eiπ + 1 = 0 Σ 1/n² = π²/6 1000 = 2³ · 5³ ∀ε > 0 ∃δ > 0 p ∈ ℙ

The Theory of Numbers

Written and recorded by lionel Cohen

One thousand tracks made exclusively for music libraries: hip hop, world, IDM, cinematic, ambient, funk, jazz and whatever else the numbers turned up. Presented by dna-productions.

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1,000 tracks · Catalog discontinued · 2011
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A thousand small proofs

It began as a drawer of odds and ends and grew into a full library catalog: three-minute pieces and sixty-second ideas, each one numbered, tagged and ready to sit under picture. industrial trailers sit beside harpsichord electronica, singing-bowl ambience, steelpan summer cues and drum 'n' bass.

The catalog is now closed. Nothing new will be added, but every track in it can still be licensed by special request.

1,000tracks, numbered Theory 001 to Theory 1000
168of those numbers are prime. They glow gold in the grid below.
500,500the sum of 1 through 1000, the trick young Gauss is said to have solved in seconds
–genres in the spreadsheet (loading)
–of tracks are instrumental
–median tempo in BPM

The thousand

Every dot is one track, in order. Hover to read a number, click to open it. When you search below, matching tracks light up blue.

trackprime-numbered trackmatches your search

The catalog by the numbers

Counted live from the spreadsheet.

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Every track in The Theory of Numbers was written and recorded by lionel Cohen and is available for licensing through dna-productions. Send the track numbers you like and a line about the project.

info@dna-productions.com