Sounds from a Polestar 2 including its electric systems have been turned into music

Swedish electric car brand Polestar has teamed up with robotics engineer and musician Moritz Simon Geist to create a whole new type of music genre. Moritz has made a name for himself by building robots that create music from unlikely sources and now he has turned his attention to the Polestar 2 and its parts.

To create his music track, Moritz built robots from parts of the car with each robot extracted a sound sample using the various elements inside that component. This was from a physical noise or from the car’s changing electromagnetic field. The samples were used to create beats that Moritz wove into an original composition, playing the car like an instrument.

The package of sound samples has also been made available on Polestar.com so any aspiring DJ can play with the beats online and create their own tracks.

“In my work I am genuinely interested in finding new ways to combine state-of-the-art technological tools with art and music. For me, art is a sand-box experiment for testing out and bringing new perspectives to technological novelties, before they are adapted by a broader audience. This can be AI-algorithms, robotics – or electric vehicles, which are playing an increasing role in our transition to a more sustainable future," says Moritz.

Many of the sounds that created the song are specific to the nature of electric cars. With a Harman Kardon audio system and significantly lower noise and vibration levels compared to traditional cars, Moritz says that the Polestar 2 was the perfect audio listening booth.

Head of Brand and Marketing at Polestar, Åsa Borg agreed. “We’re used to listening to music in cars. Thanks to Moritz and his squad of robots, we can now listen to cars in music.”

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