SOMNATIKA by M-PeX
Chiptune EEG-based sonification recorded during sleep. All electronic sounds are MIDI note sequences coded from sleep EEG signals. Electronic sections within tracks are sonified excerpts of sleep EEG from different stages. In a few cases, in a complementary and artistic fashion, arpeggios were added to MIDI notes. The instruments and the octaves in scales were also artistically chosen, as well as beats per minute (BPM). The portuguese guitar was recorded over the EEG-MIDI sonification.
Songs by M-PeX [Portuguese Guitar and Programming].
Recorded at WorkRoomStudio (Lisbon, Burgau, Portugal), 2020/ 21.
Recording, editing, mixing and mastering: M-PeX
Musical and executive production: M-PeX
Graphical artwork: Marco Madruga [ http://www.mozo.pt ]
Photography: M-PeX
Release: Enough Records
[ http://enoughrecords.scene.org/release/enrmp479 ]
Dedicated to my grandfather, Luís Tomás Pinheiro, and to my loves Carina e Vi.
Agradecimentos | Thanks to:
Agradeço ao Marco Madruga pela amizade e pelo design, ao Filipe Cruz da Enough Records, à Carina e Vi pelo amor e apoio incondicionais e por fazerem parte da minha vida, aos investigadores de computação bio-inspirada (Laboratório de Sistemas Evolutivos e Engenharia Biomédica, Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, IST), Agostinho C. Rosa, Daria Migotina (BraiNSy), Carlos M. Fernandes e Rogério Largo, à minha mãe Risete, à minha irmã Carla, à minha avó Celeste, ao Carlos e à Vera, ao amigo André Coelho e a todos os que acreditam e valorizam o meu trabalho e que me têm apoiado de coração.
BraiNSy (Brain's Night Symphony):
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8395039
https://www.laseeb.org/
Tracklist
| 1. | Arouzalium | 1:38 |
| 2. | Synaptika | 1:10 |
| 3. | Mycroglya | 0:37 |
| 4. | Synapsa | 2:08 |
| 5. | Ympulse | 1:13 |
| 6. | Neurosys | 1:15 |
| 7. | Axonium | 1:25 |
| 8. | Occipitalius | 1:48 |
| 9. | Sulkus | 1:35 |
| 10. | Impulsae | 0:38 |
| 11. | Byomarker | 1:18 |
| 12. | Remnevoa | 1:29 |
| 13. | Gyruz | 1:27 |
| 14. | Neuronika | 1:27 |
| 15. | Hapoptosys | 2:14 |
| 16. | Striathum | 1:48 |
| 17. | Ynsula | 1:44 |
| 18. | Aktionkae | 1:32 |
| 19. | Mhelatone | 1:09 |
| 20. | Phrion | 1:33 |
| 21. | Lobelus | 1:35 |
Credits
License
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.Tags
M-PeX is a multi-instrumentalist composer,sound designer,physics engineer/researcher (signal-sound-music computing,biosignal sonification) who has in the Portuguese guitar the hallmark of his musical identity, merging their sound with diverse soundscapes,including electronic music.His creations aim to modernize and globalize this traditional instrument from Portuguese culture. mpex.phado@gmail.com