybe play the Bach Double again.
-Audrey
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[synthhead]

Thanks for sharing this, Marko, it's a lovely piece of music, and your approach to creating it is interesting, too.

I put a mention about it up at Synthtopia.

[Jan-Erik]

Sorry, but the link seems to be broken, unfortunately. Would have enjoyed listening to it, I'm sure

[oscar gonzalez]

hello marko, music for airplanes is incredible, is beautiful and strange too. Can it be downloaded? please...it would be wonderfull...if you have time check myspace, i´m a composer too...thanks marko...

[Steven Gorgos]

Hi Marko,

Thanks for a great piece! I used it in an underwater video of some snapping turtles I came across while hiking. Here is a link if you want to check it out: http://vimeo.com/12899676

[Jani Puuronen]

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[Peter Skillman]

Reminds me of Eno's Ambient Plateaux of the Mirror without in any way being derivative. Lovely Marko.

Skillman

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