Name: A Storm Is Coming by null:fx
Duration: 1 min 28 s
Description: Yo if I could get Nas to spit on this my life would be complete

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as i get closer and closer to being able to announce the film score i'm doing this year, i thought it might be nice to finally throw out this little piece.  its what i put together for the blade runner 2 trailer when they called on me.  i was honored to even be thought of. almost every sound apart from percussion was created on the same type of synth vangelis used for the original blade runner score.  its unmixed as i only had about 2 days to whip it together and send over.  enjoy.

love, el

EL-P'S REJECTED B RUNNER TRAILER DEMO UNMIXED

Yo if I could get Nas to spit on this my life would be complete

A Storm Is Coming

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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

Viral counterpoint of the coronavirus spike protein (2019-nCoV)

Viral Counterpoint of the Coronavirus Spike Protein (2019-nCoV)

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PABLO

synthesizer by archival image (https://soyuz2.bandcamp.com/)
all other sounds synthesized through a recording of nojoqui falls

False Joining

if you share this i'll fucking kill you lmaaaoooo

IA Cover Teaser

this was a track that was made around the time i was putting together the weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3 (golddust records). the file got corrupted and i couldnt mix it, so i left it off.  i recently saved the file and mixed it myself. enjoy.

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Pu$h Thru Pt.2

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A Storm Is Coming

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