Translating the Cosmos

On this episode of the Star River, I'm joined by Thomas Loupe, an artist who navigates the intersection of engineering, filmmaking, and music. Known for his atmospheric electronic project First Sun and his work on the the video game Natural Selection II (among others), Thomas has spent years "translating" the universe into sounds and visuals we can all understand.

We discuss his Return Void project and the philosophy of making the cosmos accessible to everyone. As fellow travelers and musicians, we also dive into the "code" of creativity - comparing the math of synthesizers to the processing of an astrophoto.

What I love most about what I understand my connection to the cosmos and my connection to music to be is to take all of that together and combine it and make it so that other people in the world are able to have the experience that I wasn't able to have as a kid.

Thomas and I definitely explored the deep parts of the River on this episode, and you're not going to want to miss it.

As an added bonus, Thomas was kind enough to write theme music for the Star River Podcast, which you get to hear for the first time, right here!