This isn’t just another neoclassical album. It’s a clash between humanity, technology, and infinity. Thanks to his collaboration with Mark McCaughrean – a distinguished astronomer, founder of Space Rocks, and advisor to the European Space Agency (ESA) – Valkov gained access to raw data from key space missions from ESA, NASA, and JAXA.

A key element of the project is how this data becomes music. In collaboration with the Japanese Qosmo AI Creativity & Music Lab, Atanas Valkov utilized Neutone technology (timbre transfer). This technology processes raw readings from space probes live and through AI algorithms. During playing, the piano’s sound and cosmic data enter into a real dialogue – the instrument’s timbre is dynamically transformed on the fly, creating unique, audioreactive textures that cannot be programmed traditionally.