About me:
Pablo sandoz is the latest songwriting project by CGA. He is assisted by mattcatt in producing a fusion of electronic and acoustic sounds. They are now joined by the voice of Barda Meinhoff.
Current work includes a soundtrack for an animation by David Normal entitled 'Pyramid - love supreme dream' plus a second track for an animation by Ken Adams entitled 'Fleet'. There are 17 other songs and musical ideas under consideration
US scientists have discovered people who can "hear" what they see.
The rare form of synaesthesia - a condition where senses intermingle - came to light after a student reported "hearing sounds" from a screensaver.
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology then found three more people with the same condition, New Scientist magazine reported.
Those affected performed better in tests of recognising visual patterns than those without the condition.
A more common form of the condition is being able to perceive numbers or letters as colours.
It's common to find people who have it the other way round - so they see colour when they hear music Dr Julia Simner, Edinburgh University
Several artists have been linked with the condition, including David Hockney who is able to see colour when listening to music.
Dr Melissa Saenz discovered the phenomenon when a group of students were being shown around her lab and one asked if anyone else could hear a pattern of moving dots on a computer screen.
When she questioned him further she realised he matched the criteria for synaesthesia - he had experienced it all his life and it happened with lots of different moving images.
By sending the moving dots image to hundreds of other volunteers, she found three others who could also hear sounds, such as tapping, whirring or whooshing, when watching it.
Tests
To double check they did have synaesthesia she tested their ability to recognise a series of visual patterns.
They either heard a pair of series of beeps or watched a pair of a series of flashes and had to say whether they matched.
Both groups were accurate 85% of the time when they heard the pattern, the results published in Current Biology show.
Can you hear these dots?
But when watching it, the individuals with synaesthesia remained 85% accurate while the others dropped to only 55% accuracy.
Dr Saenz said: "I was surprised to realise this parti
Pablo :) Wishing you a most cosmically informative and immense new Sol-revolution! Sending waves of joy and bliss through the not-dark-at-all matter, Ciaran
The Fleet video really is amazingly gorgeous! It's so nice, and inspiring, to see something different from what I'm used to on the psytrance scene, but still truly psychedelic. Great song, too :) Every time I listen to it it stays in my head for ages. Loving Pablo Sandoz so far :) x
The Cognition Factor Consciousness Sequence (Menara Mix) is done & sounding groovy (I think at any rate). Busy working on a remix of it for the Vortex festival I'm playing at on 1st December... Will get a copy to you if it turns out any good!
Colin! Where do I start? Thanks for the add, the music, inspiring me in so many ways. Pyramid is basically where you left off with Hempton Manor, and that's quite fine with me. A shame we had to wait for so long for you to come back to us, but my god, I'm glad you did. :) Thankyou, again, for the music. Freya and Indica are still so beautiful...
Hi Colin, welcome back! Just listened (and watched) "Pyramid", and it's fabulous! The electronic and organic elements work really well blended together.
Although I'm a huge Shamen fanatic, this is progressing beyond that group. You are really carrying the torch for psychedelic music. Your two associates, who complete the Pablo Sandoz band, are quite talented but, then again you've always surrounded yourself with the best artists...(including DJs, metaphysical visionaries, soulful singers, etc.). Looking forward to a full album!
Hi. Nice work on Pyramid, it's subtle yet very interesting. Worth the wait. The range of sounds and textures is great, especially some of the echoed samples dotted around. Nice to finally hear some recorded audio output..
Adam...
