The Enigma machine featured on this song was recorded at Cryptography Research in San Francisco. We are grateful to Paul Kocher for granting us access to this fragile, historic object. MIDI information within the song is being encrypted by a MAX patch which hosts a java emulation of the Enigma machine’s encryption process.
The text is taken from a series of postcards sent by Alan Turing to Robin Gandy before his suicide; each as titled “Messages from the Unseen World.” Three have survived but the fourth was destroyed.
Faced with an imminent trial on charges of gross indecency, Alan Turing insisted upon playing “Cockles and Mussels” on the violin for the police officers who came to his home to take his statement.
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These are the first songs of theirs I heard:
"Enigma Machine for Alan Turing"
The Enigma machine featured on this song was recorded at Cryptography Research in San Francisco. We are grateful to Paul Kocher for granting us access to this fragile, historic object. MIDI information within the song is being encrypted by a MAX patch which hosts a java emulation of the Enigma machine’s encryption process.
"Messages from the Unseen World"
The text is taken from a series of postcards sent by Alan Turing to Robin Gandy before his suicide; each as titled “Messages from the Unseen World.” Three have survived but the fourth was destroyed.
"Cockles and Mussels"
Faced with an imminent trial on charges of gross indecency, Alan Turing insisted upon playing “Cockles and Mussels” on the violin for the police officers who came to his home to take his statement.
I was in love.