Yourong Frank Wang

Category: Voices&MusicWorks

  • “The Vacuous Megaparsecs” – Companion Booklet

    And physics updates.

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  • Happy Valentine’s Day ’25

    Not many years ago I walked around (I do mean around) auckland central and waited for the night to end sitting on the wharf at Waterfront.

    I would have wanted to listen to this.

    Thanks to Apple for this great ringtone. I played the melody with variations on my little keyboard in my office.

    The cover art is derived from the same Pixelmator project file as my upcoming … album … Gold. Hence the reuse of Voyager Golden disk imagery.

  • You Can Stream “Vienna” Now!

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  • „Vienna“ tracks breakdown

    Moving on. Happy Monday.

    This version is slightly older now – final version has a busier low piano section and more vocal layers.

  • [IrPt] Imagine Stars – Companion Booklet

    Imagine Stars / Farewell, Auckland Physics – EP.

    Available to stream everywhere in mid-June, this small release of music includes “Gravitation”, my graduation song, and “Imagine Stars”, the complete reinterpretation of a melody that has had a long history with my time as a physics student. This page says a bit more about the story behind each track.

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  • Stream “Shenzhou 5”, My Song for Impending PhD Submission

    One of the working titles (since I missed the October 15 anniversary date of the flight) was “Self-Portrait of an Early-Career Theoretical Physicist“. It ended up seeming too long for my liking.

  • Afar – Prologue

    快把星光盛进篮子，
    按下宇宙的暂停键！
    在无尽沉寂中，
    等待下一个“顷刻”。

    无人歌颂时间，
    他们只是在时间里歌唱。

    ——也让我静止，
    像一叠曝光的胶片，
    你可尽情在画面之间涂抹。

    ——也让我静止，
    这样在下一个顷刻，
    你就能尝试解开我心中的结。
    它由无数时序的思绪交织而成，
    人们已然称之为生命本身。

    ——也让我静止，
    这样可以提醒我哪怕形如短暂的，
    一丝顾虑，
    一份彷徨，
    时光中崩解的沙质城堡，
    也是不可回溯的远方，
    无价的珍宝。

    Quickly gather starlight in a basket,
    and press the Pause button of the Universe!
    So, in endless stillness,
    await the next “instant.”

    No one sings in praise of time;
    one merely sings in it.

    — and now hold me still,
    like a stack of film.
    you can freely smudge between frames.

    — and now hold me still.
    in the next instant,
    try to unravel my soul.
    weave countless threads of thought,
    known readily as life itself.

    — and now hold me still,
    this might remind me:
    even threads of doubt,
    and hesitation,
    Castles of sand upon the passage of time,
    Are places afar that no one returns to,
    and priceless treasures.

    some historical cover art variants of this thingy.