Sound Meets Space
There’s no sound in space, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make sound inspired by space. The story of Joy Division’s iconic Unknown Pleasures cover, data from the first pulsar ever recorded: CP 1919.
The Astronomy/Design Story Behind Joy Division’s Legendary Album Cover
Did you know that the cover of Unknown Pleasures is the readout of the first observed pulsar, a rapidly rotating and electromagnetic star?
(via Co.Design)
Source: fastcodesign.com
Covers
Chrome browser-only online experiment uses a selection of album covers and turns them into real-time audio visualizations:
Css3 / JS albums artworks with realtime music analytics thanks to beatdetektor.js
There are only a few at the moment, with more being worked on. You can try it out for yourself here
Fantastic! Real-time meets viz meets science! (Note that the full music/visualization site only works with Chrome)
