Matmos Meets Turing

I came across an article in Seed Magazine today about the music duo Matmos. I hadn’t heard of them before, but was immediately intrigued. First, because of their name – the Matmos was the living liquid underneath the city of Sogo in the film Barbarella. The film is a cult favourite of mine. Second, because they have created a musical tribute to Alan Turing, and used, as the basis, recordings of an actual Enigma machine in action. The result can be heard here. Fascinating.

 

In addition, there’s also a video lecture given by the duo at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute on this piece.