We begin by visiting neutron star B2303+46, which rotates once every 0.937 seconds (0.937 Hz). Next, we can hear pulses from J1141−6545, with its rotational frequency of 2.539 Hz. Then, J1755−2550 comes into view, with a frequency of 3.173 Hz.
Soon, we happen upon an imaginary binary system, where J1930−1852 and J1759+5036 revolve around each other. They each have similar rotational frequencies - 5.39 Hz and 5.681 Hz.
Three neutron stars come together next: J1906+0746, J1750−37A, and J1811−1736. We imagine them here as a trinary system. Their frequencies are 6.941 Hz, 8.961 Hz, and 9.599 Hz.
Finally at about 4'30" comes J1811−1736, which rotates 9.599 times every second. From here on, we wander around listening to all these celestial bodies.
Data source:
https://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/NS_masses.html?fbclid=IwAR2lrl6FrLRRQMMvnyI4pCSKtiKJPwNMqcs18re-GUjQ6HBGKfKmJ3XvQgE
@wylddandelyon Feb 2022
This made me think of going to a planetarium, which I haven't done in far too long. And then my mind started adding things, first a barely-heard almost-drone, a male voice, the planetarium guide talking about the stars in question, their names and sizes and locations, and maybe a bit of human history, who discovered them and suchlike, and then, louder, a female voice soaring, perhaps an alien travelogue, or maybe more than one voice, singing whatever the stars might want to say to each other out in that vast emptiness.
@mosley Feb 2022
Right on, that is definitely a sonic journey! I really dig how you built this piece, it totally feels like space travel. I also like how it’s a bit sparse and minimalist, it let my imagination fill the space and I always dig that in an arrangement
@notenkraker Feb 2022
That's quite a start to an avant garde concept album. Cool mathematical stuff!