Poem Electronique

Here's an interesting "2001-esque" interpretation of "Poem Electronique." I had never heard of it before, so here's a chance for you to hear this "famous" work that has been frequently mentioned. It's kinda creepy.

I think this could be a basis of a unit plan or teaching artist work. Create your own "poem electronique." It seems very sound based, so could be a good intro into students learning instruments. Showing them that, well, just about anything can be interpreted as music. It would be cool to even bring in some sort of electronic devices, have them record or whatnot. It can also be paired with a study about Brussels or World's Faires...

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poème_électronique), 425 different speakers were used for the first "sounding." That is one of the most intriguing aspects about music, live performance. A song, a sound is never, ever the same twice. And in the case of the Grateful Dead, every recording of the same song is different. (<3).