Broken Lines

If you have ever watched Stanley Kubrick's "2001 - Space Odyssey", you will definitely remember the impressive scene in which the memory modules are slowly taken away from HAL, the ship's main computer, because it started to disfunction and became a threat to the astronauts and their mission. Just before his memory fades completely, HAL remembers being programmed to sing"Daisy", one of his earliest digital 'childhood memories'. With this scene (as well as with HAL's name), Kubrick directly referred to the IBM 7094 computer (used to control the Mercury and Gemini space flights, as well as the Apollo missions) which was programmed to sing Daisy in 1961 - a remarkable accomplishment at that time! Computer systems revolting, loss of memory, human utterings that seem to come from lost souls.... I guess you'd better be prepared for a dark and suspenseful listening hour ... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist

Track Start - Sample Length - Artist - TitleAlbum Details

• 00:00 03:33 Huan Qing - Guang Wu Road #108Hexiefu, 2011, FM Productions Ltd, FM3CD01
• 01:27 02:16 Hiroki Sasajima - NanoparticleEscala 2.3.1 Ice, 2012, Escala 2:3
• 01:46 03:25 Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf - Die HungervogellockvorrichtungKall Trä, 2012, Empiric Records emrec 1
• 03:51 01:46 Maile Colbert/Simon Whetham - Light BrutalMeditations on Light, Reconstructions, 2011, Monochrome Vision mv35
• 04:47 01:11 Neil Milton - The Broken LinesBrave New World, 2011, FeedbackLoop Label FB010
• 06:02 01:43 Pierpaolo Leo - BioluminescenceUnderwater Noises, 2010, Ephre Imprint IC/eph01
• 06:28 01:50 Alio Die - Little PainFuneral Songs, 2001, Crowd Control Activities CCA 026
• 07:25 03:33 Max Richter - When She Came BackElle S'Appelait Sarah, 2010, Jade 6997269
• 09:24 05:06 Loscil - Endless FallsEndless Falls, 2010, Kranky krank141
• 12:57 02:15 Ex.Order - Shuchu Ryoku Part 3Incendium III, 2011, Loki Foundation LOKI 54
• 14:31 02:33 Specta Ciera - There Were No More Days After ThatCeci N'Est Pas Une Pipe, 2009, Public Spaces Lab PS010
• 15:23 04:17 Somatic Response - Fear Chasing Hope (Zombie Subway HC Edit)...And Darkness Came, 2012, Headphone Commute HCD001
• 16:45 04:52 Stanley Kubrick - HAL Memory Unload Sequence2001, A Space Odyssey, 1968, MGM
• 18:22 06:02 Runar Magnusson - The Heathen Harp: A Pärt for the DreamachineOptions, 2009, Hljóðaklettar – #HKUSB1
• 21:31 01:55 Holly Herndon - BreatheMovement, 2012, RVNG Intl RVNGL 15
• 23:15 01:45 [Blank] - SueñoSueño, 2012, F4TMusic F4TS001
• 23:50 02:52 Dustin O'Halloran - Fragile No. 2...And Darkness Came, 2012, Headphone Commute HCD001
• 25:33 05:20 Richard Chartier - Rendered 1_200910, 2011, Room40 DRM410
• 27:16 05:19 Y Create - Diablo Coast RangeThe Walls Are Whispering vol. II, 2004, EE Tapes EE05
• 31:33 02:01 Pawel Grabowski - UntitledEssays on Radio: Can I Have 2 Minutes of Your Time?, 2005, Cronica 020
• 32:14 03:31 Carlos Suarez - VanitasEscala 2.3.1 Ice, 2012, Escala 2:3
• 33:53 02:27 Enrico Coniglio - Calls of the WhiteDialogue One, 2011, Silentes CD 201128
• 35:51 03:40 Alva Noto - Stalker (For Andrei Tarkovsky)For 2, 2010, Line Line_044
• 38:35 00:59 Kate Carr - One Minute For the StarsOne Minute For the Stars, 2011, SEM Label, SEM 011
• 38:37 04:34 Runar Magnusson - The Delicate Work of the CreatorThe Greatest of the Great, 2005, Hljóðaklettar
• 39:13 08:52 Sala - The Hollow PineSomewhere on the Edge, 2012, Gruenrekorder GRUEN 100
• 40:19 06:15 Antonymes- CollapsedFive Pieces, 2012, Rural Colours RC050
• 46:10 01:15 Machinefabriek - Cymbal (edit)Sequence 3, 2012, Future Sequence SEQ003
• 46:33 03:05 Andrew Liles - ForeignerNew York Doll, 2004, Infraction INFX 013
• 48:36 02:20 Atom TM - Vienna1I3835Tra3Um3, 2010, Rather Interesting RI 067
• 49:55 03:36 Lawrence English - A Ballad for the MachineLoud Listening, 2012, Cronica 067
• 51:51 03:44 Dead Voices On Air - From Afar All Sparks and GleeFrom Afar All Sparks and Glee, 2010, Lens Records LENS0118
• 54:14 05:01 Bass Communion - DroneworkDronework, 2005, Headphone Dust HDBCCD14
• 56:50 01:35 IBM 7094 - Daisy Bellprogrammed by John Kelly and Carol Lockbaum,accompaniment programmed by Max Matthews (1961)
• 59:15 End