"For centuries astronomers have been looking at the stars. But can our ears tell us something that our eyes can't? ... Is it possible that there is more to learn by listening to the stars?"

"In a new Island Records CD called Music from the Galaxies, Italian Astro- physicist and composer Fiorella Terenzi has used the most modern radio-tele- scopes and computers to convert the natural radiation from a galaxy designated UGC6697 into the audible range then add instrumental harmonies. A fascinating demonstration of human intelligence. On October 12 (1992), American scientists will turn the tables, kicking off their largest efforts yet to scour distant galaxies for intelligence on that end."

"Italian Astrophysicist Dr. Fiorella Terenzi marries her knowledge of radio-astronomy and her passion for music on a new release on Island Records called Music from the Galaxies. She did it by collecting information from radio signals generated by celestial bodies and transposing those signals onto a musical spectrum."

"Dr. Terenzi, an Astrophysicist who got her doctorate in Physics from the Uni- versity of Milan, has studied radio waves from space for a number of years. She's taken those waves and with the use of computers has turned them into music. Its interesting stuff, taking information from a distant galaxy 180 million light-years from Earth and converting the cosmic waves into sound and music."

"Astrophysicist-Musician Uses Galactic Sound to Create Tunes"

"A choir for heavenly bodies. Ziggy played guitar; Dr. Fiorella Terenzi plays the cosmos."

"Combining her passion for music with a remarkable scientific discovery that heavenly objects emit radio waves which are very similar to musical notes, Dr. Fiorella Terenzi took data from a radio galaxy known as UGC 6697 and translated it into frequencies that can be heard by humans, then played it on a synthesizer. Whooshes, buzzing, oscillating frequencies and deep didjeridu-like drones combine to sound like nothing else on the planet -- or in space. This is not music in a traditional sense; there is no melodic development or harmony, except on the last track, "Cosmic Time," where our friendly UGC 6697 is accompanied by harp, hand drums, and synthesizers for a lovely fusion of earth and space. If you've ever wondered what it sounds like out in space, or have an adventuresome ear, listen to the real space music. ~ Backroads Music/Heartbeats, All Music Guide"

"First, there was Copernicus. Then, Galileo. Eventually Madonna. Now comes Dr. Terenzi: astronomer, pop star, visionary.

"Invisible Universe, is simply out of this world." "Clearly this discu has star power"

"If you thought Patrick Moore was a character, you haven't meet Dr. Fiorella Terenzi yet. " "With a perfect mix of cool music, hard science, and heavenly host, Invisible Universe has to be the best astronomy disc yet".

"Ode for a soundless Universe: uncovering the celebrated music of the spheres."

Physicist Fiorella Terenzi keeps in tune with the stars. She's the DivaDoc…"

"In this hip, metaphysical take on astronomy from the world's only internationally known astrophysicist/rock star, Dr. Terenzi brings to life a sensual universe"

"Her recent book, Heavenly Knowledge (Avon Books), is far from a dry appraisal of astrophysics, humanizing cosmic phenomena by drawing comparisons between the nature of the universe and the human experience."

"Fiorella is the MTV generation's alternative to Mr. Wizard ... In "Heavenly Knowledge" she draws from her vast background and personal experience to explore the universe and our place amongst the stars..."

"Dr. Fiorella Terenzi has more going for her than just her Madonna-esque mystique. ... Music from the Galaxies has thrilled listeners across planet Earth with its strangely sensuous extraterrestrial tonalities."

"Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, an Italian astrophysicist, has captured radio waves (a form of light) from a distant galaxy 180 million light years from earth, converted the cosmic waves into sound, and transformed the sound into music."

"Since the beginning of time artists, poets, and song-writers have used the heavens for inspiration. Now there is a musician who literally composes music that is heaven sent. She is Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, an Astrophysicist with a degree from the University of Milan."
"... she has been playing it for audiences around the world. We caught up with the Madonna look-alike at, where else, the base of one of the radio telescopes in NASA's deep space communications complex in California, where she told us why she decided to combine music with science."

"Anybody can give you Hammer, I give you music from the heavens." "We are going to jam with the galaxy, folks. Thank God I only did half a tab."

"Let's Get Astrophysical with Doctor Fiorella Terenzi"

"Maybe Charles Barkley, forward for the Philadelphia 76ers, had Dr. Fiorella Terenzi in mind when he said youth shouldn't view a thletes as role models."

"If you thought evenings of ethnomusicology at Royce Hall were tough, welcome to the terrordome."
"We have here Island Records recording artist Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, the one, the only 'astrophysicist/musicologist (musician)'..."

"Forget Simon and Garfunkel, Loggins and Messina, Leopold and Loeb. Here's the ultimate collaboration: Terenzi and UGC 6697... you can't find a more impressive combination of resources in music today."
"But in the data from UGC 6697, Terenzi sensed that there was ample material for an album that even liberal arts majors could enjoy."

"Since when did Fellini turn cyberpunk?"
"... what you've got is a phenomena in the making."

"... her music comes from a galaxy called UGC 6697 which, on a map, is about 180 million light years away - straight up." "Similar to a ride through Disneyland's Space Mountain (except you can listen immediately after lunch and without seat belts)..."

"Just when you thought modern music has exhausted every possible territory, an Italian physicist has produced an unique recording from a way-out source."
"It is strangely beautiful, definitely different: music where no one has gone before."

"Her extraordinary first album, Music from the Galaxies, on Island Records, combines her twin passion for music and astrophysics."
"Dr. Terenzi creates moody, eerie and interesting music that is truly `from the hearts of space'."

"When we think of the Renaissance, we think of DaVinci, Michelangelo and the like, who demonstrated the capacity for multiple talents. Dr. Fiorella Terenzi is a modern Renaissance woman - right from Milan. What makes Dr. Terenzi so fascinating? She fills the scope of human endeavor."

"The result is a spacey new age album, that for the first time takes sounds from gas clouds slamdancing around galaxy UGC 6697..."

"In a unique blend of science and art, Terenzi is exploring the possibility of categorizing celestial objects by means of sound, at the same time as she investigates their aesthetic potential."

"A landmark release - an uncommon fusion of science and art, astronomy and music, known as Acoustic Astronomy"

"Throughout history, from Plato and Pythagoras to the present day, man has always searched for celestial harmony and music in the night sky. That desire has, for the first time, evolved into reality by Dr. Terenzi's creation of 'Acoustic Astronomy' - to listen to the 'music of the spheres'."
"Perhaps our cosmic brothers on other planets around other suns are listening to the very same music, the Music of the Galaxies."

"Now her sounds - from radio galaxy UGC 6697, which is 1.7 quadrillion kilo- meters (180 million light years) away from earth, are available on audiocassette tape and compact disc as 'Music from the Galaxies'." "In some, familiar sounds and noises are discernible - like the deep breaths in 'Sidereal Breath', several out-of-tune basses in 'Galactic Beats', or a tropical jungle full of noisy birds and animals in 'Collision'. In others, the sounds are more unusual."

"The end result is like something out of the classic 1950's science fiction epic, 'Forbidden Planet'. It embraces a cosmic ambience which is alternately eerie, disturbing, and, in a curiously lonesome way, even restful. It can feel odd, but strangely compelling."

"What is far out is Terenzi's other contribution to the production: the accompanying music that comes from 180 million light years - that's 1.7 quadrillion kilometers - away. ... marks her debut as an actor, but she has already made her mark as astrophysicist - she is Doctor Terenzi with degrees from the University of Milan - and musician with a unique blending of science and art that turns cosmic radiation into out-of-this-world music."

"Dr. Fiorella Terenzi captured the galaxy's radio waves (created from the explosion of colliding gas clouds long before the evolution of humanity), then translated them into computer data and expressed the data as music. Her goal, she says, is to create a 'sonorous universe' - one in which we `hear the stars and the cosmos in the same way we see them."

"In addition to becoming the centerpiece for her compositions, the unearthly sounds of UGC 6697 also reveal information about the nature and composition of the galaxy, in much the same manner as a spectrograph would."

"Rare are deep, ultraversatile and magically eclectic human beings capable of breaking ground in many fields and fusing diverse disciplines in those critical marriages whose offspring are breakthroughs. Names that leap to mind are Nikola Tesla and William Blake, who bridged the (possibly illusory) gap between the sciences and the arts to integrate the two. ... This is the mental and physical playground for the scientist-composer, Dr. Fiorella Terenzi."

"The rest are undiluted actual star songs themselves, transformed to a language for the human ear... An album for introspection and meditation, if you want to go WAY out there."