process_musiq is a repackaging of selected recent aiffhead compositions that as a body of work represent a transformation away from traditional modes of production toward generative processes and code based ways of making. These minimalist works coalesce to form a sparse sombre monolithic sonic landscape.

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[#capillary bonus track] These bonus tracks are selected from a number of compositions and experiments that became stems for the #capillary soundscape or were created during the writing and production phase of the work.

A recording of the responsive audio soundscape #capillary can be streamed and downloaded from http://aiffhead.bandcamp.com/

#capillary is a recording of a sonified environment prepared for the participatory data visualisation #capillary by artist Brad Miller, producer and sound artist Ian McArthur (aiffhead) and programmer Adam Hinshaw exhibited in Sydney June 7 - July 20 2013.

#capillary is a responsive space featuring crowdsourced visual data (images) and a sonified audio field created from sixteen unique compositions created while travelling on public transport around Sydney. The compositions are constructed from fragments of digital noise, field recordings and audio compositions and additionally processed by a sound patch (granular synthesis) that segments and reassembles them into new configurations, and responsive juxtapositions. 

Credits
released 10 July 2013
Concept, coding, synths, field recordings, production: aiffhead (Ian McArthur)
Photography: Ian McArthur

The PureData patch originally created by Derek Holzer macumbista.net was subsequently further developed by artist Ian Andrews. 

aiffhead - Emergency

'node' is fundamentally constructed from snippets of code that have been drenched in reverb. In keeping with my long term minimalist approach to practice this composition was created with Supercollider and Soundtrack Pro.

aiffhead - node

Expansive recent composition constructed in part from a generative synthesis process.
(Music for Headphones Vol.2) 

Some stubs in this composition are drawn from the responsive audio work in the installation plasma_flow (VIVID 2012, Sydney).

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Gene_Scape (A Swarm of Butterflies mix)

Generated from Supercollider. Code and sample aiffhead 2013

Created for the 4'33" Musique Concrète IFAR compilation series: https://www.facebook.com/events/158937714244620/

The track is on Musique Concrète (volume 16) general resources, which is available on Bandcamp at: http://ifarmusiqueconcretecompilation.bandcamp.com/album/ifar-musique-concr-te-general-resources-compilation

Cortex

A collection of Insect-like code remixed. Is it possible to DJ code then? I say yes!

Bugs

Extended ambient drone edit of Zombie Synth.

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