June 26, 2005
'silent disco'
Not related to ringtones, just music. An interesting option to keep parties going on into the night and getting around noise curfews.
At Britain's famed Glastonbury music festival this weekend, festivalgoers can take part in a "silent disco", reports Associated Press.
"The music, instead of being pumped out through stacks of speakers, will be streamed to the audience through personal sets of wireless headphones, and it'll look like the dancers are jumping around to a nonexistent beat.
The wireless headphones work by having partygoers tune into a restricted radio frequency through which the music of the disc jockey or band is broadcast.
To make things more bewildering for onlookers, those participating in the Glastonbury silent disco will have a choice of tuning their headphones to two different frequencies and picking a performer of their choice.
It could make for a scenario where some in the festival's dance area are listening to one kind of music and others to something entirely different".
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