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Gravitational Wave Detection

from time emergent by ian:o

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Gravitational Waves are ripples in space time, and were predicted by Albert Einstein in his theory of General Relativity. But they have never been observed directly...which means they've not been proved to exist....and there's nothing that spurs scientists on more than a theory which seems to make utter sense, but has yet been un observed. There are some amazing experiments currently running around the world in an attempt to capture the first glimpse of the illusive wave. This track is dedicated to those scientists and experiments.

The track also features a rarely quoted speech made by Einstein himself, at

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Einstein 1924 radio address:
"Ladies and gentlemen, our age is proud of the progress it has made in man’s intellectual development. The search and striving for truth and knowledge is one of the highest of man’s qualities- though often the pride is most loudly voiced by those who strive the least. And certainly we should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. It cannot lead, it can only serve; and it is not fastidious in its choice of a leader. This characteristic is reflected in the qualities of its priests, the intellectuals. The intellect has a sharp eye for methods and tools, but is blind to ends and values. So it is no wonder that this fatal blindness is handed on from old to young and today involves a whole generation".

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from time emergent, released February 24, 2015
Produced, written and recorded by ian:o
Additional production, final mix, live tambourine by Gareth Rubery
The Einstein clip is provided through Wikkicommons;
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:03_ALBERT_EINSTEIN.ogg
And was recorded by Radio Universidad Nacional de La Plata
www.radiouniversidad.unlp.edu.ar
We are using the piece under the Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
The 1947 portrait of Einstein for the cover art was taken by Oren Jack Turner, Princeton, N.J. - The Library of Congress and is in the public domain.

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ian:o Aldershot, UK

UK based experimental electronic musician. A friend of noise and dirty ambience. One half of LiveAV duo void_null. Co- founder of the Modular Cafe Aldershot. Bass player in Alt-noise trio PRINCESS. Available for live AV shows or improv experimental sets. ... more

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