#algorithmic music

[trashpandaqc]

genre: folk/lounge/microscopic demon

[jsoliday]

I've got a new track out today on this comp, along with thirty other artists remixing Farmersmanual's nullgera​̈​t Listen to the entire comp here: https://tokinogake.bandcamp.com/album/nullger-t-remixes

and the original Farmersmanual source: https://tokinogake.bandcamp.com/album/nullgera-t

[nostalgiafordarkness]

Listen to Nostalgia for Darkness on Suno! 🎵

[burlveneer-music]

William Fields - quube

The limits of control. Turning the idea of 'limit' on its head - taking it as a generative, rather than a destructive approach. A dream that - if impossible to reach in human societies - has its natural space in algorithmic artistic practices. Here, paths can be created, drawn and followed on the borders of control - lines of code, functions, variables. William Fields' latest EP, quube - to appear in April 2024 on SØVN Records - traces pathways through this dream in four pieces that were recorded with the attitude of a dancer rather than that of a composer: following and constantly reinterpreting the performative flow. The music in quube, drawing from a relatively restricted palette of simple waves and minimal processing, is often exciting - conveying an urgency similar to the one which is felt in a free improv concert. It is not surprising, then, to learn that the four pieces were recorded as a live take, with no editing or overdubs. The flow of sounds becomes almost playful in its enthusiastic impatience, eager to cross the limits of control only to bounce back for another unexpected dance step. William Fields is an electronic musician from Philadelphia, USA, working from 30 years at the intersection between algorithmic composition and improvisation. His music has been described by the legendary Richard Devine as “some of the most mind-blowing algorithmically generated music I'd ever heard” and has been published by - among others - SUPERPANG, tokinogake, EVEL, 3OP.

[kristo-flowers]

Most of the time i post photo's here, but my main occupation is composing experimental music. Check out my newest album: Compositions with pure tones

A series of very abstract compositions, for which the source material was generated through additive synthesis with pure sine tones. The pitch, envelope and volume of 100 oscillators was controlled via algorithms to create a wide variety of sounds and sonic evolutions. A selection of those sounds was then further processed and combined in several layers in a more intuitive way.

Best listened to on good quality speakers or headphones on moderate volume. Contains a lot very high and low frequencies which will not reproduce correctly on cheap speakers like the ones builtin in laptops or smartphones.

Listen/purchase: Compositions with pure tones by kristof lauwers

[aitalksblog]

The Meteoric Rise of Generative AI Music

(Image generated by author with BlueWillow) In our previous post, we explored the transformative power of generative AI in the art industry. We saw how AI can be used to create stunning and innovative artworks. In this post, we will shift our focus to the music industry. With more than 14 million songs created (14% of the world’s music recordings) by just one platform under three years,…

[communist-hatsunemiku]

holy shit listen to this fucking song. Miku is rapping in the beginning and it actually gave me goosebumps. LIKE!!! This song, this song this song holy shit.

[tribow]

Ah yes let me listen to

While I get some work done mmm I wonder what's going on here.

"...This stuff is also happening on music platforms like Spotify too, so it's not like using another musical platform is really an option."

HUH!??!?!?! WHAT!??!?!?

"And even if it was, that shouldn't be the solution."

NO. NO! NOOO!!!

You can't, you can't just dismiss the competition! Youtube and Spotify are not the only places to listen to music are you kidding me!??!?! Both Youtube and Spotify are music platforms that heavily rely on algorithms to deliver music to you. Of course bots and AI slop are going to take advantage of that! This video talks a lot about how Youtube playlists and recommendations are getting ruined by the slop. That's a shame, really, but consider what you're saying here!

There are options!!!!

Bandcamp and Soundcloud are right there!!! They're right there!!!!!

I go to the first page of Bandcamp and what do I get??? Featured Artists being promoted by Bandcamp, a list of current top selling albums on the platform, new and notable albums that were released on the platform recently, and encouragement to explore the tags.

What do I get on Soundcloud??? Music I recently played, Recommendations based on songs I previously liked, Other recommendations based on who I follow and listen to, Soundcloud's featured artists that get promoted.

Both platforms use tags that are set by whatever musician uploaded the music. They both encourage you to curate your music yourself or explore what others have curated. Yes, there's some algorithm stuff on their front pages, but these algorithms are properly built to promote real people and not just bots taking advantage of the system. Soundcloud has a feed just like other social media platforms, and that feed is only for what YOU follow.

Heck, you could even use Audius! I don't personally use the platform myself, but it functions like an alternative to Soundcloud. It has much of the same appeal. Its front page shows what music is currently trending, but guess what, it has a feed and it encourages you to curate it!

I get it, a lot of artists don't use these platforms, but what ties them all together is that they're doing what we want them to do: Actually support musicians. Artists aren't incentivized to use the platforms strictly because they're less popular, but it doesn't mean these platforms are worse than Youtube or Spotify.

Spotify sucks ass! They're literally infamous for being infested with bots, fake genres, and barely paying artists. You can buy an artists album for $5 and you would be paying them more money than they would get if you listened to them on Spotify for 5 months total.

Youtube pays a bit better, but they don't give a flying fuck about music! They're trying to have the whole cake and eat it too with movies, games, and other social media interaction. (text posts, polls, pictures, and the such.) They want people to be using their platforms and ONLY their platforms for everything. Your eyes must be glued to their screens at all times, so what if the algorithm hands you slop? You'll watch it right? It'll promote whatever keeps you there no matter who or what it is! (as long as its legal)

Don't sit around waiting for these platforms to change for the better. LEAVE. If you want to support artists then support them on other platforms if they're available on there!

And I know, I know Soundcloud had a whole exodus some years ago because whoever makes the decisions at Soundcloud is some out of touch buffoon who's getting desperate and doesn't know how to make the platform profitable, but you know what happened with almost every stupid decision Soundcloud made? They rolled it back or it didn't follow through with it. They're at the mercy of the userbase. The platform has issues, but I'd never give it up for the lack of respect and slop Spotify and Youtube have. Soundcloud's my musical hellsite (affectionate)

Bandcamp, as far as I know, has 0 controversy outside of the big companies who bought them and laid off half the Bandcamp staff. That wasn't Bandcamp's fault! They just got fucked over by Epic, otherwise they're still doing great! Bandcamp just needs to modernize their platform a little bit. (HOW IS THERE STILL NO VOLUME SLIDER)

Again, no comment on Audius, but hell maybe I'll start using that too.

And if you're SO INSISTENT on using Youtube for music, don't rely on the algorithm for your content! You can curate what you see on there you know! Subscribe to people, actually look at your subscription feed! If you want to use recommendations, you can adjust that too! Every time you see some AI bullshit click on those 3 little dots and either click "Not Interested" or "Don't recommend channel". I hate Youtube's guts when it comes to music, but they at least gave you options to if you hate what the algorithm is showing you. Use them!

Fuck!

Sorry that video got under my skin, it's not a bad video all things considered, but that one point got me heated.

[cleolinda]

“Progressive Jazz Metal Arrangement of ‘Rondo Alla Turca’ For Piano and Drums” is the title. A couple minutes in I was like, who is this guy, because he fucking shreds on this piano. And then also, Nyango Star.

[tennessoui]

so i've been thinking about this premise for so long but it wasn't working for obikin (which of course i took as a challenge) and i think i finally got it where i want it so

au where 35 yo obi-wan is a music sensation across the world but he's recently divorced and going on tour again after releasing a very cutting, personal, and well-received album

and 19 yo anakin joins his tour with his very small band of two other people (ahsoka, padmé) to be his opening act - they have a small but loyal following, a pretty big social media presence, and there are even people who ship anakin and padmé which you know means these are die-hard fans

anakin has definitely looked up to obi-wan and his music for a good portion of his life and he's like. beyond excited that he's going to tour with The Obi-Wan Kenobi - this is big, not just for his music career but also for himself and the little boy he was listening to obi-wan's music for the first time!!

i'm just imagining like....obi-wan and anakin meeting after a few days of rehearsal for opening night, and it's not the most auspicious start because obi-wan's going through like 20 different emotions at any given moment (he's on tour, he's divorced, he's tired, he loves the music, he can't be the person he was in his twenties when he was first on tour but that's a whole different matter, he has all the media training and charismatic instinct to cover up these less than savory emotions with flirtatious empty words) and anakin is just like. sorta starstruck sorta shy sorta eager sorta awkward so:

"i'm uh, i'm a singer it's nice to meet you. hi yeah. hello. i'm on tour. as well. with you. actually." "ah no, are you one of my backing vocal artists? we can't have that - you're much too gorgeous and my ego is much too dependent on the audience focusing on me." "um 😳"

so it's a relationship that begins with a lot of flirting and being flustered and progresses through moments of vulnerability and honest emotion which turns into mutual affection which turns into anakin's celebrity crush becoming very real....meanwhile obi-wan googled anakin and the opening band after the first show/introduction and finds all the stuff about him and padmé being together and that's. that's fine. young love. how sweet. any sort of disappointment obi-wan feels is because he's recently divorced and bitter about it and he's going to have to spend at least half his tour watching the lovebirds snuggling up together.

and even when all the misunderstandings about relationship statuses have been addressed and the pretense has fallen away to leave just attraction, both have to think about their careers - it's all well and good for obi-wan to date someone sixteen years his junior, post divorce, but that's an image he's never wanted to deal with or be associated with. and this is the biggest shot of anakin's career - his best chance to make it in the music industry. in the words of his bandmate, is he really, honestly thinking about risking it for a chance to sleep with The Obi-Wan Kenobi?

but what his bandmate doesn't seem to really understand is that for anakin, obi-wan hasn't been The Obi-Wan Kenobi in a long time. he's just been obi-wan. and that makes a world of difference.

[thealogie]

It’s been said by many but someone really needs to save Chappell Roan. Her position basically boils down to “I think it’s important to vote and I’ll be voting for Kamala but I can’t put my name or money behind her conservative policies” but she said this so so badly over the course of several disjointed videos and with so many people already out for her blood that I fear I genuinely have never seen this volume of videos doing discourse on such a non-event in a while

[pennysucks]

Hermes from Epic be like

Bro is this a trend? I keep seeng posts like this 💀 maybe the algorithm is high idk

[bbnomulaa]

bbno$ + colors

check - february 10th, 2025

[bloodyquillz]

NERVES ARE SHAKING FROM THE DECADENT LIGHT

[app1es0uce]

Poseidon: After everything you’ve done… How will you sleep at night?

Odysseus: …..On a mattress from MattressFirm. So I sleep All night long!