Today we went exploring the Griffith Park Observatory. I wanted to find inspiration for a new collection of musical works geared towards Meditative States. The idea of deep space intrigues me to no end and the color/shape of what it could become finds a home in the way I approach atmospheres in music. I enjoy the idea of sound traveling to us from orbit and the potential for decoding that mystery in the implied tones embedded within music. The visit to the Observatory was both exhilarating and calming. The potentiality of transcendence and the science that accompanies it offers a unique perspective on layering soundscapes. Images below: Temple, Pendulum & Telescope:

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I asked my friend Chris, an Astronomy enthusiast, if he could relay some information about the nature of the intense brightness of the moon we have witnessed recently:

“The Moon’s orbit around the Earth is elliptical, not circular. The same describes the Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Due to this oblong shaped orbit, at certain points, the Earth is closer to the Sun, and the Moon is closer to the Earth. Rarely do both events happen at the same time. Well, this full Moon phase, January 28th-February 1st, happens to fall on a time when the Earth is closer to the Sun (%30 closer than our furthest point) and the Moon is closer to the Earth. (%14 closer than it’s farthest point) By the way, when the Moon enters this closer phase, people call it the Perigee Phase. So this rare event we find our selves in is known as a Bright Perigee Moon Phase.”

After our visit to the Observatory, I met up with Jimmy of Baby Tiger back at the Orbiter Signal recording studio to work on a few instrumental ideas for a film soundtrack project we are working on. The unconscious associations from the field research hopefully offer substantial insight into the color/shape of the mix below:

instrumental-minimalist Mp3