This is the Studio Recording of Asimov's Aviary by The Chief's Own United States Air Force Band (2013).

In 1974, Isaac Asimov [creator of the three laws of robotics and father of modern technology based science fiction] predicted in his short story, "That thou art mindful of them," that before humanoid androids would be accepted into mainstream society, robotic birds and insects would be created to desensitize the population.

While writing this piece, I frequently imagined Asimov dreaming of an aviary far in the future where robotic insects and birds were given life and flew around in constant electronic swarms.

Amazingly, this work has begun. At the Air Force Research Lab at Wright Patterson's "Micro-Aviary," these robotic insects and birds—or micro-drones, as the press has dubbed them—are being developed and put into the field as part of a whole host of projects including weather management and environmental monitoring.

However, as anyone who has read "I, Robot" or "The Naked Sun" will know, where there is potential for light in technological innovation, there is also the potential for darkness.

The piece features tightly woven canonic lines that form a furious web [swarm?] of contrapuntal activity over very slow moving [inevitable?] metallic drones.

Asimov's Aviary was commissioned by The United States Air Force Band "The Chief's Own" and is dedicated to the men and women at the Air Force Research Lab at Wright-Patterson and premiered at the 2012 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic.

For more information, please go to www.joelpuckett.com/asimov

Asimov's Aviary [USAF Official Recording]

A well-known polska after the swedish poet Israel Holmström (1661-1708) called 'Klippingshandskar jag Er lovar'. The variations was composed by the organist Fredrik Selling from Svärdsjö, Dalecarlia.

Polonese med variationer

Bleeding Fingers Competition: I used all of the stems (either literally or recomposed/adapted) as well as the general build up and the basic instrumentation of the original. Yet I tried to change the atmosphere completely.

Dark Destiny's Door - Bleeding Fingers Contest

For the Hans Zimmer / Bleeding Fingers Composition Contest.

Uses the solo trumpet stem.

Random fuga

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