Haven't you heard! Mirror fallen in love with his own reflection!

Production Notes:

I call this style Pareh-Pareh, Farsi for (torn) piece by piece, the idea is to stitch together pieces different in styles and arrangements and yet in composer's butchered heart they are manifestation of a singleton love.

Hasten attempts to stitch pieces by the thread and needle of sorrows and regrets, yet all the composer endeavours ... some noises.

Cover Photo by Fares Hamouche

https://www.vfrhub.com/article/re-experiencing-symptom-self-monitoring-as-an-early-step-in-the-treatment-of-posttraumatic-stress-disorder/fares-hamouche-dv7rtvn_c6q-unsplash/#

Derivative Image Processing by Dara.

Mirror In Love With Reflection

About 10 years back, I needed repeatedly to listen to Art of Fugue (AOF) and problem became patent that Classical Chamber performances were acoustically too mangled to listen to different passages/voices independently. 

Listened to organ performances, though much better left much more to desire. 

So I took a small piece and rearranged the instruments to be able to listen more attentively, in order to learn the art of Fugue composition. 

And as I always I had to throw in kitchen sink full of synthesizers and rock drums and basses and yes Indian Tabla!

Dara Shayda's Album

Listening Etude: Contrapunctus 1, Art of Fugue, JS Bach

Darwishaan is the plural in Farsi for Darwish or Pauper:

http://www.untiredwithloving.org/araqi_lesson_20_pauper.html

Production Note:
Same as:
https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/beloved-midst-the-carbon  

Melodyne output was in polyphonic:
files.lossofgenerality.com/icy_dunes_poly_QT_PC.mid 

Darwishaan Sob in Polyphonic

A Brief History of Saad 
http://www.untiredwithloving.org/saad.html 

 
Carnal nature of our mammalian birth causes irreparable amnesia. Saad 
is the phoneme of the language of the Arab, representing the frequency 
ranges for clanging sounds of the unbaked pottery, indeed a Harf 
(Divine Alphabet) immixed with the human genesis, inexorably linked to 
his being to serve as an acoustic reverberation, echos from infinite 
past, reflecting off the Harf Ka as in Rabbi-Ka, a mirror like 
acoustic memory system. 

The Prophet has passed on, his family has been killed and dispersed, 
weird violent men and women propagating odious ideologies under the 
name of Islam and its spiritual core of Sufism. The Arab has lost all 
sense of their language, barbers and tailors are made the gatekeepers 
of Eden.
 
In such time an 'Abd (Servant) finds no sanctuary but within the 
phonemes of the language of the Dhikr, for him there is no where else 
to seek certitude, for him the hum of Saad is everywhere guiding him 
to his grave, to reach the final and absolute form of certitude: The 
all encompassing cessation. 

A Brief History of Saad

New Algorithmic Improv:

Wolfram Mathematica code:
https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/ccn2/Published/knn_partition_similarity_air.nb

Knn Bach Air Euc 5 40

Knn Bach Air Euc 2 5

Knn Bach Air Cos 2 20

Knn Bach Air Canberra 2 40

For discussions please join:

https://twitter.com/ccn_studios

Knn BWV974 Learns BWV1068 Euclid Offset 1 K 2 Size 90

Knn BWV1068 Learns BWV974 Euclid Offset 1 K 2 Size 80

Knn BWV1068 Learns BWV1068andBWV974 Euclid Offset 1 K 2 Size 80

Knn learns composition of two Bach's original works and then stored into a Cloud system for later retrieval. 

A simple tune was fed to the Learned cloud function and improv-ed a new tune!

Wolfram Mathematica code:

https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/ccn2/Published/learned_function_air_adagio.nb

Sample Tune Learns Knn BWV1068andBWV974 Euclid Offset 1 K 2 Size 40

Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/b1509/

A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. At the center of this image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short. The pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star which is spewing energy out into the space around it to create complex and intriguing structures, including one that resembles a large cosmic hand. In this image, the lowest energy X-rays that Chandra detects are colored red, the medium range is green, and the most energetic ones are blue. Astronomers think that B1509 is about 1700 years old as measured in Earth's time-frame (referring to when events are observable at Earth) and is located about 17,000 light years away.


Image Edge Detected and then scanned, left to right, sonified, then midified using Melodyne (Poly) and instrumenation by Logic Pro.

B1509 Laguna

For Kobra Khodayar, a true human being, a teacher and a true mother, may her last breath fly her to lofty assemblies by The Regal Beloved.

Khodahafez in Farsi means Farewell and may God protect. 

The original tune comes from the image in:

https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/b1509-laguna

However the image was transformed using the Corner Filter:

http://files.lossofgenerality.com/B1509_cornerfilter.jpg

 and then sonified using AAVAA, then midified using Melodyne(Poly). The arrangement in LOGIC PRO, with Broadcast Quality output  filter. 

 
Production Notes: Using the Midi editor in Logic PRO some of the notes were removed for most of the segments in the tune. This is a form of improvisation.



Khodahafez (Farewell)

Image: http://alanfriedman.tumblr.com/image/52660008958 
By Astro Artist www.avertedimagination.com/main1.htm  

Image processed by Edge Detect Transform, to find general edge-caricature of the magnificently complex Sun's Corona, to trace to melodify. 

The Edge Detected processed image, then scanned vertically from left to right and sonified by AAVAA at 30k samples per second. Then Midified by Melodyne (Poly) and arrangements in Logic PRO X.

Scale
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200000 Miles Long Snake In Magnetic Grass

Source:http://www.riken.jp/en/research/rikenresearch/highlights/7994/

Notch-Active(green) separated from  Delta-Positive (red), sonified scanned vertical from left to right, each assigned to left and right channels accordingly. Skeleton Transform applied to compute the medial axis and metric distance to background:

http://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SkeletonTransform.html

 Midified by Melodyne (POLY). Improvised by muting some notes, volume change for others. Arrangements in Logic PRO, Ghost Piano for Red (Delta-Positive).


Notch Lamenting Delta Positive Skeleton

Source: www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/04/Saturn_s_sponge-like_moon_Hyperion 

Image transformed by Morphological Perimeter algoritm:

https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MorphologicalPerimeter.html

 scanned vertically from left to right, midified by Melodyne (Mono). The mom-midification was then echoed higher (a copy of the midi moved to the right of the keyboard 1 note)  with a slight time-shift (see the production code).

Counter Point arrangement in Logic Pro. Each counter point was arpeggiated, three speeds used with two different patterns. First pattern opens the composition with lowest speed, then the same pattern repeats (counterpoints) each time with higher speeds. The beginning two counterpoints again initiated in the middle of fugue. 

Production code and notes:

http://files.lossofgenerality.com/Hyperion.pdf


Mono Sponge Fughetta

To Sufi belongs nothing and s/he belongs to no one and nothing. His or her only possession this few beautiful sketches of Divine Alphabets, his or her voyage through the acoustics of the letters. 

Now that my eyes see nothing, let them then hear the light.



Production Notes:

The original Arabic text of Basmala without Tashkil (dots and inflections) was scanned and pasteurized from top to bottom and bottom to top and one was played into the right channel and the other in the left stereo channel.

Software:
http://www.densitygs.com/  by Petrolati. 
http://photosounder.com/ by Rouzic. 

Sufi Research:
http://www.untiredwithloving.org/tafasir_basmala.html  


Eyes Hearing the Light

Image EdgeDetected, then scanned vertically from left to right, the sonified, and midified by Melodyone. Instrumentation and arrangement in Logic PRO.

Production Code:
http://files.lossofgenerality.com/otolih.pdf 

See:
https://humanphysiology2011.wikispaces.com/file/view/the_otolith_organ.jpg/218917154/487x516/the_otolith_organ.jpg

https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/184/flashcards/1904184/jpg/picture61352569073487.jpg

http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/bppv/otoliths.html


Otolith Ear Stones Fugue

Source: http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/entry/2015-photomicrography-competition/34


Image of Distinction
2015 Photomicrography Competition
Dr. Kesara Margrét Anamthawat-Jonsson, Andrey N. Gagunashvili & Ólafur S. Andrésson
University of Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland

Subject Matter:

    Nostoc, a blue-green alga (cyanobacteria) showing red autofluorescence of the chlorophylls (400x)

Production Notes:

Image vertically scanned from left to right, sonified by AAVAA a Mathematica image sonifier. Midified by Melodyne (POLY). Counterpoint in Logic PRO.

Production Code:

http://files.lossofgenerality.com/nostoc.pdf



Nostoc blue-green alga Fughetta

See: https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/darwishaan-sob-at-new-crater-impact

Beatnik Fughetta Darwishaan Dance

Skeletal Transform:
https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SkeletonTransform.html

I use this transformation to compute melodies that are more recital like for Piano instrumentations.

See for details:
https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/darwishaan-sob-at-new-crater-impact

Basically the image for was transformed by Skeletal Transform, sonified vertically from left to right. Melodyne used to midify and it was pitch and time corrected and snapped to scale B Major. Instrumentations by Logic PRO.

Darwishaan New Crater Skeletal Recital

Rotifer a fully functional being has about 250 neurons! 

This music is not just about emoting but mentation as well. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDyKhhqP0Xc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotifer

Production notes:

Image of the Rotifer was transformed using the Skeleton Transform:
http://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SkeletonTransform.html

Scanned vertically from left to right and sonified in Mathematica 11.2. Logic Pro instrumentation.

http://files.untiredwithloving.org/Rotifer.pdf

Darwishaan's Rotifer Fugue Dance in Chambers of Non-Being

The plant structure and growth are like unto a dance to a chant. Some sample structures (Lsys or L-System) of these botanical structures were discovered by a botanist called Lindenmayer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system 


Four Botanical Chants back to the back were composed and generated by the following rules or grammars up to 3 iterations:

{{"f" -> "f[+]f[<f][>f][-f]f"}, "f"}} 
http://www.mediafire.com/i/?c95dj9fq889uc35 

{{"f" -> "f[+f]f[-f[<f]][>f][f]"}, "f"}}  
http://www.mediafire.com/i/?3589j5bereit4f4 

{{"f" -> "f[+f]f"}, "f"}}
http://www.mediafire.com/i/?y87mobcbjlcqq2u

{{"f" -> "f[-f[<f]][>f][f]"}, "f"}}
http://www.mediafire.com/i/?0a630b4rpfzvcae



Files:
svn://svn.devzing.com/lossofgenerality/Lsys 


Software:

http://www.uisoftware.com/MetaSynth/index.php

Botanical Chants

Hokkaido Hydrangea-AI Dances The Gavotte (Solo)

Image sonification source:
https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/entry/2013-photomicrography-competition/1

Production Code:
http://files.untiredwithloving.org/Chaetoceros_debilis.pdf

Chaetoceros Debilis  Watery Skeleton

See Also:
https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/chaetoceros-debilis-watery-skeleton

Chaetoceros Debilis  Edge

BWV847
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ceiQadblRQ

K-nn finds the 100th nearest note (f2) for each note (f1) in BWV847, then improvises according to interpolation:

new note = (1-x)*f1 + x*f2
start time=(1-y)*t1start + y*t1end    t1 for f1
end time=(1-y)*t2star+ y*t2end       t2 for f2
x=0.75
y=0.001

x is large since I like it to all together a different sound and yet carry some bits from Bach's. y is tiny just a dash of time variation.

Instrumentation
Logic PRO X
Alchemy, Ve-Va-Vo phones used to chant the new improvisation.

What is Melodic Forage?
There are those who compose because their spirits are famished and languid under the burden of their own darkenesses; their souls forage for acoustic light like unto Honey bees foraging for pollen and yet aflight they pollinate other souls with de novo thoughts

Melodic Forage: Knn BWV847 (Vocals)

Improv on Yamaha P-125.

Instrumentation and arrangement by LOGIC PRO.

Research

Listen to this Nay (Reed-flute) how it complains
How it tells the tales of (long lasting) separations  

Since I have been chopped off the marsh-reed
Men and women moan listening to my screams

http://www.untiredwithloving.org/masnavi_1_1.html

meiBELOVED: grá mo chroí   حبيب من

"Some evening when moon was my talking
The beauty of your face, celestial came to mind"

All that you see, all that you hear, all that you think are but infinite reflections of Singleton Beauty. 

"Deep in darkness of night was my setting
Curls of your hair, sable came to mind"

When you said to her “I love you”, who did you actually love?

"Rolling tears betwixt the dust and blood was my seeing
Martyrs of your enchanted eyes, copious came to mind"

Poetry by Kamal Khujandi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Khujandi

And while in throes of happiness and fortune, or midst the gore and mayhem, what was it that you stared at? 

Whilst bemoaning her loss, which beloved did you really yearn towards? 

Production Notes:

Toccata:
When you said to her “I love you”, which beloved did you actually speak to?
Used the vocals to emulate a lovers quarrel, per style of Toccata. Originally was planning to use the Cathedral organs, but then it came to me Toccata is really for human voice and rock lead guitars!

The base melody is from the Persian phrase:

Doustat Daaram  (I love you)

Most of the counterpoints were mirror reflections of a few notes from the melody.

Drums added inspired by the drummer of this Toccata in D minor arrangement
https://youtu.be/QgbgUrp1a70

One Face! Yet Unumbered Reflections

K-nn algorithm computed the nearest notes in BWV 988 (Aria) to notes in Chopin's Revolutionary and then mixed them again with somewhat altered  timing of Revolutionary.

The repeated counterpoint is the real composition, not the melodies on the piano. Some plangent vynil synth sounded the counterpoint. 

The idea is to piece together broken shards found NEAR old classics, but yet so different.

Piano ornamentals were added by hand and panned to left channel. Their purpose was to rendered a one way discourse with a beloved that is not patently replying! Therefore, there is a sense of vying for response that never arrives.

Aria AI Revolution

"Lover is the redolent incense burning on fire"  (Ibn Manzour Afriqi)

BWV 974(original)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x-OHljZzHQ

BWV 974 midi-timings stripped and new note frequencies obtained by computing the Nearest note in Chopin Revolutionary+Tico Tico+ BWV 974 (linear combination), normalized by 1/3.

New AI improve to get better timing to avoid the super fast notes previously difficult to listen to.

This world is the lovers' prison(BWV 974 Knn-Improv)

K-nn n=43 CanberraDistance learned the Fugue in D minor and then improvised.

Had Bach and Rumi met...

Had Bach and Rumi met...

Bwv988 Knn Improv Cosine Distance

The new KNN algorithm (k=8) learns a composition in groups or vectors of 4 midi events. It then takes these groups of 5 and re-arranges them i.e. combinatorics while preserving the original timing. As a result very rich and enjoyable tunes are created.

FIXME: fix the drums and kicks in particular.

AI Improv: KNN BWV 830 BrayCurtisDistance

My Revolutionary hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nysdq_plUTg

Chopin's Revolutionary (slowed down) was partitioned into groups of 19 midi notes and 15NN learned the partition and improvised by outputting the second most similar 19 midi partition from the same Revolutionary composition.

Knn Revolutionary BrayCurtisDistance 15 19

A  Darvish's gift for the good friend Joseph Umo, The Sorrower.

A testament to the sorrows of all Persians:

You made night, I made candle 
You made dust, I made goblet 
Deserts and mountains and valleys you made 
Streets and meadows and orchards I made 
I! who from the stone makes shiny mirror 
I! who from the toxin makes sweet drink 

The original Farsi poem and the actual are song are not the works of Dara. The Translation and arrangement are. 

https://soundcloud.com/mahsaesfand/ghazal-shakeri-song-of-red-dervish

شب آفریدی، شمع آفریدم
خاک آفریدی، جام آفریدم
بیابان و کوه‌سار و راغ آفریدی
خیابان و گل‌زار و باغ آفریدم
آنم که از سنگ آیینه سازم
آنم که از زهر نوشینه سازم

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