AKASHA PROJECT - H2 - The Quantum Music of Hydrogen - ( Klangwirkstoff Records | 2010 )
If we
examine the spectral lines of the hydrogen, we see a number of
narrowband spectral peaks (maxima), whose appearance can be described in
simple mathematical series. These series are named after their
discoverers (Lyman, Balmer, Paschen, Brackett, Pfund).
They represent the electron transitions within the atom and are in a
sense its 'fingerprint'. Transposed to approximately 40 octaves down,
these spectral peaks are perceived by our ears as sounds. In 1999 the
Swiss mathematician and musicologist Hans Cousto
calculated the complete series of octave-analogue tones of the hydrogen
atoms using the formula for transposing octaves. With this work Cousto provided an important indication that even at the quantum level of atoms, the harmonic laws retain their validity.
Quantum music is a self-composing music, since the electron transitions of the atom determine which sound can be heard and when. In addition, octave-analogue frequencies are also used to modulate the sound parameters so that the sounds themselves are 'hydrogen modulated'. In performance, the proportions of the different spectral ranges and their limits, the depths of tonal modulations as well as their transpositions are controlled live for frequency and rhythm. This creates an acoustic journey through the atomic reality, which seems familiar and strange at once. Hydrogen is the atomic 'stem cell' of our universe. All matter and thus the world in which we live, and ultimately we ourselves, were created from hydrogen. Meditations with the sounds of hydrogen can give an impression about what holds the world in its core together.
Quantum music is a self-composing music, since the electron transitions of the atom determine which sound can be heard and when. In addition, octave-analogue frequencies are also used to modulate the sound parameters so that the sounds themselves are 'hydrogen modulated'. In performance, the proportions of the different spectral ranges and their limits, the depths of tonal modulations as well as their transpositions are controlled live for frequency and rhythm. This creates an acoustic journey through the atomic reality, which seems familiar and strange at once. Hydrogen is the atomic 'stem cell' of our universe. All matter and thus the world in which we live, and ultimately we ourselves, were created from hydrogen. Meditations with the sounds of hydrogen can give an impression about what holds the world in its core together.
