This week, we hear what The Big Bang sounded like, investigate the world’s greatest echo chambers, and consider the impact Space Invaders had on video game music. We hear from musicians Kathy Lowe and Martin Austwick (AKA Pale Bird) about their experiences of using different types of reverb. Kathy’s website: https://www.kathylowemusic.com/Pale Bird: https://palebird.bandcamp.com/ Source material for this week’s episode:Small Gods by Terry Pratchett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_GodsWorld’s Longest Duration Echo: https://phys.org/news/2014-01-world-longest-duration-echo-man-made.htmlThe Sound Of The Big Bang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpchtF6KnMgSonic Wonderland: https://soundcloud.com/sonicwonderland/sonic-wonderland-worldsI Am Sitting In A Room by Alvin Lucier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Sitting_in_a_RoomThe World’s Weirdest Echos And Where To Hear Them: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/worlds-weirdest-echoes-where-hear-them-180963307/Andrew Schartmann - Maestro Mario: How Nintendo Transformed Videogame Music into an Art (Thought Catalog, 2013): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maestro-Mario-Nintendo-Transformed-Videogame/dp/B00M3AJJWA Space Invaders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invaders Music by Lee Rosevere: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ Further details about Frank Burton:Frank’s website: https://www.frankburton.co.uk/ (Visit for more details about Frank’s books, A History of Sarcasm, One Hundred, and Everything I Am, plus the video series The Ragbag Rambler.)Ragbag podcast: https://shows.acast.com/5b93ef1248d0840933a8f131 Frank’s email: [email protected] & Instagram: @ragbagpresents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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