What does a multiverse sound like? Ask DJ Spooky and The Elegant Universe physicist Brian Greene.
The two brainiacs will be exploring the musical possibilities of high-end quantum theory Saturday with philosopher Nick Bostrom and cosmologists Alan Guth and Andrei Linde at the World Science Festival in New York.
“Think of every sound as a universe in its own right,” Spooky, otherwise known as Paul Miller, told Wired.com in an e-mail interview. “Vibrations, waveforms — they are all patterns. The collaboration with Brian is a kind of macro-scale look at the universe through sound.”
While Spooky and crew’s sonic exploration is sold out, the multitalented DJ theorist has provided Wired.com with a sneak listen below. His team-up with Greene (pictured above), who co-founded the World Science Festival with his Emmy-winning spouse Tracy Day in 2008, is a musical taste of things to come.
“This is a sneak peak of the collaboration,” Spooky said. “We’re presenting a larger-scale version later. I wrote the composition, and I’m having the International Contemporary Ensemble play it. DJ Composer, y’all!”
The science fest promises to melt your mind in more ways than one. It’s got a killer slate of brain candy, from interviews with Nobel laureates and considerations of climate crisis, neuroscience and evolutionary behaviorism to the star power of Harrison Ford, Yo-Yo Ma and Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica‘s pop-eyed Colonel Tigh to you noobs).
STREAM: “Music of Many Universes” (.mp3) by DJ Spooky
The World Science Festival runs June 10 to 14 in New York City.
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