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Another extract from the music environment created for the screening room of Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Hotel, Paris. Image from Royal Monceau.
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Extract from the music environment created for the screening room of Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Hotel, Paris. Collage from Royal Monceau.
Soundwalk is proud to announce its collaboration with Parisian Hotel Le Royal Monceau – Raffles on the hotel’s new sound environment. One of Paris’ most iconic and historic hotels, Le Royal Monceau had been closed since June 2008 and has undergone significant refurbishment under a creative team that includes Philippe Starck.
“The hotel which features an art library, recording facilities for musicians and visual artists, a state-of-the art screening room, a personal art concierge and design art make it the first hotel in a new generation of Parisian palaces. Le Royal Monceau is envisioned as a dream come true, the realisation of somewhere different amid the familiar beauty of Paris; a place where new energy awakens history; where art lives among hospitality”.
Soundwalk has been commissioned to conceive and produce an innovative sound environment for the entire hotel, offering various atmospheres tailored to each area, from the hall and elevator to the guest-rooms, restaurant and bar.
Le Royal Monceau reopens its doors after extensive renovations on Monday, October 18.
Le Royal Monceau – Raffles
More information about the project on soundwalk.com
This autumn, the 37th Edition of Paris’ highly renowned Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain known as la FIAC will be the occasion for label Dalbin to launch Collectorserie, a visual art digital edition featuring Soundwalk and Rostarr’s movie “Kill The Ego“, directed by Jim Helton and Ron Patane. The FIAC is one of Paris’ most important contemporary art event of the year, gathering art galleries, collectors, curators, museum directors, journalists and contemporary art lovers coming from more than 66 countries.
Collectorserie will be presented at the Grand Palais, from the 21st to the 24th of October 2010.
More about Kill the Ego on Soundwalk’s website
More info about Collectorserie
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Following up on Soundwalk’s live tour, Hadley Hudson covered the collective’s Ulysses’ Syndrome performance for la Nuit Blanche in les Jardins du Trocadéro, Paris, last week-end. Here’s a selection of photos of this epic night !
Hadley Hudson’s website
Thanks to Blast magazine and Guillaume Fedou for featuring Soundwalk‘s Ulysses’ Syndrome performance at Nuit Blanche, this Saturday, October 2nd!
Read the full article here
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PRACTICAL INFO
October 2nd, 7PM – 7AM Soundwalk | Les Jardins du Trocadéro
M 6 · 9 / Bus 22 · 30 · 32 · 63 : Trocadéro
Click here to find the venue.
Admission is free !
This thursday, Camille Kiejman, editor of Le Nouvel Observateur‘s fashion and lifestyle blog “En mode Libre” talks about one of her “coup de coeur” of the year, namely the soundwalks. After a quick description of the origins and concept of Soundwalk, she reviews the different tours that are available in Paris : Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Le Marais, Le Palais Royal, Belleville, Pigalle. Having tried out all the Parisian Soundwalks herself, she offers an authentic overview of her impressions and gives out her own recommandations about the tours.
“Soundwalk is a really unique experience, a way of looking at the city and travelling in just one hour, but also a way to learn things and get away from everything. My advice : do it together with someone else, it gives the impression to be plugged into a secret frequency and to escape from the nervous spin of the everyday city life.”
Read Camille Kiejman’s article on Le Nouvel Observateur’s blog (in French)
More info about the tours on Soundwalk’s website
Have a look at Soundwalk’s tours catalogue in the Soundwalk iPhone App
Pour fêter l’arrivée des beaux jours, Soundwalk vous offre un parcours gratuit à choisir directement dans sa nouvelle application iPhone le lundi 14 Juin 2010.
L’application Soundwalk donne accès à un catalogue d’audio guides d’un genre nouveau.
Visitez le quartier de votre choix à Paris ou New York au son de la voix d’une personnalité qui vous fera découvrir sa ville de façon inédite.
Lieux secrets, adresses incontournables, bons plans… Pendant une heure, marchez dans les pas d’un guide pas comme les autres.
St Germain des Prés avec l’actrice Virginie Ledoyen, Ground Zero à New York avec l’écrivain Paul Auster, la naissance du Hip-Hop dans le Bronx avec les rappeurs Jazzy Jay et Afrika Bambaataa…
L’application Soundwalk est gratuite. Vous pouvez télécharger les parcours en version démo (les 2 premières étapes vous sont offertes) ou complète (4,99€).
Ce lundi, Soundwalk vous offre un parcours au choix dans son application (au lieu de 4,99€) !
> Installer l’application Soundwalk sur l’AppStore d’Apple
> Regarder la vidéo démo de l’application sur Youtube
> Télécharger des photos de l’application
> Soundwalk sur Vimeo : regarder les trailers des parcours audio Soundwalk
Promotion disponible également sur www.appgratuites.com
To celebrate the beginning of summer, Soundwalk offers you one free tour to choose from the Soundwalk iPhone App catalogue.
In Paris or New York, visit the neighbourhood of your choice, to the sound of the voice of a celebrity with whom you will discover the city in a whole new way. Secret spots, places you can’t miss, insider’s tips… For one hour, walk in the footsteps of a guide unlike any other.
Saint Germain des Prés with French actress Virginie Ledoyen, New York’s Ground Zero with author Paul Auster, the birth of Hip-Hop in the Bronx with rappers Jazzy Jay and Afrika Bambaataa.
The Soundwalk iPhone App is free. In the app, each tour can be downloaded in both demo (which gives you access to the first two chapters) and full versions (4,99€ / $5.99).
On Monday June, 14th, Soundwalk offers you one audio tour in full version for free (instead of 4.99€/5.99$) !
> Install the Soundwalk application on Apple’s AppStore
> Watch the application demo video on Youtube
> Watch the trailers of Soundwalk’s audio-tours on Vimeo
Promotion also available on www.appgratuites.com
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As one of the most famous places in Paris, the area of Saint Germain des Prés has progressively become a symbol of the city itself in the eyes of many. As a true Parisian, born and raised in the city, I certainly did not expect to discover anything new about the classic Saint Germain des Prés quartier when I started to stroll around the area of Café de Flore. It did not take long for me to realise that I was going onboard something special. As I wandered around the neighbourhood, I was accompanied by the sensual and elegant voice of French actress Virgine Ledoyen. While I walked, she offered me the chance to seize the beauty and the mystery that inhabits Saint Germain des Prés, and to capture its extraordinary intellectual heritage, which has come to represent the very essence of France’s cultural exception. Far from all the clichés that usually surround this part of Paris, this warm afternoon of June will remain in my memory as the day when I finally discovered the intriguing and passionate essence of Parisian history and lifestyle: the myth that is Saint Germain des Prés.
More info about Saint Germain des Prés Soundwalk
Get it as MP3 or iPhone app