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I created this track after flicking through the pages of a recently acquired book - "The World According To Physics" by one of my favourite popularisers of science, physicist Jim Al-Khalili. The book is both broad in scope, and adorably small. It looks highly accessible to a non-scientist such as me - I'll start reading it shortly (May 2020).

Amongst the topics is unification - the search for a "Grand Unified Theory" or "Theory of Everything" that combines two incompatible yet highly successful pillars of modern physics namely quantum mechanics and general relativity.

In that search one of the long term efforts has been string theory, leading to M-theory and superstring theory. String theory and its offspring are sometimes regarded as more philosophy than science due to the lack of any testable hypothesis. String theory has a long history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_string_theory

In this track I couldn't resist trying to create a track that makes heavy use of string instruments, in my own 'search for string theory' as I contemplated all the effort that has gone into string theory with no practical result.

And that's ok, the 'search for string theory' is how science works. Deeper mathematical models (way beyond me) and the ongoing search for unification are worthy goals.

If it's wrong, it's wrong. If string theory is a mistake then that's ok - it's ok to make mistakes in science. But we might still learn a great deal about mathematics and the nature of the natural world as a result.

We can learn from mistakes, or dead-ends.

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Artwork taken from: "String theory?" by tailfan, Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7725050@N06/631503428

A possible site for the battle of Mons Graupius (83 AD) between the Romans and Picts in North East Scotland.

I've tried to capture a sense of the ancient history of the landscape, I hope you like it. Mostly composed of Apple loops, plus a few background synths, using Logic Pro X.

For my brother, Peter.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mons_Graupius

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Image taken from"Bennachie, Aberdeenshire" by Giuseppe Milo, Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/giuseppemilo/44952976491

Space is magnificent.

All instruments played by me in Logic Pro X.

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A song for our COVID 19 pandemic days.

With the COVID 19 pandemic taking its toll around the world, images of plague doctors of old appear in social media even so often. It's these images that have inspired this dark ambient piece.

All instruments played by me in Logic Pro X.

Think of this:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doctor_Schnabel_of_Rome_(Plague_Doctor).png

A piano heavy classical piece with a nautical and dramatic theme.

If like this track then also have a listen to this one - https://soundcloud.com/dacca/aubreys-surprise

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One of my Apple loop mixes / compositions.

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Art: Nicholas Pocock (1740-1821)

"A storm, with an anchored ship in distress off rocky coast"

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_storm,_with_an_anchored_ship_in_distress_off_rocky_coast_RMG_PW5904.jpg

I've taken my old Drumdreamer track https://soundcloud.com/dacca/drumdreamer-open-collaboration, itself based on my open collaboration Sleepdancer track https://soundcloud.com/dacca/the-sleepdancer-open, and added both metal and jazz elements to create a jazz metal fusion.

Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) definitely not cool.

Virus - "A piece of bad news wrapped up in protein." Sir Peter Medawar(2000)

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Image taken from here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SARS-CoV-2_49534865371.jpg

There's so much darkness in the news, and the next several months don't look any better. But there is always hope, and hope will triumph over fear.

21st March, 2020

One of my Apple loop mixes / compositions.

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Art: "The Light Fantastic" by VallGall on DeviantArt:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mainbanana/30456877894/

With the coronavirus pandemic I keep hearing the term "self isolation" as applied to those testing positive for the virus going into self imposed quarantine.

Well, this is my somewhat dark dubstep / metal (or "dub metal", as I term it) track based on that thought. In some ways - to me - the track transcends the original meaning of the term to any form of self isolation.

Backing track created via Novation LaunchPad with a couple of additional Addictive Synth synthesisers played by me.