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Birth of a Star from Tom Lowe on Vimeo.

“This movie presents a visualization of the star-forming region known as S106. This unique three-dimensional view illustrates and emphasizes that many of the objects contained within astronomical images are not at the same distance, but, in fact, spread across light-years of space. The Hubble image is augmented with additional field-of-view from the Subaru Infrared Telescope. The stars and the lobes of glowing gas from the Hubble/Subaru two-dimensional image have been separated and sculpted using both scientific knowledge and artistic license to create the depth in the movie. Of note, the relative distances between stars and the nebula have been greatly compressed.”
-NASA

“This devastatingly beautiful image shows the birth pangs of a massive star. Called IRS 4 (for Infrared Source 4; it was first seen in IR images), it’s the really bright star just below center where the two blue lobes come together. It’s a bruiser, an O-type star with at least 15 times the Sun’s mass — 30 octillion tons! — and is a staggering 10,000 times as bright. It’s still in the process of forming, but it’s nearly there.

Located about 2000 light years away, IRS 4 is surrounded by an enormous cloud of gas and dust that may have a mass as high as 25,000 times the mass of the Sun. When the star first ignited, fusing hydrogen into helium in its core, the vast amount of energy it started pouring out lit up the cloud in the immediate vicinity around it. Most of the cloud is still dark and cannot be seen here, but everything within a few light years of the star is being illuminated, if not ionized, by the fierce ultraviolet light from the star.”
- Phil Plait

If you want to get the song “Funeral Canticle,” it’s an iTunes Album Only purchase, but probably worth the $10 for the 23 minute song. Tom Lowe is awesome too.

If you don’t know, Tom Lowe won 2010 Astronomy Photographer of the Year.

TimeScapes: Rapture from Tom Lowe on Vimeo.

It would be amazing to own a Red MX camera. The resolution is so high that it easily rivals movies made with film, and even though it costs $25,000 USD, it is actually cheaper than using film for any production. Most directors are switching to using Red digital cameras, except for ones like Woody Allen, where they basically have enough clout to use whatever they want. Digital will always dominate in the future.

Arovane – “Cry Osaka Cry:”

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Taking it back seven years to 2004 with this one from German producer Arovane aka Uwe Zahn. The song above was released on his record Lillies, which was inspired by a trip Zahn took to Japan. 2004 was the last year that Zahn released music and he went out with a bang. We wish we could hear more from Arovane, but for whatever reason, he decided to stop making music… or releasing it anyway.

Great cover of Elton John’s track. Goulding is quite multifaceted.

Oh, she also has the Midas touch.

Boards of Canada also made a hot remix of the “Midas Touch,” under the moniker “Hell Interface.”

On that same vinyl release was another track that you really should holler at as well.

Rido feat. Thomas Oliver – “Twisted:”

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This track was just released as part of the mix Fabriclive 58: Goldie, just a wee four days ago. It’s the intro track for the mix. Even if you’re not so into drum and bass, you can still get into this song. You can buy the full mix now over at the Fabric Store on the Fabric London site.

Been fans of Deru for over five years now. This track and video are really good. Deru’s sound is different and experimental without going too far away from conventions. In other words, it works.

Music video for “Fadeaway” by Deru. Directed by Sofia Garza-Barba. Executive Producers: Brant Barger and Matthew Roznovak. Produce Jenna Cedicci. Director of Photography: Samuel Brownfield. Visual Effects: Oscar Mar. Art Director and Editor: Sofia Garza-Barba. From the album Say Goodbye To Useless on Mush Records.