Sounds of Saturn
Author: doktorbrown
Moogs in outer space! Well, almost. NASA recently published several audio recordings collected during the Cassini-Huygens space probe's exploration of the Saturnian system, and it couldn’t sound more like a theremin-laden soundtrack to a 2001: A Space Odyssey sequel.
Very nice.... have you ever heard of Dr. Fiorella Terenzi? TIME magazine called her a "cross between Madonna and Carl Sagan," and she was the first person to ever hold dual memberships in the American Astronomical Society and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Science (the folks who give out the Grammys). Fiorella collaborated with talents as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Massive Attack, Thomas Dolby & Dr. Timothy Leary. But perhaps most remarkably...
Fiorella put out a pretty amazing record called Music from the Galaxies which manipulates samples from radio telescopes into musical compositions -- you're literally listening to the Music of the Spheres --the ancient philosophers concept that the harmonious motion of the heavenly bodies could be perceived as music.
This stuff sounds very Atari 8- bit.
Makes me wonder if there was a Antic Processor on that space probe.
Remember a publication called Mondo 2000 ?
There was a nice article about Dr. Terenzi back in the mid-nineties. As I recall, she's one of those hot - brainy ladies. I'm have to look, but I still have the issue, which I'm sure is out of print.
Ahh, I almost name-checked MONDO 2000.... because that's where I first ran across Dr. T. According to her site, the article was entitled "Let's Get Astrophysical," because, unless pictures lie, she was, indeed, a hottie.