Lately I’ve been fascinated with the talent of humans to
find music in the universe around them.
It started early in 2014 where I stumbled upon the song Years by
Bartholomaus Traubeck; a media artist who used a high speed camera, math and a
special turntable to turn tree rings into music. Each ring, discoloration and
knot becomes its own tone on the piano creating haunting, beautiful melodies. What an amazing and original concept~!
Of course, there's also the famous piece circulating around the internet by Jarbas Agnelli called Birds on the Wires. Jarbas used a simple photo of birds aligning themselves naturally along telephone wires to create this beautiful melody that he set on piano.
Taking a step further into the sphere of science, we heard the sound of the comet 67P/C-G in November of 2014 from the European Space Agency (ESA). Based on oscillations in the magnetic field of the comet, the ESA has increased the data of the oscillations in millihertz by about 10,000 to make it audible to the human ear. Listening to this 'tune', I can hear a beat reminiscent of Flight of the Bumblebee (by Vol du Bourdon) and the next big electronica hit.
Taking one more step deep into the sphere of science we hear from Robert Connolly, a scientist who has his own "Plant Band". Firstly, Robert grew the plants in his band using water magnetized by Tesla coils. He then converted a commercially available polygraph machine to convert the tiny electrical impulses of the leaves and stems of his plants into musical notes (using MIDI technology). Each plant represents a musical instrument, and voilà a band is born... um, grown. Conducting them using a crystal bowl and his own bio-electric field, the plants "create" this lovely piece of music.
With this amazing world of ours, what original music will nature inspire next?
Of course, there's also the famous piece circulating around the internet by Jarbas Agnelli called Birds on the Wires. Jarbas used a simple photo of birds aligning themselves naturally along telephone wires to create this beautiful melody that he set on piano.
Taking a step further into the sphere of science, we heard the sound of the comet 67P/C-G in November of 2014 from the European Space Agency (ESA). Based on oscillations in the magnetic field of the comet, the ESA has increased the data of the oscillations in millihertz by about 10,000 to make it audible to the human ear. Listening to this 'tune', I can hear a beat reminiscent of Flight of the Bumblebee (by Vol du Bourdon) and the next big electronica hit.
Taking one more step deep into the sphere of science we hear from Robert Connolly, a scientist who has his own "Plant Band". Firstly, Robert grew the plants in his band using water magnetized by Tesla coils. He then converted a commercially available polygraph machine to convert the tiny electrical impulses of the leaves and stems of his plants into musical notes (using MIDI technology). Each plant represents a musical instrument, and voilà a band is born... um, grown. Conducting them using a crystal bowl and his own bio-electric field, the plants "create" this lovely piece of music.
With this amazing world of ours, what original music will nature inspire next?
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