Beyond the music itself, The User collective is hoping that the piece will help listeners reflect on the pace at which we move through new technologies.

"We live in a society that is absolutely fueled by these ideas of continual, never-ending progress. It is an economic model that by definition creates a lot of waste. Things that were perfectly good yesterday are no longer any good today simply because there is something else," Madan said.

The byproduct of this progress is the amount of still-working yet obsolete computer equipment that can be readily used for other purposes, such as making a symphony. Such "potential in the technological landscape is, by and large, pretty much untapped," Madan said.