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Philly musicians Lushlife, Mary Lattimore team up for an eclipse-themed "Skull Eclipses"

Several NPR stations, including WXPN, will air the track as the peak event of the eclipse approaches.

Philadelphia musicians Lushlife and Mary Lattimore celebrate the eclipse with “Skull Eclipses,” a track meant to be played during the moment of eclipse totality.
Philadelphia musicians Lushlife and Mary Lattimore celebrate the eclipse with “Skull Eclipses,” a track meant to be played during the moment of eclipse totality.Read moreHandout

The obvious track to listen to today is Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart," but a couple of Philly musicians have another eclipse-themed project for us to check out as the moon blocks the sun.

Philly rapper Lushlife has teamed with Austin, Texas, producer Botany for "Skull Eclipses," a "musical composition for viewing of the solar eclipse," the project's website says. Featuring work from Philly harpist Mary Lattimore, the song is designed to last throughout the 2-minute 40-second totality of today's eclipse, when the moon completely obscures the sun — something that won't occur around Philly, which will experience a partial, but still dramatic, eclipse of about 80 percent.

LATER TODAY: Derrick Pitts, the Franklin Institute's chief astronomer, will take your solar eclipse questions live on Philly.com's Facebook page at 3 p.m., just after the eclipse peak in Philadelphia.

Several NPR stations, including WXPN, will air the track as the peak effect of the eclipse approaches at 2:44 p.m. Monday.

Lushlife, real name Raj Haldar, is the Philadelphia rapper behind 2013's "Toynbee Suite," a track that explores Philly's mysterious Toynbee Tiles from the perspective of whoever the tiler might be. Lattimore this year released an ode to Wawa with her harp-driven track "Wawa by the Ocean."

Check out "Skull Eclipses" here: