Music From Painting

http://vimeo.com/4668349 What does painting sound like? That’s the question explored by Jen Cotton’s Pour Sound, an experimental electronic music piece that translates painting into sound: This is using openFrameworks for the computer vision and Super Collider to generate the sound. The CV reads the color values of the canvas and generates sound based on the… Read More Music From Painting

Chris Carter’s Experimental Tribute To The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

This is a brief tribute to the experimental work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, made by Chris Carter (Throbbing Gristle). All the sounds and loops originate from the BC8 synth, the Gakken SX-150 synth and the BugBrand Weevil synths. All the effects and processing is done with the Boss pedals. “Oh yeah,” notes Carter.  “I… Read More Chris Carter’s Experimental Tribute To The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Swine Flu As Ambient Music

Swine flu has been sequenced, genetically and now as ambient music: [display_podcast] Here are the details on this: The algorithm I used is a bit complicated, but just in case you’re curious: since the gene is expressed as a surface protein antibodies can sense, it’s considered as a string of amino acids.  Each beat corresponds… Read More Swine Flu As Ambient Music

Visual Music Composition n.002

Visual Music Composition #002 – excerpts from a live mixing session performed on 8 VCR decks with some analog feedback/delay effects. May contain micro samples from Yuri by Meat Beat Manifesto, Right as Rain by Deadbeat, Circus Train by Patric Dawes, Silver Circle by Jan Jelinek and Renku Corporation. via rhizome