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, FM3CD0101:27 02:16 Hiroki Sasajima - NanoparticleEscala 2.3.1 Ice, 2012, Escala 2:301:46 03:25 Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf - Die HungervogellockvorrichtungKall Trä, 2012, Empiric Records emrec 103:51 01:46 Maile Colbert/Simon Whetham - Light BrutalMeditations on Light, Reconstructions, 2011, Monochrome Vision mv3504:47 01:11 Neil Milton - The Broken LinesBrave New World, 2011, FeedbackLoop Label FB01006:02 01:43 Pierpaolo Leo - BioluminescenceUnderwater Noises, 2010, Ephre Imprint IC/eph0106:28 01:50 Alio Die - Little PainFuneral Songs, 2001, Crowd Control Activities CCA 02607:25 03:33 Max Richter - When She Came BackElle S'Appelait Sarah, 2010, Jade 699726909:24 05:06 Loscil - Endless FallsEndless Falls, 2010, Kranky krank14112:57 02:15 Ex.Order - Shuchu Ryoku Part 3Incendium III, 2011, Loki Foundation LOKI 5414:31 02:33 Specta Ciera - There Were No More Days After ThatCeci N'Est Pas Une Pipe, 2009, Public Spaces Lab PS01015:23 04:17 Somatic Response - Fear Chasing Hope (Zombie Subway HC Edit)...And Darkness Came, 2012, Headphone Commute HCD00116:45 04:52 Stanley Kubrick - HAL Memory Unload Sequence2001, A Space Odyssey, 1968, MGM18:22 06:02 Runar Magnusson - The Heathen Harp: A Pärt for the DreamachineOptions, 2009, Hljóðaklettar – #HKUSB121:31 01:55 Holly Herndon - BreatheMovement, 2012, RVNG Intl RVNGL 1523:15 01:45 [Blank] - SueñoSueño, 2012, F4TMusic F4TS00123:50 02:52 Dustin O'Halloran - Fragile No. 2...And Darkness Came, 2012, Headphone Commute HCD00125:33 05:20 Richard Chartier - Rendered 1_200910, 2011, Room40 DRM41027:16 05:19 Y Create - Diablo Coast RangeThe Walls Are Whispering vol. II, 2004, EE Tapes EE0531:33 02:01 Pawel Grabowski - UntitledEssays on Radio: Can I Have 2 Minutes of Your Time?, 2005, Cronica 02032:14 03:31 Carlos Suarez - VanitasEscala 2.3.1 Ice, 2012, Escala 2:333:53 02:27 Enrico Coniglio - Calls of the WhiteDialogue One, 2011, Silentes CD 20112835:51 03:40 Alva Noto - Stalker (For Andrei Tarkovsky)For 2, 2010, Line Line_04438:35 00:59 Kate Carr - One Minute For the StarsOne Minute For the Stars, 2011, SEM Label, SEM 01138:37 04:34 Runar Magnusson - The Delicate Work of the CreatorThe Greatest of the Great, 2005, Hljóðaklettar39:13 08:52 Sala - The Hollow PineSomewhere on the Edge, 2012, Gruenrekorder GRUEN 10040:19 06:15 Antonymes- CollapsedFive Pieces, 2012, Rural Colours RC05046:10 01:15 Machinefabriek - Cymbal (edit)Sequence 3, 2012, Future Sequence SEQ00346:33 03:05 Andrew Liles - ForeignerNew York Doll, 2004, Infraction INFX 01348:36 02:20 Atom TM - Vienna1I3835Tra3Um3, 2010, Rather Interesting RI 06749:55 03:36 Lawrence English - A Ballad for the MachineLoud Listening, 2012, Cronica 06751:51 03:44 Dead Voices On Air - From Afar All Sparks and GleeFrom Afar All Sparks and Glee, 2010, Lens Records LENS011854:14 05:01 Bass Communion - DroneworkDronework, 2005, Headphone Dust HDBCCD1456:50 01:35 IBM 7094 - Daisy Bellprogrammed by John Kelly and Carol Lockbaum,accompaniment programmed by Max Matthews (1961)59:15 End