Orbital's Paul Hartnoll Shares New Track Heartwork
Tuesday, 01 May 2018
Written by Jon Stickler
Orbital's Paul Hartnoll has shared an experimental track based entirely on the heartbeats of Britain's cycling commuters.
In celebration of the 10th birthday of the Ride-to-Work scheme, Evans Cycles and the British Heart Foundation have teamed up with cyclists from up and down the country to mark the occasion with the release of Heartwork. On creating the track, Hartnoll said:
"The first inspiration from the data I took is that the average commuting heartrate seems to be around the tempo of techno or fast house music – around 128bpm, which gave me a good feel for how to approach the production. I was also inspired to make the majority of the music and the rhythm out of actual bike sounds, sampling my own bike by playing it with bits of metal and bike pumps. Whether as a listener you notice that the song is made up of bike sounds or not, it’s there in the DNA of the track."
Heartwork is the world’s first piece of music created using data from heartbeats during exercise. Download it here.
Orbital, meanwhile, have live dates planned throughout the summer, including a headlining appearance at this year's Shiiine On Festival. They'll also play a one off London show at the end of the year.
Orbital Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri June 29 2018 - BRIGHTON Brighton Racecourse
Sat June 30 2018 - HULL Zebedee's Yard
Sat December 15 2018 - LONDON Eventim Apollo
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