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Music Is Math

Music Is Math
Running time 5:20
Appears on Geogaddi


Comments

  • BoC have expressed on numerous occasions their interest in the links between music and mathematics.[1]

Samples / Lyrics

  • 0:52 onward - "The past inside the present" is repeated throughout this track.
  • 3:52 - There is a soft voice saying either "purple", "be careful", "perfect circle", or "perfect example"[2].
  • 1:15 onward - The vocoded voice is believed to be saying "We all fall down",[3] "It all falls down", or possibly "yellow ball".

Trivia

  • Ranked #384 on Pitchfork Medias top 500 Songs of the 2000's.[4]
  • The beat that plays at 1:11 is very similar to the reversed beat at the end of "Rue the Whirl", if the reversed beat is played forwards.

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Original

Cover

External links

References

  1. Jump up ↑ Interviews
  2. Jump up ↑
  3. Jump up ↑ http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1637
  4. Jump up ↑ http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7685-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-500-201/
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