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TIL that composer Sebastian Plano created a musical album called Keynvor (the Cornish word for ocean) made entirely of ocean sounds from the cornish coast and piano. Each song is named a Lat/Long coordinate to the place where the ocean sounds were recorded. All proceeds went to ocean restoration.

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