maaaan!! I was really hoping for a much bigger build up here! 

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” ― Carl Sagan

Going up? 

The inspiration to do this mix got pretty much initiated when I was thinking about the progress over the technological revolution what humanity has witnessed over the last few millenias. The outstanding effort to evolve as species through knowledge is what gives a promising framework of potentiality for mankind's future. 

But not without setbacks and heavy burdens when it comes to these dramatic changes in the climate that we've boosted and set in motion, and thus becoming the biggest challenge we must overcome. It's a long, bumpy road, We must take to succeed!

This mix was also very much build and motivated with the visionary images from the futuristic skyscraper city landscapes and then continued even further to the space exploration and thus the overall idea of humanity's potential trough science and technology as - a new hope to thrive!

Starting from a bit melancholic atmosphere in a rainy midnight neon city lights and building it to a new dawn filled with uplifting excitement and emerging new hope with awareness that not even the sky's the limit for human race(s). 

https://rumble.com/v3pvda7-epicuros-metropolis-2.1-the-thrive-chillout-psychill-synth.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

Tracklist
01. Field Rotation - Regenzeit 2 [Denovali Records]
02. Marco Torrance - Uberhuman Floating [06:45] [Cardamar Music]
03. Carbon Based Lifeforms - MOS 6581 [10:35] [Ultimae Recods]
04. Cj Rcm - Surrealism [17:03] [Easy Summer Limited]
05. Cj Rcm - Soul Files [22:15] [Easy Summer Limited]
06. Electric Universe - Journey Into Outer Space [26:35] [Dacru Records]
07. Hablift - Enigmatic (Phase one) [29:57] [Embarcadero Records]
08. AmBeam - Abstraction 2010 [33:06] [Mistique Emotion]
09. Scann-Tec - Amy Returns [38:51] [Celestial Dragon Records]
10. Electric Universe - Heart On The Line [45:00] [Spirit Zone Recordings]
11. Mungusid - Escape [52:45] [MIDIJUM Records]
12. Lab's Cloud - In A Digital World [57:40] [Altar Records]
13. Aes Dana - Digitalys [01:01:45] [Suntrip Records]
14. Cabeiri - Voices [01:06:17] [Altar Records]
15. Aes Dana - Opalin [01:10:18] [Ultimae Recods]
16. Alwoods - Psychedelic Dream [01:12:15] [Altar Records]
17. Suduaya - Unity [01:20:23] [Altar Records]
18. Bryan El - Supernova [01:24:30] [AMAdea Records]
19. Connect.Ohm - Fossil [1:28:00] [Ultimae Recods]

Epicuros - Metropolis 2.1  (The Thrive)

Wrote this one over the weekend. Digging the space in this one as it gives me more room for vocals down the track. The inspiration for this comes from the arrival of my newborn son. I tried to channel the foreign and terrifying nature of having such a fragile life in my hands and what a heavy responsibility it is. While also focusing on the amazing thrills of fatherhood and the excitement of things to come; That the ups and downs are and will always be beautiful. Haven't tested this mix on anything other than some logitech speakers so I hope it translates well. :D

Blink And You'll Miss The Universe

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losing the night

mark bentley - vocals/guitar/keys
jane cameron - vocals/ukulele
kathryn mckee - cello

music & lyrics by thewhiskeyarchive
arrangement by thewhiskeyarchive
cello arrangement by kathryn mckee
recorded and mixed by matt taylor recording 
mastered by turtlerock mastering

03 losing the night

While we cannot see small nanoscopic objects like proteins or other molecules that make up virtually all living matter including our cells, tissues, as well as pathogens such as viruses, our computational algorithm allows us to make its material manifestation audible.  This piece is a musical representation of the amino acid sequence and structure of the spike protein of the pathogen of COVID-19, 2019-nCoV (protein data bank identifier 6VSB [1]). 

MUSICAL DECEIT

A virus’ genome hijacks the host cell’s protein manufacturing machinery, and forces it to replicate the viral genome and produce viral proteins to make new viruses from it.  This musical art teaches us something about the fine line between beauty of life and death as an opposite pole.  As you listen to the protein you will find that the intricate design results in incredibly interesting and actually pleasing, relaxing sounds. This doesn’t really convey the deadly impacts this particularly protein is having on the world. This aspect of the music shows the deceiving nature of the virus, how it hijacks our body to replicate, and hurt us along the way. So, the music is a metaphor for this nature of the virus to deceive the host and exploit it for its own multiplication. 

HOW IT IS DONE: 

What you hear is a multi-layered algorithmic composition featuring both the vibrational spectrum of the entire protein (expressed in sound and rhythmic elements), the sequence and folding of amino acids that compose the virus spike structure, as well as interwoven melodies - forming counterpoint music - reflecting the complex hierarchical intersecting geometry of the protein [2].

Scientific references:

[1] Wrapp et al., "Cryo-EM structure of the 2019-nCoV spike in the prefusion conformation," Science, 2020, DOI: 10.1126/science.abb2507

[2] Buehler et al., "A Self-Consistent Sonification Method to Translate Amino Acid Sequences into Musical Compositions and Application in Protein Design Using Artificial Intelligence," ACS Nano, 2019, DOI: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b02180

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