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Greg Fox(Trying to avoid) Saturn Distraction (August 5, 2006)

The C-side to "Carmen of the Spheres" - a 29-minute aural planetary model based on the sound of Saturn's moons orbiting, from the perspective of 'someone' on Saturn.

Interestingly, of the nine largest moons selected for this piece, Phoebe orbits *backwards*. To implement this, I've reversed the order of the durations whilst preserving the ascending octave succession (for more about the method, see "Carmen of the Spheres"). This gives the C-side a fairly unique flavour, but it's still very apt for mindfulness meditation.

The C-side "(Trying to avoid) Saturn Distraction" is dedicated to Susan Blackmore, whose ideas about the self-fallacy are increasingly relevant to what "I'm" trying to achieve.

Part of the charm of following the moment to this piece is the closeness of Mimas and Tethys, Enceladus and Dione, which leads to a subtle sense of "slowing down" between the resultant 'repeating' beeps!

As with the other aural planetary models, the sudden unison chords are felt very emotionally.


This audio is part of the collection: Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Greg Fox
Date: 2006-08-05
Keywords: Greg Fox; Consilience; Memetics; Music of the Spheres; Sine Waves; Phase Minimalism

Creative Commons license: Attribution

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This is the C-side of "Carmen of the Spheres". For more information on the compositional approach, please see the main item.

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