STORM DEVA

The composer-astroscientist duo that are cloudbusting in mythical, eclectic style.

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IN HINDUISM, A DEVA (pronounced dayva) is a god; someone supernatural who shines and is literally dev-ine. Add extreme weather, and emotion, and there’s a substantial concept manifesting. So when Leeds-via-Hertfordshire composer, vocalist and pianist Carollyn Eden chose this name for her work she was thinking big. Bigger than big. Celestial, magical… as large as the heavens and Earth. Which was serendipitous, as the noted astrophysicist (and progressive-minded rock guitarist) Dr Stuart Clark was soon pulled into her, ahem, orbit. After a chance conversation at a tube station, Eden was invited to perform at an interactive science-theatre event in 2012 called Enlightenment Café. It took place in the Old Vic tunnels at Waterloo, where Clark was a Master Of Ceremonies amid a number of scientists taking part. “We started talking…

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