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Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 9:04 am
by retrofuturist

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 2:40 pm
by daverupa
I just finished reading Anathem, by Neal Stephenson. It is speculative science fiction, mostly depicting individuals who live in monasteries for scientific & philosophical research who end up responding to a world crisis, written in first-person perspective.

In the book, sometimes scientific proofs and philosophical points are put to music, something akin to a splice of Gregorian and Buddhist chanting. The link below was created with this in mind, and forms something of a supplement to the book. While it isn't great music on the face of things, I appreciate supportive world-building such as this - at ~930 pages, it was a thoroughly thought-provoking read; the plot was sketched out by the author when he wrote an article which briefly covered the history of metaphysics.

So, here you go: music from a book.

http://www.nealstephenson.com/anathem/music.htm

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Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 11:48 am
by Crazy cloud


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Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 1:21 pm
by plwk

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 2:07 pm
by plwk

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 2:30 pm
by Crazy cloud

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 8:58 am
by Crazy cloud

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 10:21 am
by plwk

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 10:49 am
by Kim OHara
daverupa wrote:In the book, sometimes scientific proofs and philosophical points are put to music, something akin to a splice of Gregorian and Buddhist chanting
That reminds me of something I read many years ago ... possibly Hermann Hesse's Glass Bead Game? Anyone else got any ideas?

Your linked music is sort of sub-Philip Glass ... try Kundun for the real thing:


:namaste:
Kim

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 2:00 am
by santa100

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 2:13 am
by plwk

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 4:07 am
by Mojo

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 4:09 am
by Mojo

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 4:45 am
by plwk

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 5:02 am
by BlackBird