{"id":135230,"date":"2023-07-10T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=135230"},"modified":"2023-07-10T15:47:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:47:08","slug":"rainbow-in-a-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=135230","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow in a Bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is a rainbow real or is it a figment of our imagination? A trick of the light? Ethereal, mythical and something not tangible, not touchable? In truth, a rainbow is real even though it is an optical phenomenon, an optical illusion, that can occur only under certain weather conditions. The colours are caused by the refraction of light in water droplets resulting in a continuous spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. So it is real, yet it still leaves the issue; you can’t touch it. However, you can listen to it, see it and now smell it. Thanks to the scent brand DS & Durga<\/a>, the latest elixir is an ode not just to the mythical phenonium but also to a piece of music that also tried to ‘capture’ the rainbow. Find out more in Rainbow in a Bottle <\/em>Here<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographic images of perfumes Lydia Gu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once upon a time, there was a musician Terry Riley who looked to capture the sound of a rainbow in a record. A Rainbow in Curved Air<\/em>,  was an overdubbed electronic album released in 1969 in the midst of the psychedelia movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, Riley’s music became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape music techniques, and delay systems.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The record was extremely experimental and largely improvisational and consisted of Riley’s overdubbed improvisations on several keyboard and percussion instruments, including an electric organ, electric harpsichord, dumbec, (a goblet-shaped drum with skin) and tambourine, alongside tape loops (when magnetic tape is used to create repetitive, rhythmic musical patterns or dense layers of sound when played on a tape recorder). It is still considered one of the most important musical works of the 20th century and it inspired a lot of musicians from that period all the way to present-day techno. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately an exploration of what a rainbow may well sound like, from a creative standpoint as there is actually a sound version of a rainbow that is often referred to as an “auditory rainbow”. This can refer to various things, such as the way different frequencies of sound are perceived by the ear, or the way that sound waves can diffract and create beautiful patterns of interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This album was part of a short-lived album series on American experimental music helmed by CBS employee David Behrman and this specific album subsequently influenced a number of rock and electronic productions and was considered a landmark of minimalism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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