The presentation of Pieter Suurmond’s Nanotone Sample Library: the 42 samples created by Pieter Suurmond are based on the electromagnetic spectra of atoms. After transposing these spectra 40 octaves down, their frequencies fall within the range of the human hearing.
1. Pieter Suurmonds Nanotone Sample Library: (Played in order)
(The numbers in front of the elements are the proton numbers of the respective atoms) (the numbers behind them is the time of their peak from the start of the program)
01. H – Hydrogen (0:40)
02. He – Helium (1:30)
03. Li – Lithium (2:19)
04. Be – Beryllium (3:05)
05. B – Boron (3:50)
06. C – Carbon (4:40)
07. N – Nitrogen (5:24)
08. O – Oxygen (6:10)
09. F – Fluorine (6:53)
10. Ne – Neon (7:50)
11. Na – Sodium (8:35)
12. Mg – Magnesium (9:16)
13. Al – Aluminium (9:58)
14. Si – Silicon (10:44)
15. P – Phosphorus (11:30)
16. S – Sulphur (12:18)
17. Cl – Clorine (13:05)
18. Ar – Argon (13:58)
19. K – Potassium (14:45)
20. Ca – Calcium (15:30)
24. Cr – Chromium (16:15)
25. Mn – Manganese (17:00)
26. Fe – Iron (17:48)
27. Co – Cobalt (18:28)
28. Ni – Nickel (19:12)
29. Cu – Copper (19:58)
30. Zn – Zinc (20:35)
31. Ga – Gallium (21:19)
32. Ge – Germanium (22:03)
33. As – Arsenic (22:45)
34. Se – Selenium (23:49)
38. Sr – Strontium (24:15)
42. Mo – Molybdenum (25:00)
47. Ag – Silver (25:47)
48. Cd – Cadmium (26:30)
50. Sn – Tin (27:16)
55. Cs – Caesium (28:09)
56. Ba – Barium (28:50)
79. Au – Gold (29:38)
80. Hg – Mercury (30:30)
82. Pb – Lead (31:20)
90. Th – Thorium (32:14)
92. U – Uranium (34:00)
2. Hans Kockelmans: "Pieces de Ondioline".
Far more rare than the theremin and even the ondes martenot is the ondioline. It was invented by Georges Jenny in 1937, and it was in production between 1947 and the late 1960’s. Only a few working ondiolines remain. Dutch composer Hans Kockelmans brings it back alive.
3. Andrew Popoff: ‘The Wind from the East’. For theremin and piano. (2012)Theremin: Lydia Kavina
4. Victoria Lundy: ‘Red Orbit’
5. Trautonia Capra: ‘Slo as Spring’
The sounds can be downloaded from Pieters website, at http://home.hku.nl/~pieter.suurmond.
