r. luke dubois - "timelapse"

you guys have got to check this one out.....

"referenced in hundreds of internet blogs with over 175,000 hits on his site, dubois's billboard is a composite of all the billboard #1 hits from 1958-2000. dubois analyzed all 857 songs digitally, and created a "spectral average" a sonic summation of all frequencies in the song for each one. he then allocated each song 1 second for each week it was #1 on the charts. the resultant 37-minute-long piece contains beautiful washes of sound and serves as a unique chronicling of the history of us pop charts, and the songs continually-changing longevity, tonality, and production.dubois applies this theory to two other classics bachs well-tempered clavier, both books in 5 minutes (clavier); and the entire soundtrack of casablanca (time goes by).a geniuss redefinition of how we think about and listen to music, the resultant disc is an ambient masterwork."

a brilliant idea, but actually really fucking amazing at the same time :)