(with various pulsars
recorded by radio telescopes, digital percussion sequences, and
electronically generated sounds)
Pulsars are neutron stars that rotate at extremely regular
intervals. The piece begins with the sound of a pulsar. In general, pulsars
are louder than the other sounds throughout, and can generally be
recognized by their regular beating. Toward the end of the piece, a
composite of different pulsars can be heard blending into and out of one
another. Pulsars consist of regular beats, the percussion track is made up
of irregular beats, and the electronic sound track contains both regular
and irregular rhythms. In fact, musical rhythms of every kind are composed
of either regular or irregular beats, or a combination of both. Sequences
of pulsars, percussion, and electronic sounds were separated by silences,
equal to the lengths of the segments, and reordered in random
sequence.

