Yes, technically not a theremin, but one of its children.

Bruno Perrault played the ondes Martenot and Matteo Ramon Arevalos played the piano, recorded on 21 February 2006.

Murail is a “spectral” composer – he creates melodies based on the shapes of the sounds as represented mathematically… or visualized on a spectrogram.

Martin Ulikhanyan composed this dreamy piece, which was recorded on 16 March 2013, conducted by Zaven Vardanyan. Ulikhanyan has a YouTube channel and a Soundcloud account.

Happy listening.

SONG: “Kiss the Earth” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on

SONG: “The Hardest of Carbon” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

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SOURCE: Based on “Diamond drizzle forecast for Saturn and Jupiter,” Nature, 9 October 2013, as used in the post “Sooty, with a chance of diamonds.”

ABSTRACT: I guess I’ve done a song on a planet made of diamonds, so a companion piece [...]

SONG: “Better Man” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

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SOURCE: Based on “Just thinking about science triggers moral behavior,” Scientific American, 27 August 2013, as used in the post “Thinking about science makes us better people.”

ABSTRACT: It’s been a rough month, but here I am with a song. Listening to it now, I [...]

SONG: “Regenerative Medicine” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

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SOURCE: Based on “Decellularized Mouse Heart Beats Again After Regenerating With Human Heart Precursor Cells,” Science Daily, 13 August 2013, as used in the post “A regenerated heartbeat.”

ABSTRACT: Maybe I should count this one as late, but I’m still awake and when I woke [...]

SONG: “Better Angels” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

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SOURCE: Based on “Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media,” The Guardian, 17 March 2011, as used in the post “Sock-puppet G-men keeping tabs on the Twitter.”

ABSTRACT: If I was a soldier and my assigned weapon was an online persona, I think the [...]

SONG: “Inside My Eyes” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

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SOURCE: Based on “Fossil brain teaser: New study reveals patterns of dinosaur brain development,” PhysOrg, 20 May 2013, as used in the post “A new way of looking at dinosaur brains.”

ABSTRACT: This all really came about when I started making up rhymes for [...]

SONG: “Beautiful People” (penitential cover) (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

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SOURCE: This is a cover (a late one) making up for a late song in April. Now, I owe one more cover for May. Mea maxima culpa. This song was written by the curiously academic and oddly moving Books.

ABSTRACT: I was searching for [...]