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Is there an equivalent to the Music of the Spheres that draws on modern physics and music? A 'Music of the Hypersphere' or an 'acoustic cosmology in Hilbert Space'?

We explore relationships (mathematical and experiential, not causal) between the mathematics used in astrophysics (specifically cosmology and quantum mechanics) and codified mathematics-as-algorithms in the realms of computer- and electronic-music.

Our ontology builds on the evolving language of music: from PITCH and DURATION in early monophonic music to the development of HARMONY in baroque; from the ROMANTIC and COMPLEX symphony to REDUCTIONIST music-concrete; from ATOMISED computer-music to the contemporary GENERATIVE algorave.

We reduce our sonic universe (soniverse) to a set of fundamental equations and explore this modern intersection: is there a musical equivalent to the CURVATURE of spacetime; can we operate natively in a frequency rather than a time-based domain; what might DIMENSIONALITY mean in an acoustic cosmology?

We test if there exists and/or if we can create a soniverse in which the language of science is relevant: in a causal sense (e.g. the physics may be self-referentially consistent) or aesthetically (e.g. it may describe a subjective musical construct). We create a fundamental particle, a sonon, which is the equivalent to a photon in our sonic universe (not to be confused with a phonon). We define its properties and begin to explore the physics that may apply. We further present what written, visual and sonic outputs may be generated.