100 Cate Franele Suna Dawes Gris Dawes WELCOME TO ELECTRONIC SOUND Welcome tothe 10othssue of Electronic Sound. To start with, hro'saconfossion rom your humble editors. When we launched ES in 2013, ve were slightly concerned thore woul ba ‘enough decent electron muse for usta write about Wasthere realy the quality and depth ‘thera sustain a regular magazine? Wel, nerewe are with 10years and 10ssues onthe clock, andthe wealth of amazing inusc that keeps coming our ay never als to dlghtus, We've seen arias onerge out of where and go on fing international audiences, We'vehad established names delivering ‘rest work ih s much innovation and ugoncy 2s they've always ad. And despite the ‘challenges his troubled decade has thrown atu, i's clear ta the underground pulses 2s ‘reo as over. I's been a pleasure and an honour to chart such creative sonic turbulence, ‘Sohow to mark ES100? 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Is your support end loyalty that has brought us to this poi, We wil be backto our usual eltoral contentnext month, bttechnology willbe resolutely marching onin the meantime, seemingly without needing us much anymora, Duty now forthe utret Elactronicaly yours, Push and Mark han Cae tape dato, Bob Fico, on barn Gites, Ca Gn Robert ar Jo tos Marin Jaes Jo ands oy ine, ses Fy an, Bs Marty. Next Saan Oana ‘nt arte idle Cea Fat flan, WalSlnen Je Svs, Dre Space, Wi Sng, propor teareetesineeh erence tare Pam eee ee cee eeBRIAN ENO Green Events & Innovations Conference, Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. “Lahvays think thet wht people expuct when tcomesto climate ehange i some kindof propagands Unfortunatly, mst art that tis tobe socially angagodisvory rudely propagandist. What eal changes yourmindieot usualy that's having fealngs suddenly nding youaro excited, thiled or moved by something” Bran Enowes in fing form during his keynote conversation hited" Music As & Socal Synehroniser with Grammy Award winning popraze prodigy Jacob Colir atthe Green Events {Innovations Conference in London evenly, The geterng, hosted ty A Growner Future, soaks to improve collective action within the usc industryn ightng the "imate catastrophe”. The promise ot no's spoach thet muse is sceal functions, ni how itarises fom consmuntes, societies ane “living ecosystems" represents the best way of uniting poopie because fits eliance an human feelings and instincts Both men cite haw a sense a synchrony can rapidly rise whan people converge around shred emotion, Cole's cancers frequently involve whoe-sudience impromptu choirs, ‘and Eno as el singing group ais stutio very Tuasday forover20 years. Inconversstion, Enos avuncuar, poles direct and honest we aan thathe farts ot, ilriously~and he arwoys Sense ofinspiring optimism. Ine measured, non controntational way.he suggests thor are lots of postive developmentsin climate change which argly go unreported Both he and Colier are supporters ofEarthPercent, the charity founéed by Eno that encourages those working inthe ric industryto donates smal percontage oftheir revenve ‘The organisation acon lunches th Earth As Your Co Wirterintitv, hare Planet Earthis given a writing erecit on sang, rough which emate causes can receive ongoing oyaty payments. They'e also trying ta encourage amor streaming Platformtojoin—wtichis grea, given the much-publiciseé disp betwoen what artist make fram musi, compared ith the platforms traughwhich hei song are dstibuted ‘Climate change is graat vole bacause we've all boginers” reflect Eno, drawing a paral with thefirsttine singers who jin is eho. "Whan people are workingin ou, we think were combining lots and lato! people ‘tions. nfact,what we're ding -andthisisthe reason things can happen very quickly Is molpying those ations. ‘When they're puttogether, thay actualy flowishin ways thatwe didnt expect. And hiss my hope for how we condos! with climate change through music and the arts, because ‘were ding something that's more synergistic than addtiva™ Typical insight radte and compelling. Now that’s A leveling-up we can defintely get onboard withREADER OFFER Exclusive reader-only limited editions HOW DO I GET THE ELECTRONIC SOUND READER OFFER? ‘A. Buy the latest issue and the Reader Offer directly from electronicsound.co.uk/shop ‘as a Magazine & Music Bundle for £13.99 B, Take out our Bundle Subscription to get the magazine and the Reader Offer every month for just £12.99, See electronicsound.co.ukisubscribe for details C. Visit electronicsound.co.uk/futurism to buy this release on its own for £8.99, but be quick because stocks are strictly limited Eset Moh.) ELECTRONIC SOUND I A. FuTurisw,VARIOUS ARTISTS ‘FUTURISM’ DOUBLE CD This month's Reader Offer is a fabulous collection of tracks by some of our favourite artists. Inspired by visions of “the future”, from life on other planets and cyber worlds to surrealist B-movies and Al excursions — among other things - it really is quite a trip. Turn the page for the full tracklist... | ae ge Ad2cot 01. MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO. “LIFEFORMS’ Soarchng for ite forms on out Earth oot Planets is an inhrenty human trait” says Meat Boat Manfesto's Jack angors. “One cay itil bacome blatantly obvious that wo are not alone inthe universe. The equipment used onthis recording consists ofa Moog molar Systom SSrunning the main saquance and syne clock, ‘whichis controling various components onthe [ARP 2500 and EMU madlarsythessers. Thi produces the ehythm elements along with an Elektron Machinedrum and Analog Four, The bass isa Moog Taurus, andthe vocal was performed by Mophono [OJ Centipede, ten processed through ‘an MS Vocoder 2000 and dubbed taste!” 02. WRANGLER “MACHINES DESIGNED (TO EAT YOU UP)’ “The album," Situation wasiyrialyallabout ‘urrelatonstp with technology ané how we ‘ight teri, fetishse it tip over andl ith it” says Stephen Malinder. “But has sited thingsinto a stranger, supe-real playgroune. ‘Machines Designed waa lookatthat dance batweon tho shiny, benign bones and ereopy, darker exploitation. Tho swallowing up ofthe human, pe and eereechas, a sometimes slick but unconteliabie and brckon system. The viéeo by Akiko Haruna and Jed Winterburn nails the Whole simulated werd the trckimagines- cows inVbeadses. Naed I ay more?” 03. MISS GRIT “FOLLOW THE CYBORG" Miss Grit’ debut alum, Follow The Cybor, pictures Korean-American poducar Margaret ‘Sohn wit thick cables protruding from their ‘mouth a the stare lenky int themida distance, The image speaks volumes, Their album explores tha ite and futuristic aesthetle af “non-human machine”, exemplifies bythe robot tas and pulsing syaths othe tte cut, “Lwanted to place mybady inthe cyber wor, allowing the dforont variation of my ghostto move about freely" oxplains Sohn “Iwanted tolockunrecognisabe and abit ireakishto cll toavold my instinctive titration" 04. JOHN FOXX “SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES’ “This was a demo fora project with Pau Daley Inaideftthe direction, sowe put itaside, but [thinkin stil ns les. This one was kicked ot ty seeing a 19608 B-movie, ‘Robot Monster’ by maverick filmmaker Phil Tucker, when twas seven years old I's often voted he worstmove at al Tine, bul winki's a sureaist msterpiace 2 Callage of stock ootage scraps nd borrowed Hollywood props. No plot. The Monstarisan ape suitwith a dvershelmat and stuck-on antenna, yo, Sone ater fragman of Iwate ith the son... an ex-iend who hated se-f and sted menotto bring hack any more old movies Fe discoveed, And there's the mage trom Ray Bradbury story, The Hustrate Man, which I isresé as Thaluminat Man’ ~mistakos ean bousotul The song also rforences that strange ing you got aftr an al-ightorin some dark cub. Youwanderoutinto daylight and normality looks ke another very strange world” 0s. TRANSHUMAN ART CRITICS “UPDATE THE FUTURE Painter, post and staunch futurist Ei Schult probably best-known for designing artwork snd ring res for Kraftwerk dining lau. As one-third of ranshuman Art rites, ne explores utopian quis ofthe future” striving fora bolance between nature, science andthe art Wa are moving on tn line botween the past andthe uur,” he says. “With every new thought, hmology and humanistic stepwe progress into future eld, So every ation isa future action and every now manent is atthe same tine a view Into the future. We can already redefine tomorrow today and optimise through our inowledge ana reagon, Future nat abstract, itis happening now. The roason frou perception of tie is so thatnot veryhing happens atonce. makes ussee, learn and unerstend how all things in ite develop" 06. STONE GIANTS ‘METROPOLE’ “One ofthe more charming things about machines has, upto now, been thee tinted range to express moto,” says Brazilian producer and J Amon Tobin, aka Stone Gans. “Is why, forme, music ‘made electronical expresses such yearning, Ike lstening oa soul ying tofind its anguage ough escilations and nose Looking aheae to rnoural networks that can reason and take stops towards selt-waceness, | wonderif our values willbe shared with thisinelignce.. ou place inte future rather hinges on his. "Matropeleis ‘ute an ld-ashioned vision of his future tat considers both possiblities ané outcomes: 07. MARIA UZOR ‘PEOPLE, REALISE IT” Formerly one half of Norwich duo Sik a Teeth, Maria Uroris now 2 slo ais roote in elactro, ‘vant pop techno and dub. Of'People Realise 1 she says: "I wanted toexplre the interaction between human beings and artical intligence, sing A sa collaborator but also exploring how toretaina human element. The beats and melosy ore cratod using machine leaning, andthe Iyres were al-gonerated around thamas of satfimprovent nd tie evel, which then chopped and itched. fove to see a future with ‘more togetherness and community, bt 've ‘onvisaged a continuation of whers we are now, to8 conclusionwhere the focus becomes even more about creating the perect, superhuman sll to prsenton social mada” 08. GLOK “SOMASIDE" “Tha itl of SomaSide" imagines suicide vi Some, tho hapy pls used to Koop the popula inline in Aldous Huxley's dystopian 1932 nov New Word” says Andy Bel. "Written smast 9 cantury ago, it now feels more and more ike the nea future, witits warnings ofthe dangers of twchnology mass media and passivity. May sy, it’ pleasure tobe a partof tis CD. Congrtsta th wondortu Electronic Sound on coaching 10 issues. Iie to thankyou for your support ant \wishyou athe bestfr te next 100, ané beyond” 09, SCANNER “ROAD GANGS OF HIS DIRT” “inseems almost inevitable that so much more of ‘ur tuto al be automated, ely inthe mast sundane of situations,” muses Ratn Rimbaud. “at resont, w've adapted ta bat ansiarig ou technical questions on wobsites and to robot ‘hopping dalivaries, but whore dousthat eave rusie composition? With his, usd sftaroto ‘genaratethe harmonies end ehythms, Natural, made decisions, buthe source ofthe material ‘was automatic, eight down tothe softwar picking random radi stations te sample. Even ‘the iiclous tila was automatically generated Unfortunatly Ist has to write these words” 10. HANNAH PEEL “GOODBYE EARTH" ‘The inalieack on Hannah Poe's 2020 album, ‘Mary Casio: Journey To Caslopels isa seven movement odyssey for analogue sys and 28 Flececoliery bras band, “Ihadhisname, Mary Casio, for aong tine,” explains Pea. And his idea of rany space lady who would play onher Cesiokoyboard, Than found outthere isa star constellation called Cassiopoia. I becama clear Mary as gong an sour nt space, but \whethor she goes into space ornotisup tothe lstener When you take your mind eway rom ite and youlstonto musi, you goto different pace. ‘That's somthing rosy specalto be treasured” 11. SPACE AFRIKA “WITH YOUR TOUCH’ ‘Wherever you choose to cipin, Space Atia's ‘exquisitely melancholic sound plete takes you two anater dinansion. Taken trom the Manch ‘6's 2021 album ‘Wanest Labour’ all‘anbient unrest” and “cosmic cowntempo" its hazy, introspective dit taps into 2 future hat looked ko twas evaporating befor thelr vor eos, “with Your Tout isa short but strangely sensual intriae~47 seconds of allenveloping escapist bls. tte Being cut adit in some fa. galaxy.coz 01. BLANCMANGE ‘SOcIAL SECRETARY (DEMOy’ "The vrsas describe tional and nonfctional covonts atthe art collage lttonded,” says Nel Arthur. “Inluing avery tel and significant ‘musi evonthoalinoé by Th Only Ones, whore ‘mot my longterm partner. True Blancmange, ‘Mocut onthe seca secrtaty, responsible for puting this and may other sigs on atthe college. As was developing the song, mypartner happened to ask, Why des everyone wear fingoressglavesin dystopian ns” thought, “Tat ofthe chorus, to Looking back wonder. he song set in a paral universe offuture pasts?” 02. NIK COLK VoID “BIG BREATHER’ “Thiswas a game-changer nthe tuo, feels ‘methosical in creation butloase atthe same time. enayts playfulness andhowtragilit canfeol with groove onthe verge at eolpse ‘The escalating moments that cu off without warning ean be quite exciting, especialy when 'm pectorming this ive Although his ethe ‘inpest rack onmy alum is my personal favourite and inteosueed diferent waysot ‘thinking for ure ideas.” 03. PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING “DER RHYTHMUS DER MASCHINEN’ Taken om PSB's 2021 long-payer ‘Bright Magic’ “Der yas Der Maschinen’ The Rhytim (The Machines isheavilyintuenced by “Metzopos Fiz Lang's 1827 expressionist c- fim. “As avision ofa mechanised souless, ‘machina-deiven flue, Metropolis fai path formuch of whats to come n science fetion and boyo,” says J Wilgoose Esq “Thstrac, bic estures samples of 1828 erin street aise calle trom Walter Ruttnann's"Woehenenda (-Weeken’) and has 2 quast appearance frm Blxa Bargold loss diet vision ofthe future and morea glimpse of how poope pictured most 10 years age” 04. 1AN BODDY “TONE 7" “Asal paying aletoric composition ona Serge modular system with swovoees playing in Messzen' Mode 2 scale, One ofthe big «questions floating about tthe moment is what ‘the consequences of Al willbe onthe creative ‘rocess Thispiece poses similar conundrum, albeittrom a diteentangl. The patch erated for"Tone is essentaly the composition set ‘nest ges going hore sno urther input equi rom ma, til continue to pay fr as Jong as you want, formless butnever repeating ‘tsi oxactly. The moduarsthe algorithm.” 05. MOOR MOTHER “WE GOT THE JAZZ" “Froejazzlooks atime snot ines” says American poet and musician Camao yews, ‘ka Moor Mothor.“Itsays, im gong torosch Into the unknown and pl something ou. To tion technology. Youcent justroy onthe things that wo see... ouhave totune into what we fa. Is about easing that there's so much history tght under our feet I's alsorealising we didnt starinthis orld rom 20 The path hat we are on has already been sot wer just continuing the Journey. Thatealioves alata pressure, to not sec itasthisindvidual journey, this wiring through space. We are rooted and connected 06. GAZELLE TWIN “METRO” Metro istakn rom the ve projact and album, Xingdom Come” explains lzabeth Bernhol “Itwasinspeed by JG Ballard’ vision of future north-west London wherathe domesticated ride clases become oralsed by a persistently transaetional way of, controled by the carefully crafted architecture of consumerism. He wrote the navelin 2006, his ast work, and 0 many aepects ofithave already come to pass” 07. D-voxx “TELESCREENS’ “Initly considered wn axing and ejoyable George Orwel's dystopian novel, "1988 was frequanty taughtin schools ta cuvate a sense of progressive selt-satistaction in post-war Western semocraces” says You's Nino Aurlechia, “However, almost four dacaces late, our world resembles Orwel's Big Brother society Puble ‘scours is mudled by doublethink, and hat was ancetrue no longer holds Telescraens alludes tohow this undertyng tars applicable to our current word. Th danse tapestry of bats telecoms samples and pulsating bass symbolises ‘he human spirits fight aginst opprassicn, while the vie rominds us of our eruel reality.” 08. FUTURE CONDITIONAL “MUSIC 4 EVER-a" (On thir alum Teotacr, Future Conditional eonur the soundrackto a fatire eb, in which humans are barred and androids dance around tha clack in petpetuty. "We've endeavoured to pursue thet anceptonthisnew track, "Music4EveR-, but go.ne stp further by pacing humans with synitetc voces, om text-1:spuech software, says Glen Jonson, “There's debate raging right now about chatbts replacing humans inwork ‘conventionally tasked tthe, butina context ke music, Al canbe a complementary colsbort ‘Tha Eve-tis aKorean anroi, thas an atest tongue and can bette with eps, bu no elim is made ofitbeing able towalk- or dance" 09. BENGE “FLAT PACK JET PACK’ The future wo wore promised wasa bse can emenbor growing up watching every ‘Sing seinco fiction TV saris and movie, hoping ane day to ba iving in my porspextower block, my fing carhovering outa. Nothing accurately predicted our current word, wich side from the numerous flateereen that dominate ou ves, looks slmostthe same asit id 50 years ago. Those exotic near-future ‘only exist now as distant memories as pure fights of fney over «brightly coloured but any cityscape. And thisis the fight path wanted to you on with his track using ournon-eistont, Mat packet packs.” 10. LUKE SANGER “LIVING ALGORITHMS" “This trackis based ona future where ving things and algorithms have become one andthe same. I's@hybris envionment rprasente by minimal threads of sound both acoustic and ‘letoni, to roprasent he natural versus the syntatic—weaving together to become whole 11. POLYPORES ‘NON- PHYSICAL LIGHT BEINGS’ “eam aerass the phrase non-physical ght being in a bok las reading,” says Stephen Buckle. “And that gotme thinking sbout the ies of something existing oriving ina way whichis incomprehensible to humans. wanted create apiece of music that ike these theoroical beings, was beautiulin some sense, butalso Jacking familar structure or yt. Iwas perfornad ive on my modular using Jroo Loo, "Make Noise Morphagene and Mimeophon to bl uplayars af feet oops, with sounds fromthe DPO and QPAS synth modules” 12. PATTEN “FLY” Made entirely rom text-e-sudaAl-generated sound sources, Pstton Damien Roach dserbes his Mirage FM’ album as “trippy avi through contemporary music, raielgimpseintothe roar futuro and beyond” Me's not wrong its hat remembare, spectral farms veer gradually through ragmentedhi hop, musique concréte, ambient, azz and techno hues, adaree with requisite warpandcractle. "Iwas planing on ‘making an album, but this naw o- Al tool ats you reste asi from ext ceseriptions,” he says "Experimenting with ita bit, realised you coult tse the materia as an inne sample source for making new musi, sotha’s what i ‘Miage FM is based onthe hours and hours of recordings mado trm this intense bast, Then twas about aforansicetting process, cutting and splicing these weir par-lien, part-amiar sounds into holographic songs.”THE FRONT Welcome Opening Shot Reader Offer Kiffie Enigmas ALBERT. 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Applications ae nw being accepted through to ‘Septomber-hudacak NIP IT IN THE BUD ‘Synth uses “biodata” to make music Piantwave sate davice hat converts changes inthe lctial conductivity of plants int MIDI data, eectively allowing plants to sing. Swedish polymath Love Hulten recentiy tookthis one step further, hooking yp some ecto probes, and Sending the signals tea eaupl of synths—a Korg NTS-1 anda Hologram Microcosm granular atfets pedal. The result? This stunning machine called Desert Songs, which hums and beeps le nabody's business, oveatencom ‘Sweeping through the forgotten corridors of sound, Scott Blixen sets his sights on R D Burman Cvertive decades, Indian fm composer Rahul Dev Burman revealed ai for outrageous sonic sorcery. Atthe height of his powers, he was ganerously spicing bis musi with synhesisers ang etherwordy eect in coloration ith he country's foremost electronic pioneers. Inthe ery 1970s, Burman began challenging Ind's synth guru Kesi Los {e-cnjure up sounds tha only existedinhshosd In order to realise one song, ‘untoffouroscilators was commissioned that bears a striking resemblance tothe equipment used by Silver Apples, Charani Singh whose 1982 bum 'Synthasiing ~Ten Ragas To Disco Best Is now regarded asa procursorto eid house forts use of morphing 303 basslines syncad ta an 84 drum machine ~expanced Burman’ palette with ‘he Clavie, the Fats Transicord and range of Roland ger. ‘Burman’stheme "The Burning Train’ ram 198, i bath bananas and brant While reveating an obvious debt o John Barry, itunexpectely veers ofint passages of sequenced electronics and voeoded veal. On paper it should’t work, butin Burman'shands, these slaments are sod inte a mind mating ole. The soundtrack a Shaan lo frm 1960, jena lest ame inspiring Init lectronis teleport avast orchestra eae into another dimension, yaar Kam Waao'is arguably Burma's respons ol Fool Love’ with legendary Singer Asha Bhosle plying Donna Summer to his Moroder. 1901's disco-favoured odyssey" Zameane Ko Dikhans Hal hasa potent psychedslicundatow and may represent Surman'sreak-s-tronis apex. ‘The opening track employs every weapon ins arsenal as drum machines verge with ables an the orchestra battles ih arpeggiated synths tearing ‘through hemi As the wloctoni instruments that peppered Burman’ work evolve, India’s gargantuan fim orchestras were rendered cksoet, which was & profound wragedy shisjuxteposition of syrupy swoot stings and foal synths created subline tension, stoning thas louns tos rom tele clnomatic comets no impediment toexperiencingthelreathess wander. 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The symtesso, ay PM, consists of ari ot hug analogue oeilatos, tho unmistakably smth Sound athe Pittsburgh Filter, and tha warnth of our Dynamics Contra, asl as onboard analogue ely. thas athe Imakinge of reiabe andieh-sounding synth that help ‘round you eurent setup, notto mention ater ice external design tha’sinkoeping withthe US dveloper'smarkely mare Calourtu new sesthetc. The Tiga wlfuther expand your ‘soni potenti with an ntiguing new VCA teehnoagy that adds Aimensian to your sound, byway ofthe previeusly mentioned Dynamics Controle. See what the ass about or £71, plusburghmedularcom SILENT NIGHT Earphones made for more than just music JBL have carved outa niche inthe market wth her ule reliable Bluetooth speakers, and their new wireless Tour Pro ‘earphones a further clout to their name, Using four noise “sensing mis, you can ine-tune your input depending on whet you listenin oor wera you ar, wih highly eapable Smart Amblant mode which allows you to oop abreastot a ‘xtamal noise without losing the peace and quiet. And thanks to ‘the snazry touchscreen case you cancontrolthem without ever looking at yourphone.neligent buts fr only £250. ukjbLeam Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Dorothy Moskowitz vs impossie to convey the seismic impact The United States OF America’s, first and ony alum had on my 1f-year-od bein in 1968, nly able to forthe requisite 80 ortho, ts single" The Gardon Of Earthy Delights became theirs aver bought \Whils Josoph Byrds witaring oslstorsignitdits hora hothouse charge, singer Oorathy Moskowitz unleashed her spne-feetng mio ‘magisterial Grace Sick sencualty and iey Nico eal, describing a nightmare erdenovorgrowing with mutant death thet haunted a gl’seyesas window Inte herhalucinogen-scorced soul The site's ‘Love Song For The Dead Che’ caught Dorehy softy caressing ‘Byrd's pognant tributa tothe fallen Catan ebelicon aver eeamy prot-synth clouds andeecre vin, Soonthe album compounded alitelang obsession ‘hat placed The United States Of Amarics next to The Velvet Underground as lowe US sonic imovators, As the binding sound ofthis landnarkin electronically hac-wied avant rock, it was assumed Dorothy would enjoy solo success when the band ‘issoived ators rolease, Instead, attr vleng ‘Sesame Strea' cartoons, and singing with “Country Jos” McDonald anda jaz vocal st, she spent 30 years weting musi far and teaching chen and seamed vanish uni 2021s novella soundtrack, "The Secret Life Of Love Songs with Tim Lucas, Then last month, enawned US imprint Tompkins Square released the spolindng ‘Unde An Eness Sky, which marifested wien veteran Italian svantgarde composer Francesca Paolo Paladino invited Daraty, now 9, torancrprotiyries by writer Luea Chin Ferrari over his musi Tangy revelingin har ypieal experimental approach, that unmistakable ‘oie spark familar tnglas ast seythes though the 24-minute eack’s omplxtaning drone, harmonium tones inially conjuring ‘Dasertsher’ Nico before Dorothy embraces tha ewitling valine, woodwind an virtual textures wth extraordinarily evocative results. The spel continues though lite-electng reveries such ae"Cit The Root, "My Doomsday Serena ‘and’ Unknown To Ourselves, adding on lavours and ghostly twinkle tthe suggestive tapastris, wth ‘My Last Year beautifully esting “Something's Coming’ rom WestSide Story 0,35 year since Dorothy Moskowitz stole my heart, tnd myselt ‘swooning again tothatunearily oie yng again over mesmerising musical backdrops ‘An aking of lactone visionaries, Nina and Lae giving her late creative partner Andrew Weather our awn 60tn bthday gon 1 May Inthe undorhe-ragar tradition closest his hear: a intimate fre event celebrating his Beloved Moine Dubh label at disused Dorset church ‘And thats nota,Music for Stowaways The first reissue of seminal carly 1980's electronic recordings from the British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.), aka HEAVEN 17 / ex-THE HUMAN LEAGUE's Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, with Adi Newton (CLOCK DVA / THE FUTURE), and John Wilson (HEAVEN 17), originally a cassette-only release (1981). CD | LP | Ltd LP Colour. Out Now. WWW.COLDSPRING.CO.UKRAISE THE BAR Hosted by Georgia Tech in Atlanta, the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition ~ referred to by The Guardian as “The Pulitzer of the new instrument world” ~is a truly unique event that gathers together the most forward. thinking musical inventors from around the globe. We caught up with some of this year’s finalists, whittled down from hundreds of submissions, to learn about their madcap designs, And, trust us, they really are mad as hatters, WORDS: ISAAK LEWIS-SMITH@ABACUSYNTH @GRILLOPHONE © THE @ kancHay_ 5 EUS JaRZoMBEK STEFAN CHER TERPSICHORA YUPANA/; 2 sa veneDueLe PRESSURE- PATRICIA CADAVID H 5 SENSITIVE couaa/arain : FenuredinleroiSoundast Insite bythenation of upcycing, | FLOORS Yenrthedocusjthisa pay and Sefntichors rilaphone uns RAN SANADZADEN & Combining ancestral technaois {ecessbeinstumonthattencies the hunblegriint a powerel SEBASTIAN COLLEN wath contanoray ctr, theusaraboutthefundanatals of instrament Rasenbinga yo, AUSTHALIA the Kanchaytapeaiatangble synthasis and imbe, hlping them to visualise the process of sound ‘manipulation via spinning and sing locks. Motivated by a desireto ‘ld an instrument that could easly beinteracted wit, Elias styshe row the on skh picked up at [NYU's Tisch Sool ofthe Arts create this inroably imaginative sound machie, Ellas’ advice to budding Instrument makers right sound obvious, ut start th the hing thats most ruil to Your intrmentInmy ase, new ‘nothing would work te spinning ction wasn't fun, sol started here tho strings and playable bars are strummed, struck and amplified akinto an olctrie guitar. tan Isobe played in any tuning system, thanks tits changeable {retboards, ands capable of hooking upto syaths and OAWS, ‘pening pits sonic potential ‘Stefan’s advice to budding Instrument makers “Be curios, experiment and dont be tad of fale It doesnt mater how erat the ides might sound — just go ori” fndspntne mesttine dvelping @) HUTA thatinoracton Also, sometinas thra’sno way to know the corect approach untl you justmake somathing that works than you can trate and tine itrom thee Oh, and aways use cardboard frst!” @ chaos neus uamice vnreoxineo ‘Maasuring awhopping wo square ‘meces, Chaos Belsismadoupot 20 pendulums, augmented byan embedded accelerometer wich generatesbell tones and drones. Indevelopmentfor over 18 moths, I's Lin Mie’ response tothe synth companies who aly produce small desktopinstrmons, and Itbrings areal theatricality to lectonic music: Liss adviee to budding instrument makers commend finding andjoning ‘community. This could be as partofamakerspace a group of fronds ora community organisation, Designing digital insteumons is 2 mutidsciptinary artform, requ ‘broad knowledge na wide range of areas, including sculpture, coding, woodwork, 30 modeling, metalwork, physics, acoustics. talistgoeson.tyoucanthnd a community toi, start your awn ANDREA MARTELLON, [ANDREW MCPHERSON ‘& MATHIEU BARTHET ‘The HITAR transforms the guitar into an augmented electronic instrument, which acts 12 specie gestures and is Translating movement into musi, this stunning instrument invites tsersto control sound by 2- sistebuting thir boy weight over s tangram of pressure-sensitve Panels. Inspted by Australian ancer Philippa Cullens orignal, set of pressure-senstive floors fromthe 1970s, tan Sanadzaceh’s Intl design was completa in 2015, and she has been improving itsince then alongside musician Sebastian Collen, 9's advies to budding Instrument makers “Evenifitdans’realy work very well keep plying it Slow down your expectations ofa esutand refine te instrumont. You ant planllth posible discoveries ‘ofthe new netrumant~ some of the bestthings will cone out from practice an being playtl Last, soquenceringpred bythe Andoan ‘Yopana an anciant counting system simartoan abacus, Users range soods on board oquipped with ight sensors The sensors dtectthe postion of the seeds and send real time motion data toa vets drum ‘machine, whichinturn generates patterns that anstorm ve ito iterentrhyins Patricia's advo to bi instrument makers “Practice and experimentation are essential odeveioping a project. People shoud lookbeyond the hegemonic examples and into their commuritivs for erestorswith other types of experience and eutural backgrounds. And never postpone ‘xperimanting-somatimes the ‘most wonderful experiences come ‘tom the impartectin of practice” youths eae @ sensor 32 OsPenpnesrAnereaMercloni @ AGTIVE 'sayshe took inspicatin from new “expressive keyboard controler, where prtcuae finger mations produce mutttimensional ‘variations of sounds Andres has been working onthe HITAR since 2019, but says tony made is est “bong” last September. Here'stoit having many more Andrea's advice to budding instrument makers “The best way begin designing Instumentsisto start trom the statis andthe practice that youwantto onatle then figure but the technology later. The purpose ot a musiclinstrument ietofinda place ina stuto, stage or bedroom, and so itneeds to find tswayintoa genre or 8 community. The, when many poople start experimenting with it the musieal evolutions slowly starthappening. ve aken hs daa party ram Ceig King, one of ‘the judges at Gthman, end tink It's ely soli advice SHOULDER RESTS (asRs) FOR VIOLIN ‘VIOUN ASR PROJECT ‘Tha Active Shoulder Rest, the brainchild of polymath Seth Thoen, isan augmented variation ofa popular vialin accessory. couples with the acoustic instrument snd actutesitthrough vibration, sso allowing a vont to trensform theirinetument into @ syntasisr Itean also be hooked ‘upuvith DAW oretfects pedals ot the musician's choosing Seth's advice to budding instrument makers ¢Simportantnottobe the only Judge of yourwork,buttotet others try. 1saton the ASR for ang tine | ant realty understand what ‘oul for vist unt got butthere, and hat change the way Iwasusing KARL GERBER veRuANr ‘Sensor 32's e multidimensional contactless instunent made up 032 proximity sensors allowing ‘to usertoatfect sound output by imply waving their hands tnd feet, Inbuedith an innate performative slment, Munich based Karl Gerber callie Iovative machine a moving ndscape”, and was mativeted ‘bywanting to halp audiences ‘make sone of electronic composition. For thi, hisfrst-ever Instrument, atl says he drow inspiration from the heroin, ‘ola the work of Minx Matthews ‘nd Christina Kubiech Kat's advice to budding Instrument makers "He mio makes what everyone ose makes gets what everyone ese gets. Bo orginal and authentic.” Competition winners, goto ‘guthman.gatech edu 19REGEN FOR HIRE Synclavier’s powerful revamped FM synthesiser tthe future of adie synthesis is laserthanwe think, the chances are ‘Synclavier Digital ha samething to dowithit. The Regenis a ial requency ‘modulation destop synth, featuring an enhanced Synclavior Digital Signal Pracassar nging allowing toa antral af28harmonics on topo wastonl subtractive synthesis aloritims for supr saws, PCN squarowaves and nase generation. And with over 0 tinbre presets across IOnaw commissioned ‘timbre bares, and more than 2,000in-buit amples royalty 108, we'll, ‘tha Rogen also allows layering of upto 12 partials wth any combination ot sound generators, llth diferent dynamic effects, Polyphonic aftetouch ‘and MIDI Plyphonis Expression ae bath supported by Regen as wall Althat fo £2,198 you say? Wortit. ayaloierco ee ae eee ea Ped Ce ee poe ene er ee Cre ee ea ena Seer enters eae ere eet ener nee st Ra aren Ce roe ae) ee eee ‘chunks that blossom into tantalising, hooky loops af sight HIVE MIND: ee er feet eee nt en] Antificial intelligence sound project released on vinyl Pee in en Percent nner a |in2021, Japanese sound designer Yur Suk joined forces with Margate’s Coie eta ‘Turner Contemporary gallery foran innovative sound project explaring Poe enero arti! inotignce an local nstory. As part of sculptural exibition eee eu ey called Tha Weleome Chorus: they solicited thousand of Iyis trom Kent, os residents, who elected onthe star oftheir county. These words were than processed by spacially rained Al sttware, and played through 12 Smet horns eech reprsemtng a datrietnKent creating ona cantinally een ree no eee ‘volving song trom this huge bank of words, as wall as adding the voices eee eee ot galery vistors who sanginto the hors. Produced and arranged by Serene enn Margate composer Hughie Gavin, the results arenow being pressed ving Sree eee nen ais fora special Record Store Oay release on 22 Apri tueteentompoary.org pe etre Seren ere een) iene eee eee eee sonieoly interesting the resulting works, the loping eee ee) eee ner renn is ee een Perec en OnCe a JOIN US FOR A UNIQUE CARNIVAL OF ita SCENCE AND COSMIC CULTURE... 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LA apd Brequl i Cle Piet rudy Hee ley Tey (cat ESE SUSU eet el Ly Brians ere Oe er Ce ecco) feeDARK ARTS jooking turntable2) aN ee eae Ee rrr ee Bulco, whe susie atthe Royal Conservatory af Ghant eee eens Peon ee en eee ene eee eee a ee eee meee) eee cee See eee ary eee ee eee tt eee erry ce eer eons Pe ete eeu ne ety Saucer ne Rn eon emer Se ey ee oe ee eet onn ree ee ee ee ne Cee ener Sree eee ee ot cnr nee een re Coot ener ren eee ned eee eee ee Pen een eee eer eee eee eee ae cee oe Cece Paneer tees PCr eee)IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE Astrophysicist and pop-science writer Andrew May is back with another stellar book, ‘The Science (Of Music’, and he reckons we need to think deeper about what Al might do for songwriting WORDS: WILLIAM STOKES “Writing this book wasn't idea ata, isistsAndraw May. lewasin fact Bran Clog’, editor fhe ‘ot Science’ series at Icon Books. After Mays wall ecsved The Science Of Sci-Fi Musi’, Clegg suggested he focus on anew ttle experng the fundamental relationship between science and musi, May confesses e's stil geting used 10 bing “the music" uy. Vm ascemistfrst, ith a scleist'iiatng desc to understand everyting na logical anéanaytcal way,” he explains. Which o cours, isthe bast way to approach music ata ‘May makes an important point, tat le many slants are music lovers, notmany musicians are sian overs, Evan Russin maesto Igor vinsky ane ramarkd,stertryingto read Lord Rayiegh’s "The Theory (f Soune" 1877, that he was farce o gue up because he was “unable to mathematical fellow ts simalest explanations Ifyou tnd yoursetsympathsing with gor, youl be pleased to hear there sn mh nthe way of textbook physics or complieated mathsin ‘The Selnce Of Music’ a must-read for anyane wanting to understand ‘he wort of music without getting bogged down nthe, sconce Ina conversational mannar, May ats trough the fundamentals ot ‘sound waves, the symbiotic olatonshipbetweon technology and music ‘and tha neurosciance behind why we “connset” with music. H alsa looks forwardtothe many opportunities where science might take the industry rex. Andthe excllont Chapter Four is one ofthe best whste-stop tours onthe history of electronic muse your ikely to read, covering pioneering invantorsite Hermann Von Hellz, Maurice Martenot ad Leen Therein, ‘and joining the dors with contemporary artis “Yvebeen big fan of Stockhausen since I mas a student,” says May. Not necessarily forthe way his musle sound, but forthe way he spoke and wrote about which ve always found very inspirational and thowght- provoking. Me was constantly exparimenting and pushing te boundaries of ustwatitls we mean by musi. “Iahink the historical hed, partcualy through the 1340s, S05 and 60s, iswhon wo see the mast importa interconnections between science and music. Thete was a eallystongteee-way interaction with lactronic and avantgarde composers picking up ideasrom scence and ‘maths, and scifi movies ané TV shows embodying thatkind a atte in their soundtracks, which made thelink probably as visible an expicitas ts everboen I's sil here today perhaps stronger than eve, but simply less noticeable” Inevitably our conversation arsves atthe lea artificial inaigance nmusi¢~ an anxety-nducing thought formany musicians. ot May onticates with the kind af urbane assurednass you erably associate wth hose of scientific persuasion “Iahink the increasing power of Al isthe main thing weave to look forward to-orworry about~ depending on your perspective. don't necessariy mean Al cresting its onn music rom scratch, buinereasinghy being used a time-saving aid by composers and songwriters inthe way they already omply other yp0s of tachnoigy today. used aoctively, ‘tmightlead to completely now musical styles and gonrs.” May makesthe equal interesting point that history shows how the ‘overshiltngtctene plats of cultural aczoptabity rein many ways ust as eruial as tha technological advancements in determining the future landscape of muse eure. “For ver 200 years, there's been astendy broadaning-ou ofthe very guage of musi, interms ofthe permissible ways that hythns, melodies and harmonies cn be pu together. This expansion af musicallanguage was driven primary byte desire fora greater range af expressiveness, especialy when it cameo conveying extremes of emotion tht hat reviousy featured pominentiyin music.” cutting odge research papers tel impenetrable is generally otferngs ke "The Science OF Music that bast pave the way for musicians and music tan alike to explore that pervasive yot oblique rain of slence andtech-pas, present and future 0h only Igor was hare treat “The Science Of Musie’is out now, published by Icon BooksLOVE MACHINES ‘Superbooth returns to Berlin next month Tikets or Suparbocth23, Bern's nual symthesisor exeavagon, ‘ra. on sle now, Having grown rapily over tho pastfow years, Suporbootnhas became firm fixture inthe annual electronic ise calendar and his year's ‘event, which run from 1-18 Mey, promises tae the best yet Featuring acavaleade of product reveals, performances, workshops, talks and a festival rao station called SooperRaci (wich wl be broadcasting live from test), you ean also expect encounter healthy range of dovelopers from around te word rm LA's 110music ang the UK's ALMUBusy Ciecuts, to Hong Kong's 1W/t and Barcelona's Betaco an exhaustive listof exhibitors i avaliable on the festival website. Dont hang about ‘though because tickets are aleady ‘ying. superbethcom awn 1h set = a sa %& Swick SHACK Music 3% ‘ruts & Robin “Trulz & Robin 0st 8 Kjex yvind Morkon Gutof Syne Mechanizes Worl! LP Remises'fom the end Homansbyen Express EP Giorgio Wore Hoorder EP Susan our may 23 (ofthe wos EP ‘Wild Flowers| va Reactvate LP Shick Snack VoL 1 & pe a — af ell. Nh Songs Remixed EP Songs tom the endFETCHING The future of pets is now From Kato 2000 must-have Poo Chitoy, robaic dogs have ong since played parti rounding othe cultural zitgost And these day, \wo' elosarthan ever to getting gonuinely advanced ret pats. Seriously, KEV Tech's PETBOT Locna ight lock tka CG, bu his fournieeles, two-eared machine isincrecily ea, featuring trajectory planning anébosy and abstcl detection, Powered by a CPU with STOPS (tars tera operations per sacond...powertl, the app-supported machine comas with voice commands gesture recognition an MD camera, and can identity you visually’ asi 818249, Come ane meet your new eyberpetoverord,keylobetcomA STAR IS DRAWN Ziggy Stardust gets a graphic novel Topping this month's eating sis Reinhard Kies’: new graphic nove about David Bowie's androgynous, lame-muletod ater 90, Ziggy Stardust. Having roviously worked on ilustratod biographias of Evi Praslay and Nick Cave Klis comes up ‘eumps wit his bod and charaterul drawings, whieh tl of Bowie's unsuceossul attempts at conquaring the London music sano andhis creation of 2g9y, bore dlvng into the pp icon's trigglee atthe height of fam, Published by Self Made Heroin May, youcan preorder a copy fr £1599, whichineudes an art print signed by Klis sli CHILL OUT Distilling the sounds of polar landscapes Lastmonth saw the release o Polar Sound’ an extra-special, ini field recording aroject between Cities And Memory, the Helmholtz Institut For Functional Marne Biodiversity, nd the Arad Wagener Insitute For Polar And Marine Research ‘ver the past yar, hundreds of sounds have been collected Using hydrophones dotted arossthe Arctic and Antarctic seas, forming large sound bank reflecting the changing conditions of ourlane'scldestlandscapes. Rucordings focus on ‘varying aspects of research witinthe regio, fom the song ‘tan Antarctic blue whale, tothe callsal nose ot twolcebergs colling, Wat mre, each soundhas been reshaped and roimagined by over 100 muse-ans trom araund the word resutingina13rackalbum curated by Gis And Memory You cancion the enti album now, anabeter et, you're abl to name your price. etiesandmemeryandcampcom Eire ert ig Cen ceases Pea ees Knee lay eects eee iat Er leheaelect eta aitererectcamton en STEN oo eee peer ernren Looe Pens one Obscure Locations ert nn cavondishhouse bandeamp.com /davectarkton.bandeamp.comHAUTE COUTURE NASA's new ar clobberMAKING WAVES New book details UK electronic fest Fist held in Bieminghamin2016, the Seventh Wave Festival Of laetanie Music aims a provide fans with an immersive ‘experience thatencompasses conerences, mastrlasses andtop-tor ive performance, Now the histor ofthe avent has been documented ina spell E-beck,avalabovie the Aeple store or £799, and festring the work of Wolfgang Fd, Martyn Ware, Thomas Dolby and many ators. Be sre to check ‘utthe accompanying supplement Sounds Of The Seventh ‘Wave’ too, ful tthe brim with recordings from pst editions of ‘tha festival with no overpriced beer ora mudy fldin sight. THE BEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING New projector is a genuine jaw-dropper Developed by British company Kano Computing, an ooking abitike tha mothership from Cose Encounters OF The Third Xing the Stem Projectors tu someting puckod from ne futur. This palm-sizd machine nat onl allows yout play Your own is, but sto “remix” them, whether that's rotoscoping characters ou, swapping colour paletes between movies, or resting “constellations” of similar scenes trom > NANOBOTS LOCK IN “THE FUTURE” >> ALL IMAGES GENERATED BY Al >> ACCESS CODE 0423 >> HUMANS ONLY BEYOND THIS POINT >>TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE Ch-ch-changes... David Bowie knew a thing or two about the future, but he never wrote a song about astrochickens. And if you don’t know what astrochickens are, you really need to read our Handy Guide To Some Of The Crazy S! Coming Your Way Shortly (Maybe) worbs: PUSH FLYING CARS Let's start with an ldo buta goodie. Fying carshave bean a staple of science ction or aonectins, They've also been a reality fr uit some time, starting wth the Taylor Aeraca, whichwas designed by American aeronautical ‘engineer Mouton Tylrin the ate 1940. Six ‘erocars wate subsoquently bul over he next couple of decades al of which were slé toprivatebuyers, ‘There have been asf designs forthing crs singe than, with around 25 eiernt prototypes aettng athe ground asin they iteraly got off the ground), and the race to produce hast ammecillyavalebe vehicle has quickened Suing the ast 10 years ors. Among the mast lily contenders are the Klein Vision Arca, the Terratugla TF-Xand the ASKA AS te last of which s the work af Californian company ‘ands probaly halt fender ahead of here Abig attraction atime CES 2023tech show in Las \Vogas earlier hs year the ASKB ABIsoxpocted tolaunen commercily in 2026 and is available to pre-order or $789,000, Woohoo! THE METAVERSE Coming to sereen andor headset nea you shorty the metaverse- both the concept and the nama —wastirst described by American sobfiwrterNeal Stephenson nhs eyberpunk hovel 'Snow Crash’ backin 1862, ‘cording tothe big tech compan, who se ast pumping untold bilion into securing theirpoce of thinew online word twill snimmersive 30 virtual space inwhich users wl beable to experienc, wel... robabiy ratty much anything they want But while i's boing touted as supercharged andradicaly revamped internet, precselyhow ts going work, what's going to looklke, nd how its going tobe used etl anybody's guess, Ler’shopeitwon't ust be ike playing The ‘Sims’ witha par of paper30 glasses glued ro yourhesd GEOENGINEERING The scale ofthe climate csisis growing with «ach passing day, so we may nd ourselves foreadto tak some drastic ation to save our smazing pane. Geoonginecrng alsoknown as climate engineering, is an umbralla term for actvtios ‘such asthe large-scale eapturg, removal nd storage of carbon doe, placing ceflectorsin space tlimtthe amount of sunlight that reaches Earth, nd using hight jose create a aang ettact by spraying microscopic aerosol partclesint the stratosphere. Some advocates ofthe latter balive we may even beable to retreee the polar egons by spraying above the Artic and Antarctic Many ofthe potential solutions ofered by gvoonginosring are very divisive, notleast because they cous lead to dangerous ufo utcones. How about everyone everyahore Just stopped bursing fossil tuts inediatey? The problam wit tat, of ours, sit would involve some very wealthy and pert people ot bing quit so wealthy and powerDARK FACTORIES ath more and more manutaturing processes becoming avtomate, we're entering nto what's ting calle the Fourth industrial Revolution, or Industry 40, Robots have beon used in manufacturing for many years, paricularlyinthe car industy but dark factories tkeittoanotherlevs. These are prouetion plants that oprate with no human input whatsoever As such, there'sna need for lighting orhosting. Norindoed, tes or tale breaks, Thora ae already «few alost-dark factories seattred around the word Perhapsthe mast notable is a plantrun by the Japanese company FANUC, whieh ean function for around a month without any human intervention. The FANUC robots are making other robots, by the way, wich is aclearingieation ot where tis isheading, ‘According tothe Amercen magazine Assembly, snast factories of the future wll only have wo non-rbot employees ~a guard dog and someone toteadittwice a dy. NANOBOTS Nanatechnology—the manipulation of mater aan ‘tom and molecular evel~has been used across ‘wide range a sectors over th laste decade, including health an energy. Nanoroboticsis 2 relatvay new fel of nanotech andi stil very rmuchin development, so mucho thattre nanobots~ffactivelyeany-weeny robots ot oxi yet, though it wont be ong baore thoy 4. Inthe meatine, simple versions nanobots tall nanomotors ars boing tostodin ciel traleforthe treatment af certsintyps af cance, and these sel propelled, biodegradable devices are showing promising results ‘Akeyasue with nanabots is making sure they canbe contolad inal scenarios. Tis will be prettyimportant when here are countess bllons ‘ofthe unning around, some o them equippos with arificaintetigence, some of them sl replicating, and some programmedto acttogetter inswarms. You se he potenti robin, right? Ityou'te ot nervous sspesition, i's probably best not to read Michael riettans 2002 nove! ray’ You shuld tum the page tore you getto the Grey Goo section atthe end of thiseature toe, FLYING SYRINGES Snow we allknow what's ike to experience ‘global pandemic. But are thee likely tobe ny athrsoverthe next decade or two? Almost certainly. nd could they be as dealy as Cov ‘or perhaps even more deadly? Gute probably, Thank goodness for fyng syringes, thon Fics doveloped ae patentodin tho UKinthe late 190s beter bing elaled in Japan around ‘decade ago, tying syringes are mosquitoes thathave bean genetically modted to develop ‘vaccine preteinin heir saliva, The masquitoas ‘are tenable ta delve the vacine int the bloodstream of any human they Bite you're fm ant-vanxer, you'd beter get yourselficts of those insect repellent plug-in thingys and an extemely arg swatterREJUVENATION Medial sciences aevancing atan incredible ate (ver the nex cecade or two, your treatment could \walinvlve personalised digs coboic surgery, synthetic organs, bionic engineering and gene manipulation. You might oven ba abet reverse Some aspects of ageing. Welcometo the weird world of rjavenation. That isa recognise fle of mescio, by the way. We probebly shouldnt get ahaa of ourselves vith this one, bua research team by Dr Davi Sinclair ot Herverd Metical Shoal in Basten, Massachusetts, has cently discovered they can rejuvenate cals ineldrly mice by rsating what Sincairlitens 10 “softwere gitches™ withthe animals subsequent developing sharper brains and heather body tissue. Ther experiments ‘ven cued age-related blindness inthemice Wha's more inl thinks there's got hance thathuman eels could be rojwenetos inmuch he sama way. Fingers crossed, youl Sacn be abe to chuck that al dye inthe bin, than, Ait yu don'thave any ha, wal. happy days realy are hare again CRYONICS ‘This probably along sho, but rejuvenation might ‘ven be abl tohalp dead fli. Which perhaps explains tha ie in poplarty of eryonies, whare boi are preserved cold storag chambers in the hope they en be asnimatasurter down the line. Technological advances mean that ha more racently someone ha die, the better chance they have of being suecesstlly brought backto Me, whichis bad news for American psychology professor Dr Jana Bedterd, the rst person to bo cryeieally reserved. That wasin 1067 The lrgest ryones facility nthe world isin Scottdale, Azan, Founded bythe AlerLife Extenson Foundation in 1872, thre are curretty around 200 people in cryopreservation tere, Incluing comesy write ck Car, who gave Alor his Emmy Award look ter for hin ut hisretur, The foundation's website nasa section smed at prospective residents called "Why Scottdale” which ists banais such a "od woathar” and ow crime rte Wel, you wouldnt wantta come backtaite tofind someone had nicked yaur Enya, woul you? ASTROCHICKENS Noto be conused with theron Chikea in"The Clangers,astrochikens are tiny, automated sell-ropiatingspacecralt designed to explore and gather material fram space mare quick éhoaply and effectively than manne missions Weaning around on ilo an ringing together lat of diferent echnoogis, thoy ae ableto london and launch from planet using jets of chemical spray modelled on the nats defence inechanisms of bombrdirbootes. ‘Well that's the theory, anyay. And wil it ivonlya theory =the beainwave of physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson, whose other big ideas include the so-called Dyson Scena \wbich a group of morta human beings can survive the collapse ofthe universe by stretching ‘ime tity - many space experts baliove Astrochiekon-syle probes wil lead the way in cur explorations beyond te solarsystom asthe ist eentury unfolds.GRAVITY TRAINS Like astrocickens, gravity rains are eurratly Justa theory. Unlike astroehickens, the'renot likly to ever be anything more, Thats, by some chan they sver became area, his ‘woul be ade you'd never fog, ‘gravity rain was first proposed by British eontst Robert Hooke backinthe 17th century, Poworedsoolyby tho gravitational ult Earth, itwould un along streghit tunnels dug between ny two places onthe planet. Gravity would draw ‘ha carsages downwards forthe firsthalf fhe Journey, accoerating th closer they got tothe core then decelerating as they gotfurther away ‘nthe second half fhe ip, Balancing out so the tran reachesits destination at exact the pint itruns out energy. Unfortunately, the trin ang its passongers woud be reduced ash ong before it gotthrough the planet's crust. Setting ttle problem to ane site, the nity ‘things you could get fram Landon to New York in€2 minutes, And tom London o Syéneyin 42 minutes. ASithappens, whatever journey you make between any two places an Earth would tae a minutes. I's physes thing, apparent THE SINGULARITY Forget Al tmay be ahot topic today, especialy ‘he generative stuf but that wil be viewed as 1 mera iit aver witness the development of AS. Artificial superintligence asin machines that can think, understand and reasenin ways that surpass even the very brightest human minds would be kay factor inthe onset of whathas boon cao technolgilsinguaity, o imply the singularity This the point at which technological romth will apparently becomo uncotrlabe, inavarsible and unstoppable. Cue an existential trisi for humanking unlike anything we've ever experienced before. First iscussed inthe 19605, the ies of technological singularity was brought into the wider publi constiousness by The Singularity IsNear’2005 book by America uturst nd inventor Rey Kurzweil Kurzweil who sone of You wil krowbestforte syn company heran With Stevie Wonderin te 1880s, predict the Slnguatity fr 2045 And he way things are gong, you would twantto bet against hat. GREY G00 Wher will and? Perhapsinanucaae war, the Blletn OF The Atomic Scientists having ‘moved the hands ofthe worl's Doomsday Clock ta 90 seconds ta midnight ust three months ago, largely in respons a Russia's invasion of Uae, Maybe ina devastating asteroid hit, with he biggest curently known threatto Earth, 11985 Benn, ona Tin-1,€00 chance of erashing into the planet between 2178 and 2260, Then agein, \womight gotlucky and makeitthrough othe ond othe slarsyston, whichis 45 bllon years away ‘Anather possibly is we'l nd ourselves eaten alive by grey ga. term coined by American nanotech pionerK Ere Drexler nis 1988 book “Engines Of Creation grey go is nightmare ‘doomstay scenario in which sel-epicatng rnanbots consume everything inthe wort = that's ‘over single atom on Earth and te whole would be gone ina mater of nous. twould mast Vike begin witha rogue replicator, agua either byaceidentor by design, nd once the process has started, hare woud be no ayo stopping ‘i the future really wasn't meant be ike that, wasit?a TRACKS TOMORROW Musicians have been writing and recording tracks about the future since pretty much forever, and we're marking our 100th issue with 100 of our favourite examples. 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