Editing Ray Kurzweil (section)

===Our Lady Peace===

On December 12, 2000, [[Columbia Records]] released the Canadian alternative rock band [[Our Lady Peace]]'s album ''[[Spiritual Machines]]''. Although not initially so intended, the project evolved into a conceptual interpretation of Kurzweil's 1999 book ''[[The Age of Spiritual Machines]]''. The band emailed Kurzweil to ask permission to use the title of his book for their project. Kurzweil's excitement at the prospect prompted them to invite him to record spoken excerpts from his book for the album. As a result, short tracks of spoken dialog by Kurzweil are interspersed among the album's songs. The Kurzweil K250 keyboard is also used on the album.<ref name="Ellen">Chiu, Ellen {{cite web |url=http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2000/10/2501.cfm |title="OLP Are Spiritual Machines" |access-date=2017-02-26 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031004075029/http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2000/10/2501.cfm |archive-date=October 4, 2003 |df=mdy-all }} Chartattack.com October 25, 2000. Retrieved 2009-11-16</ref>