Sounds of Space

Just thought it'd be nice to share a couple links I've been abusing as of late, since we're still waiting on Calvin and Francisco to actually do anything around here...

I've been loving this incredible set of recordings taken from the NASA Voyager Space Shuttle of the planets and rings of Saturn and Uranus. It was originally released sometime in the '90s as some sort of healing/meditation/new-age (yes, more!) music, but it's super abstract and full of really dense eruptions of drone. Each planet was supposed to correspond to your mood, sorta like astrology and horoscopes but with 'healing music'.

These sounds are recordings of the interaction of the Solar wind and the Ionosphere of each of the outer planets. The resonance of these ions is exactly within the range of human hearing (20-20,000 Hz) - called by NASA "Ion Acoustic Waves". This means that nothing had to be done artificially to the sounds to hear them – They were the REAL "Music of the Spheres". Although there is no air in space, there is vibration. Space does not have the medium of air to carry the vibration to your ear, but the vibration is present. With the specialized recording equipment aboard Voyager, it became possible to record these amazing sounds for the first time and then hear them here on Earth.

Imagine his amazement and that of all of us when we heard these NASA Space Sound recordings that sounded like dolphins, whales, ocean, crickets, choirs, Tibetan bowls and monks chanting! Something in the core of the subconscious awakens and pays close attention to and in the presence of these sounds. These are some of the most powerful tools for healing, inner awakening and self change that Dr. Thompson has researched and produced. His Primordial Sounds™ are found on his Audio Programs, giving even more power to his musical sounds and other techniques used.

http://www.neuroacoustic.com/nasa.html#NASA_more-info

NASA - VOYAGER RECORDINGS: SYMPHONIES OF THE PLANETS PART ONE

NASA - VOYAGER RECORDINGS: SYMPHONIES OF THE PLANETS PART TWO

NASA - VOYAGER RECORDINGS: SYMPHONIES OF THE PLANETS PART THREE

NASA - VOYAGER RECORDINGS: SYMPHONIES OF THE PLANETS PART FOUR

NASA - VOYAGER RECORDINGS: SYMPHONIES OF THE PLANETS PART FIVE

I think I showed Calvin this, but if the rest of you don't know yet, you can download all but a couple of Alan Licht's top 30 Minimalist albums here. And a bunch of sweet jazz albums and other great stuff, too.

This last link is to one of my favorite mixes I've discovered via the world-wide interweb, by Chris G. of Soft Rocks. The mix is cosmic as hell, and I really don't recognize any of the tracks but I love the overall spaced-out, druggy motorik groove that runs throughout.

Soft Rocks - From Our Space to Yours