Guy Birkin: SARS-CoV-2_LR757995_2b
“Data sonification of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) genome sequence (Hunter & Wei, 2020)…The genome data was converted to MIDI files using a program written in Mathematica. The MIDI files were split into separate tracks for each of the 4 amino acid bases (adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine). These were edited in Reaper and played with Razor synth. Effects include SoftTube Saturation Knob, TDR VOS SlickEQ and Valhalla Super Massive.”
Seriously, this is maybe the single most nerdy album description I’ve ever read.
Definitely the only album I’ve ever seen which uses citations in the album description.
It’s not horrible to listen to, but it is a tad repetitious. I guess, what you would expect from reading out a gene sequence. And whether or not you enjoy Birkin’s chosen voicings for the “amino acid bases” is going to depend on your tolerance for fast “bleep bloops”.
I feel it is more of an interesting idea, than an interesting album.
An album that was more of an interesting project for Birkin to design and execute than for the audience to listen to.
“released September 4, 2020”
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