{"id":5322,"date":"2013-11-16T22:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T22:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5322"},"modified":"2013-11-16T22:00:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T22:00:05","slug":"andrew-williams-project-brings-space-into-his-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5322","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Williams project brings space into his music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Williams<\/a>, artist in residence at the University of Leicester\u00a0Space Research Centre<\/a>, has composed a new work that includes sounds from space. For an installation at a recent exhibition,<\/p>\n

Andrew Williams gathered sounds and data from space\u2014including recordings made by satellites and long-wave radios.<\/p>\n

The sound for the installation comes from two main sources:<\/p>\n

* Electrons hitting the Earth\u2019s upper atmosphere – recorded using Long Wave Radio by Cluster II satellite on the 9th of July 2001. The recording is entitled\u00a0Chorus<\/i>. The title comes from the brief, rising-frequency tones caused by the impacts of electrons, which sound like a chorus of birds singing.<\/p>\n

* A deep pulsing sound emanating from the Sun, recorded by the European Space Agency Soho spacecraft and caused by bubbles emanating from deep within the star.<\/p>\n

The unique project involves projecting the sounds through multiple speakers and also features projections of still images and videos on multiple screens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is a sampling of the work:<\/p>\n

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More about the project:<\/p>\n