The line-up for the industrial, EBM and synthpop festival E-tropolis in Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Ruhr, on March 28 is complete.<\/p>\n
For the most part, though, people just happening to pass by the two-block campus during Public Practice sessions are at the best advantage to enjoy the notes in the air, mixing with the environment. \u201cWe organize it so that several musicians are playing concurrently, in different areas of the campus,\u201d explains Ming Ng, director of Active Arts. \u201cSo, there is a \u2018soundscape\u2019 that is created as you walk from one musician to another.\u201d<\/p>\n
Like exhibits in a museum, the participating musicians are set up with signs next to them, explaining who they are and what they are doing. Once in a while, people will stop to listen or to ask the musicians a quick question, but some don\u2019t quite know what to make of the situation. \u201cOne man tried to drop a dollar into my saxophone case,\u201d Oto recalls with a laugh.<\/p>\n