First light
Jun 05, 2023, 08:08 AM
"In this track we hear the wonderful variety of Earth’s natural radio emissions captured by the Halley VLF receiver on the day of the first sunrise after the long austral winter. We hear the crackles and pops of spherics, the descending tones of lightning generated whistlers and the rising and falling tones of whistler mode chorus. We have worked with the 'sounds' of Halley before but here we focus on emissions recorded on the day of the Sun's first appearance after the long Antarctic ‘night’, adding a poignancy to the sound of the chorus emissions whose source is ultimately the Sun.
The music is written for virtual choir and felt piano in an expansive scale known as the Lydian mode. This mode is like a major scale with an additional sharpened note, and augmented 4th, which allows a feeling of expansion in the intervals of the music. All of us know the sensation of seeing first light, and we can imagine together how incredible this would be after the long ‘night’ of the Antarctic Winter."
Sounds of space from Halley VI research station reimagined by Sounds of Space Project.
The music is written for virtual choir and felt piano in an expansive scale known as the Lydian mode. This mode is like a major scale with an additional sharpened note, and augmented 4th, which allows a feeling of expansion in the intervals of the music. All of us know the sensation of seeing first light, and we can imagine together how incredible this would be after the long ‘night’ of the Antarctic Winter."
Sounds of space from Halley VI research station reimagined by Sounds of Space Project.