GRAHAM COXON - ROCKERS FLOCK TO TEAM UP WITH TATE

ROCKERS FLOCK TO TEAM UP WITH TATE

British rockers including GRAHAM COXON and THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS are teaming up with the Tate Modern in London to write tracks inspired by their favourite works of art in the gallery. The initiative, titled Tate Tracks, kicks off tomorrow (01SEP06) with the DJ duo, who created a song sparked by JACOB EPSTEIN's sculpture Torso In Metal From The Rock Drill. They say, "We chose to write music for The Rock Drill as it seemed so dynamic, powerful and modern. We could imagine music as soon as we saw it." Former BLUR guitarist and art student Coxon chose a 1960s painting by FRANS KLINE to inspire his piece, which will be unveiled in November (06). UK Hip-hop star ESTELLE picked pictorial project Common Sense by MARTIN PARR to create a song of the same name. WILLIAM GOMPERTZ of the Tate says, "To hear a track in context to the work of art that inspired it is fantastically illuminating. "You can see both the profound impact that the work had on the musicians and the correlation that exists between music and art. It is just one of those ideas that is of the moment."