An upbeat but chill track around the idea of a young artist finding there way in an urban environment and discovering both themselves and their artistic vision.

Into the Canvas

This electronic cinematic piece is the third part in a series of songs from Bryan Nord's debut album Aniagiasi.  "The Busy Child" is a concept on A.I. which I first read about in James Barrat's Book "Our Final Invention".  I then chose to break this theme up into 3 parts: ANI (Artificial Nominal Intelligence), AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) and ASI (Artificial Superior Intelligence).

Aniagiasi

The Busy Child (Asi)

For the album Aniagiasi, one of the key pieces to my research was the book Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era by James Barrat.  This is where I found the concept of “The Busy Child” which the author uses to explain the curiosity, development and unknown results of a new form of intelligence.  This track explores those initial moments of awareness and the events that immediately follow.

The Busy Child (Ani)

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Here we pick up “The Busy Child” concept once again with A.I. having an intelligence equal to that of the human mind.  There are some audible references to the Eurisko track and this is intentional.  There will be many questions about A.I. when it is able to match the thinking speed and versatility of the human mind.  Hopefully this is something we are prepared for.  When thinking about this brief future moment, I found myself envisioning humanity on the cusp of a technological coin flip.  I can only hope we are prepared to deal with the weight of either outcome.

The Busy Child (Agi)

A piece in the works.  If you have time for feedback then throw some my way.  Otherwise, thank you for the listen.  This is probably going to end up on an EP of similar stuff I am working on.

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Chilld

A #StayAtHome project with a few talented co-workers covering R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts".  
Vocals: Gina Cunsolo, Kristen McKee, Gina Rodriguez
Acoustic Guitar: Tim Roper
Electric Guitars: Alex Williams, Scott Burdsall
Bass Guitar: Aaron Costello
Keyboards, Strings, Drum Programming: Bryan Nord
Artwork: Jillian Nord

Everybody Hurts

Bryan Nord (born 1973) is an electronic musician and composer whose current work includes primarily ambient and thematic electronic music. Hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania he recently completed a two and a half year long project and his first self-produced solo album entitled Aniagiasi (released March 2018). This instrumental concept album explores the history, advancements and possibilities of artificial intelligence and it’s ultimate impact on humanity.

Bryan Nord

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