elio and the choir

the teenage engineering choir: official choral ensemble for disney pixars 'elio'. when disney and pixar set out to create 'elio', a movie about a young boy making contact with distant alien life, they asked a fundamental question: what does space sound like? composer rob simonsen found the answer in our teenage engineering choir dolls.

we were looking for an otherworldly sound—something that sounded relatable, that echoed vocalizations, communication that humans could understand, but felt like it was from another world. i came across these choir dolls and heard their sound. it was beautiful—electronic, but human. each body is handcrafted. they have a robotic but organic sound at the same time. it felt like a perfect answer to what we were looking for.

rob simonsen

teenage engineering choir
$249
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