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Most audio tours can put you to sleep on your feet with their bored-sounding narrators and long lists of dry facts. By contrast, Soundwalk CDs-a hip series of audio walking tours-are like movies you can stroll through. The Soundwalk brand features cinematic sound effects, cool music and colorful insights from neighborhood locals. Since 2002, Soundwalk has produced nine 50-min. audio-tour CDs, including ones for the St. Germain des Prés district in Paris and discs that explore areas in New York City, including Chinatown and the meat-packing district. Says Stephan Crasneanscki, Soundwalk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking a Head Trip | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...Later this year, the company plans to issue CDs for San Francisco, London and Benares, India. "We focus on the stories behind the walls," says Michel Sitruk, head of business development for Soundwalk. "We want to give a sense of the pulse of a neighborhood." Besides selling its CDs through book retailers, the company has made a deal with download site Audible.com, the spoken-word audio-content provider for iTunes. Now you can immerse yourself in the sounds of Chinatown without leaving Kansas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking a Head Trip | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

Most audio tours can put you to sleep on your feet with their bored-sounding narrators and long lists of dry facts. By contrast, Soundwalk CDs--a hip series of audio walking tours--are like movies you can stroll through. The Soundwalk brand features cinematic sound effects, cool music and colorful insights from neighborhood locals. Since 2002, Soundwalk has produced nine 50-min. audio tour CDs, including ones for the St. Germain des Pres district in Paris and discs that explore areas in New York City, including Chinatown and the meat-packing district. Says Stephan Crasneanscki, Soundwalk's founder: "Rather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking A Head Trip | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

Later this year, the company plans to issue CDs for San Francisco, London and Benares, India. "We focus on the stories behind the walls," says Michel Sitruk, head of business development for Soundwalk. "We want to give a sense of the pulse of a neighborhood." Besides selling its CDs through book retailers, the company has made a deal with download site Audible.com the spoken-word audio content provider for iTunes. Now you can immerse yourself in the sounds of Chinatown without leaving Kansas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking A Head Trip | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

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