DON GARBUTT
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Don has a long history of music composition, dating back to the early works done in the late seventies, specializing in the use of synthesizers and computer musical instruments.

•   The Expanding Universe (30 minute evolving soundscape featuring the Acxel 1)

•   Equinox (3D soundscape with “holophonic” sounds, featuring Acxel 1)

•   Particle Danse (concrete soundscape featuring Acxel 1)

•   Evolution (featuring the processed voice of the astrophysicist, the late Lev Kofman)

•   The Higgs Field (3D sound, LHC prediction, created on the ARP 2600 Analog Synthesizer)

•   Endless Universe (based on Cyclic Universe model of Paul Steinhardt and Neil Turok)

•   Braneworlds (study of Lisa Randall’s book “Warped Passages”)

•   Black Hole Computer (study of Seth Lloyd’s article in Scientific American, Nov. 2004)

•   Holographic Graviton (study of physics of Juan Maldacena, Scientific American, Nov. 2005)

•   Superpartners (3D sound, LHC prediction, all sounds designed on Arturia MOOG V)

•   A Theory of Everything (featuring the processed voice of Leif Baker)

•   Cosmological Constant (musings on Einstein’s anticipation of Dark Energy)

•   Quark Confinement (musical reflection of asymptotic freedom and QCD)

•   Cosmic Unity (Arp Quadra, Oberheim SM, ARP 2600, Roland System 100)

•   March of the Gnomes (electronics, tin whistle, mandolin)

•   Energy from the Void (Roland Vari-OS)

•   The Strong Force (musical reflection of QCD and the color force)

•   The Grove (3D, Logic EXS sampler-based)

•   M-Theory (3D, utilizing software “M” by Cycling ’74, Logic)

•   Vapours (3D, study of the Korg Trinity, Logic)

•   Canterbury (3D, Roland S-750, Logic)

•   Chroma (3D, Roland S-750, Logic)

•   Symmetry (3D, Roland S-750, Logic)

•   Alien Planet (4D, Genaudio AstoundSoundPro, winner “In The Mix” contest)

•   Superconductance (Logic)

•   The Casimir Effect (Logic, Yamaha VL-70 Physical Modeling Synthesizer)

•   Cyborg (Tape composition)

•   Wanderlust (Emulator 2, Performer)

•   Gravity Wave (featuring Roland Vari-OS)

•   Metronome Laser (3D, featuring the Access Virus)