[93] 78. Wendy Carlos - Eden

[1993] 78. Wendy Carlos - Eden 

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Wendy Carlos - Digital Moonscapes ('84) 

Cosmological Impressions:

1. Genesis [7:12] 

2. Eden [4:29] (https://youtu.be/BJukTUkaxHA)

3. I.C. [3:40] 

Moonscapes:

4. Luna [8:20] 

5. Phobos & Deimos [3:27] 

6. Ganymede [4:27] 

7. Europa [4:19] 

8. Io [4:25] 

9. Callisto [4:29] 

10. Rhea [1:50] 

11. Titan [3:45] 

12. Iapetus [5:50] 

Wendy Carlos - Synthesizer 

Eden, the second movement, is a peaceful combination of diatonic tune over simple harmonic chaconne. Three main themes and three sub-themes are woven into a continuous contrapuntal fabric in moderate 3/4 meter to depict the candid elegance of the legendary garden of Adam and Eve. 

The distances between galaxies are incomprehensibly vast, unbearably lonely. In the third movement, I.C. ("Intergalactic Communications"), we try a radio signal: "Hello, we exist!" Wanting to be imaginative about it, we'd probably avoid 4/4 and choose something quite subtle, like the sophisticated 13/8 used here. An allegro theme is repeated over and over, first by bassoon, then clarinet. Above it floats the melancholy adagio counter-theme in violins and horns, as the message continues over light-years and parsecs, until eternity meets infinity...