Urmas Sisask is an Estonian composer. He derived a "planetary scale" from the number of seconds it takes each planet to complete one revolution around the sun. Each planet had its own pitch (at that time there was nine of them), but four of them were repeated in different octaves, ultimately reducing the scale to five pitches. The final scale is C#, D, F#, G#, A. Although originally each of the pitches have their own specific octaves, they are at least 20 octaves below middle C, and are hence used in the reduced pentatonic scale in the habitual octaves.
This piece, "Voices of the Universe", is so far my favorite by him. I believe he used his planetary scale, but don't know for sure (though it certainly sounds like it, doesn't it?).
You can read more about Sisask and see his calculations here.
"Away, move on, we'll carry on to new horizons" (from Chariots by Future of Forestry)
I am always on the prowl for something new. I love to fall in love with art and music, and completely consume everything I can by the artist/musician (but they're kinda the same thing, right?). I keep it close for a few weeks, until it's been completely absorbed into my being. Then, I move on and absorb something else. Thus, I have decided it is a complete waste of money for me to buy music; albums usually don't last more than a month.
That said, I fell in love yesterday. Twice.
The Chamburger | Aquasixio (Cyril Rolando)
Rolando is a digital artist from France. He's never taken an art course; he simply "..work[s] with intuition to compensate for [his] lack of knowledge..."
You can visit his deviantart page here, or his gallery here.
From top to bottom: "Dandelions", "Blowing Bubbles", "We were Humans", "Mana Tide", "Pursuit of Happiness", "Technicolor", "Swamp of Soap" | by AquaSixio (Cyril Rolando)
Alot of his artwork accompanies short poems; if you go to his deviantart they're in the descriptions of the pieces.
A little while ago I stumbled across a solo piano ep by a band called Tighe. Unfortunately, it's nowhere on youtube, so I can't link a video, but you can check it out here.