First, there was movement: metros, buses, trams and RERs transporting millions of passengers daily across the Ile-de-France region. From this intense activity emerged a complex sound universe comprised of mechanical noises, voices, signals… Keep your ears open and listen to this audio score written daily by the rhythms of the city on our SoundCloud account.
The warning announcement "Attention à la marche en descendant du train" (Watch your step as you get off the train) is surely the alexandrine Parisian’s know best. It can now be heard online on an audio loop that is sure to please fans of the poetry of everyday life and moments of grace.
We have posted the soundtracks online of all of these little messages, music, gimmicks, jingles and other sounds heard daily on our networks… as well as poetry and the works of our Metro musicians.