{"id":9801,"date":"2017-11-17T18:25:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=9801"},"modified":"2017-11-20T18:30:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T16:30:52","slug":"sonar-festival-sends-music-into-space-to-contact-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/sonar-festival-sends-music-into-space-to-contact-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00f3nar Festival sends music into space to contact aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yes, you read that correctly. Next year, Spain&#8217;s Sonar Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary and they will mark the occasion by sending music from artists including\u00a0Autechre,\u00a0Laurel Halo,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bnc.lt\/s7Cd\/ho9i1DgF2H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nina Kraviz<\/a>,\u00a0Holly Herndon\u00a0into space . If (and this is a big IF) the project is successful, they could receive a response by 2042 and, who knows, maybe there will be some very special guests attending S\u00f3nar Festival&#8217;s 50th anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ambitious project has been dubbed &#8220;S\u00f3nar Calling GJ273b&#8221; and will be launched in partnership with METI International, an organisation that is dedicated to searching for and specialises in sending messages out to possible extra-terrestrial beings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sonar directors Enric Palau, Sergio Caballero and Ricard Robles said: &#8220;Sonar Calling is an attempt to rekindle a sense of global consciousness and a shared reflection on our collective present, that we hope will lead to new ideas and new partners. Yes, even alien ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project will take place in two phases with a total of 33 pieces of music, each ten seconds in length, being transmitted in the direction of GJ273b, otherwise known as\u00a0 Luyten\u2019s Star, which is the closest star to Earth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These artists were chosen to represent the festival\u2019s established history of electronic music and each of their compositions are unique. Alva Noto\u00a0has sent a recording of his unborn daughter\u2019s heartbeat and Autechre composed a mathematical piece of music based on the first 449 prime numbers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can watch a short video about the project here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g9GeBKB-0EY\" width=\"920\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yes, you read that correctly. 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