We’re very pleased to bring you this episode, and more to come in the future, thanks to our friends at Twenty Thousand Hertz, a podcast that tells the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.

People with perfect or “absolute” pitch hear every single sound as precise musical notes. Is this extraordinary talent a blessing or a curse? In this episode, our friends at Twenty Thousand Hertz dive into the neuroscience, pluses, and pitfalls of absolute pitch. Featuring neuroscientist Daniel Levitin and Grammy-winning musician Jacob Collier.

Art by Mafalda Maia.

Music featured in this episode:

Hide and Seek by Jacob Collier
Light It Up On Me by Jacob Collier
Down the Line by Jacob Collier
To Sleep by Jacob Collier
All I Need by Jacob Collier
Bakumbe by Jacob Collier
Hideaway by Jacob Collier
Colrain by Marble Run
Sky Above by Jacob Collier
Moon River by Jacob Collier
A Noite by Jacob Collier
Connect by Steven Gutheinz
Count the People by Jacob Collier

Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced out of the studios of Defacto Sound, and hosted by Dallas Taylor.