This piece is the song of pulsars in the 47 Tucanae globular cluster as we hear them on earth. 

The 47 Tucanae globular cluster
situated in the region of the Tucana constellation approximately 15,000 light years from earth.
A pulsar is a spinning neutron star emitting a beam of radio waves. these spinning stars behave like
lighthouses, constantly blinking their radio signals into the cosmos. Pulsars in 47 Tucanae spin at speeds up to
hundreds of times per second and these radio signals can be rendered directly as an audible tone.
Cosmic scintillation refers to the interference these pulsar signals are subjected to as they travel through
space debris such as gas, cosmic rays, dust and atoms. We humans detect individual pulsar signals arriving on earth at different times and for different durations, which are set at random by their journey
through the interstellar medium. The musical analogue of this results in a constantly sounding and ever changing chord.

The piece will last for up to billions of years, and over periods of millions of years the chord will gradually change as the pulsar's rotation rates slow down. This three hour version of the piece is not even a mere blink in the eye of this seemingly vast cosmic scale within which we live.

This version of 'a tintinnabulation of cosmic scintillation' was created for Shrinking Space's 'Creatures of the Night', an evening exploring the science of night through art as part of the British Science Festival in Swansea 2016. The piece was installed and played throughout the whole of Plantasia in Swansea with the pulsars playing the part of the 'creature's' of the night. I am deeply thankful to:

Graham Elliot
Alan Barr
Rebecca Cooke
Anna Creber
Amber Creber
Jess Butcher
Sophie Bosley, 
who provided the tones collected and used to make this soundscape.

And lastly but by no means leastly to Kirstie Howell who worked with me to create to sound design for the Plantasia show and was brilliant throughout the whole process.

3 hr a tintinnabulation of cosmic scintillation

I don't know if this is allowed by the copyright overlords
I'm just vibing, not trying to steal anything ok? Be cool about this

00:00 - Daniel Pemberton - Into the Spider-Verse
00:57 - Daniel Pemberton - Only One Spider-Man
01:34 - Duckwrth & Shaboozey - Start a Riot
03:09 - Daniel Pemberton - Only One Spider-Man (different section)
04:19 - Post Malone & Swar Lee - Sunflower
05:49 - Nicki Minaj & Anuel AA - Familia
07:13 - The Notorious B.I.G - Hypnotize
08:51 - Kool Kojak - Graffiti Bomb Megamix
    which I believe includes...
    Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours
    Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
    RUN DMC - Mary Mary
    Jungle Brothers - Because I Got It Like That
09:33 - Blackalicious - Chemical Calisthenics
10:22 - Daniel Pemberton - Comic Book
10:54 - Vince Staples - Home
12:17 - Beau Young Prince - Let Go
13:31 - Lil Wayne & Ty Dolla $ign feat. XXXTENTACION - Scared of the Dark
15:25 Juice WRLD feat. Seezyn - Hide
16:46 - Aminé - Invincible
18:22 - Thutmose - Memories
20:04 - Daniel Pemberton - For the Love of MJ
20:34 - Daniel Pemberton - Catch the S Train
21:20 - Daniel Pemberton - Alchemax Infiltration Plan
21:32 - John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire
21:50 - Daniel Pemberton - Are You Ready to Swing?
23:04 - Elliphant - To the End
24:11 - Daniel Pemberton - The Prowler
25:16 - Daniel Pemberton - Miles Morales Returns
26:02 - Ski Mask the Slump God & Jacquees feat. Coi Leray & LouGotCash - Save the Day
26:59 - Jaden Smith - Way Up
28:27 - DJ Khalil - Elevate
30:16 - Daniel Pemberton - Spider-Man Loves You
31:17 - Daniel Pemberton - Shoulder Touch
32:34 - Blackway & Caviar - What's Up Danger

Miles Morales Megamix

I Want Your Soul

Armand Van Helden - I Want Your Soul (AVH Rework)

Take U

Go and follow my personal account - CamGreen

Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Original Mix)

Deadmau5 - Jaded (Original Mix

Life After Death

Hypnotize (2014 Remaster)

Straight Outta Compton

Fuck Tha Police

The original version, released on XL Recordings in 1992.

Sweet Harmony

testpilot & deadmau5 - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix 2019-03-23

Saturn/Coasted

deadmau5 - Coasted

Ripped the VODs from the stream and stitched the audio together for your listening pleasure.

EDIT: As of 11/24/2020 i_o has sadly passed away. Rest in peace.

i_o - Quarantine 444 Twitch Live Stream

2022 Guest Composer at Fermilab
https://www.causeweb.org/voices/2021/program/music-of-atoms

3 hr a tintinnabulation of cosmic scintillation

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