Ever wondered what COVID-19 sounds like? Wonder no more... A US scientist has created a musical representation of the coronavirus which has been likened to the works of Four Tet and Bjork – you can listen to it below.
The piece was put together by Markus J. Buehler, who is the McAfee Professor of Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and also a composer of experimental, classical and electronic music.
Taking to his Soundcloud page last month, Buehler shared his ‘Viral Counterpoint of the Coronavirus Spike Protein’ track. The ensemble brings together a 13-string Japanese koto, bells and flutes, with the movement of each amino acid depicted by a different note.
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