Category: music

Pursuit of Radiance – musical & philosophical

What happens when Carnatic music, eastern and western philosophy and optics come together?

Well….if you ask my friend Karthik Raveendran, who is a Carnatic vocalist and a physicist, he will say Kānthimathīm – which is his musical video perspective on ‘Pursuit of Radiance’.

Below I post his spectacular art, which includes his music and philosophical thoughts on the mentioned topics. All this visualized through Indian architecture, Finnish lakes and auroras over its sky.

He has been very kind to acknowledge me in his video for my minor input on scientific philosophy. I am truly honored.

Do watch+listen (~ 14 min)

Frankfurt in 5 hours…

On my way back to India from Leipzig, I spent an evening in Frankfurt (19th Sept 2025). I arrived on an intercity train from Leipzig to Frankfurt in the late afternoon and had about 22 hours for my flight. I quickly checked into the hotel, did a bit of research online and picked a few places to visit in the evening. As suggested, I took a 1-day train ticket and went to Frankfurt Hauptwache, and visited the following places on foot: Museum of Modern Electronic Music, city center walkway, Iron Bridge, love locks on the bridge, walkway around the bridge, including a beautiful view of the sunset and cruise ship, the historical Römerberg that has statues of Minerva and the goddess of justice.

It was a long walk on a bright evening, and what a few hours of historical learning…pictures below.

Bach @ Leipzig

The musician Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) has a major presence in Leipzig, Germany. As one walks across the streets of Leipzig, one will find Bach’s presence in the form of symbols and statues. His presence is felt both in the lavish churches and in the open markets, which indicates his influence in the period. A museum adjoining St. Thomas’ church has many musical instruments and notes that belonged to Bach. When I visited this place, the organ was being played, and the quality of the acoustics was excellent. Below are a few snapshots from the visit (15th Sept 2025).

Music beats on a metal water can

If you have a metal water can, what do you do ?…well make a geeky music video🙂

I played the water can to generate beats & recorded the response.

You will see the periodic beats + colour-coded audio-visualisation. 📹

Enjoy !

#fun #experiment

A metal water can was played to generate music beats, and the acoustic response was recorded. You will see the periodic beats in the timeline and a colour-coded audio-visualisation of it. Enjoy !