Coder Cosplay, a Lil Data moment

https://splice.com/sounds/packs/moment/coder-cosplay-a-lil-data-moment/samples

Lil Data is PC Music’s resident live coding musician, one of many projects of the Reykjavik-based designer and technologist Jack Armitage. Jack's work spans experimental concerts, club sets, multimedia installations, interface design, and more. Jack is the founder of Afverhju Ekki - The Absolutely Everything Studio, a postdoc researcher at the Intelligent Instruments Lab, University of Iceland, and has a PhD in Media & Arts Technologies from Queen Mary University of London. On top of their Lil Data releases on PC Music, they’re behind the production of Charli XCX’s ‘Track 10’ and Jónsi’s ‘Kórall’ and the voice of Danny L Harle’s MC Boing.

For ‘Coder Cosplay’, Data utilized their extensive set of live code and audio research tools to turn a small set of source sounds into a massive range of unique audio permutations— now anyone can cosplay as a Live Code artist! Umru-designed drum one shots and original Lil Data compositions are finely minced, deconstructed, and recoded into exponential noise sweeps, long-form rhythmic evolutions, and impossibly sequenced arpeggios. In addition to capturing their famous TidalCycles improvisations, Lil Data also employs Strudel, LiveCore, RAVE Neural Synthesis Models, Tölvera and SignalFlow, all of which have never been used before on Splice as far as we know. We asked Data about the process and received a PhD level thesis in response. 

When we asked for…ummmm English, please…they chimed: "I hacked myself so you don't have to!"

Moment: @umru + @daywaiter
Art by Elena Fortune

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Computers

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let (freq, _) = pI "freq" (Just 440)

d1-- $ every "2 4 6" ((|+| n (run 12)) . density "<0.75 1.25 2.25 0.25>")
   $ rarely (degradeBy 0.1)
   $ stut "<2 3 4>" "<0.1 0.25 0.125 0.5>" "<0.125 0.25 0.5>"
   $ stack [
     n (rarely (offadd (2/16) 7) $
        "<[1 [~ -2]] [3] [5] [7? 8 10]>(3,8)" + "[-24, -12, -5, 0]*2")
       # sustain (slow 8 $ scale 0.2 2 sine1)
     ,n ("<20!3 22>" + "<0 0 0 [2 3 5]>") # sustain (choose [2,1,4,0.7,3] + rand) # attack (choose [0.2,0.4,0.6])
   ]
   # sound "plucklead"
--   # speed (slow "<1 2 3 4>" $ rand + scale 0.5 1.2 tri1)
   # phaserrate (scale 1 10 sine1 + (rand * 10)) # phaserdepth "1" # offset "0.01"
   # cutoff (slow "1 2 4 8" $ scale 100 10000 sine1)
   # resonance (slow "8 4 2 1" $ scale 0 0.3 sine1)
   # orbit "0"
   # gain "0.7"

d2 $ slow "1"
   $ stack [
   iter "4 6 8" $ slow "2" $
   swingBy (1/3) 16 $
   density "[2 1 2 1 1!4] [1!5 1 4!1 8!1]" $
   s "hh:23*16" # orbit "0" # phaserrate "1" # phaserdepth "0.5" # gain "0.8" # pan "[0 1]*4"
   ,density "[[1 2?] 1 1 [2 4?]]/4"
   $ s "pck:8 ~ [~ pck:8?] ~" # accelerate "0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.5 2"
   # speed (0.9 + rand) # gain "1.1"
   ,density "[1 1 1 1]/2"
   $ s "[~ ~ pcsn:12 [~ ~ ~ pcsn:12?]]" # orbit "4" # speed "1" # gain "1.2"
]
   # orbit "2"

d3 $ up ("[[0 -3 -5] 2 [4 [7 9]]]/4(5,8)" + "[0 0 12]*2") # sound "fmpuls" # orbit "4"
   # cut "1" # gain "0.9"
   # tremolorate "3" # tremolodepth "0.5"
--   # resonance "0.3" # cutoff "1500" # vowel "a e i"

d4 $ iter "[2 4 6 8]/8"
   $ foldEvery [3,5] (|-| accelerate "1")
   $ sometimes (density "[4 1!3]" . chop (irand 4))
   $ slow "16!6 12 10"
   $ jux ((# accelerate (slow 4 $ scale 0 0.6 sine)))
   $ s "wav*64"
   # n (irand 64)
   # speed ((slow 1 $ scale (-0.2) 0.2 sine))
   # cutoff (density "2 4 3 6" $ scale 5000 12000 rand)
   # resonance "0.4"
   # room "0.10" # size "0.4"
   # gain "0.7" # orbit "6"

d5 $ slow 3 $ striate 4 $ chop 2 $ up (--every "3 4" (fmap (subtract 2)) $
   "[6(9,12)]/4")
   # s "senzo:1"
   # end "0.2"
   # delay "0.5" # delaytime "0.5" # delayfeedback "0.5"
   # hcutoff "7500"
   # speed "[0.5 0.75 1]/3"
   # accelerate (slow 6 $ scale (-4) 4 sine1)
   # pan (every "<2 3>" (density 2) $ tri1)
   # attack "0.4" # release "0.6"
   # tremolorate "4" # tremolodepth "1"
   # phaserrate "1" # phaserdepth "1"
   # room "0.2" # size "0.2"
   # cutoff (density "<0.5 1 2 4>" $ scale 1000 10000 sine) # resonance "0.3"
   # orbit "8"
   # gain "0.7"

d6 $ striate "16 8 4 2" $ slow "<1 2 4 8>" $ sound "reef:2"
   # orbit "10"
   # speed (slow 32 $ scale 0.5 1.5 sine1)
   # accelerate (slow 32 $ scale 0 1 sine1)
   # cut "6"
   # gain "0.8"
   # delay "0.5" # delaytime "<0.5 1>" # delayfeedback "0.6"
   # hcutoff "1500" # resonance "0.2"

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Burnnn Video by SCOTTY2HOTTY69 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrTMkgpBia8

Art by Timothy Luke

```
do -- burnnn
  bps (160/120)
  let tickle = ev "<2 3>" (fa "<2 4 6>" . (|+| sp (strif 1 2 0.25 * ssinf 1 3 0.125)))
  t1 (j 0) . m
     . (> hpf' (ssinf 0.1e3 1e3 0.125) 0.2)
     . (> lpf "10e3:0.2") . (> shape "0.2") . (> phaser' 10 0.4)
     $ stack [
          slow 2 $ s "<pcshaker pcshaker pcbur:5>*8" > o 0 > pan 1 > g (sc 0.5 1 cos)
        , slow 2 $ tickle $ s "<pcshaker pcbur:5  pcshaker>*8" > o 2 > pan 0 > g (sc 0.5 1 sin)
        , slow 2 $ tickle $ s "<pcshaker:8 pcbur:5  pcshaker:2>*16" > o 4 > pan (sqf 8) > g 0.8
        , slow 2 $ tickle $ s "[pcbur:1 ch2hh](11,16)" > gco "0.8:1:6" > pan rand > ac (ssinf (-2) 2 0.125)
       ]
  t2 (j 0) . m
     . fa "[1 [1 2] [1 [1 0.5]] [1 [1 1.5]]]/4"
     . ev 6 (jux (rev) . (> hpf "0.1e3 1e3:0.2"))
     . ev 8 ((> pan rand) . (> up (scaleP "major" $ cat [odd (irand 8), eveni (irand 8)])) . fa "<1.5 2 0.5 3>")
     . (|+| up ("2*4"))
     . fa 4
     $ stack [
         s "[bdk2:13] ~"
        ,s (samples "ch2kit ~" 2)
        s "~ [retbs retbs:8]"
       ] > go "1:8"
  t3 (j 0) . m
     . jux ((> ac 0.4) . (> lpf' (ssinf 5e3 10e3 0.333) 0.1))
     . (> hpf' (ssinf 0.1e3 5e3 0.125) 0.1)
     . fa "1 2 1 1.5"
     $ stack [
         s (samples "[~ ch2hh]*4" "2") > g "1"
         ,s "[~ hc:2*2]*4" > g (ssinf 0.4 0.7 0.125)
       ] > o 10
  t4 (j 0) . m
     . sl 2 . str "<4>"
     . ev 4 ((> sp 2) . (jux (rev . (> ac 0.5))))
     . (> rvb "0.2:0.2") . (> del "0.25:0.25:0.25")
     . (> phaser "10:1")
     . sl "[1 2 4]/3"
     . struct "x x*4 x ~"
     $ s "vxriff:9" > legato "1" > go "0.7:12"
     > ac "-0.2"
```

Folder Dot Zip

Burnnn

'Hickory' by @lil-data 

Disc 4 Track 5, 'Folder Dot Zip'

@pcmus PC030 2019-02-15

"A live coding musical parable where the initial melody is transformed by an algorithm into something unrecognisable and seemingly non-repeating, but nevertheless kinda catchy." - @lil-data

---

do -- hickory
  bps (120/120)
  let panpw = rpwf "0 0.25" "1 0.75" 0.75 2
  let stutter = fa "<1 [4 1 2 1] 1 [1 [4 1]]> 1"
  d1 . i . sl 1
     . fa "1 <[2 [2 3]] [0.5 2]>"
     . striate (rodd 4) . sl 8
     . (# rvb "0.1:0.1")
     . iter 4
     $ stack [
         note (scale "major" (reven "8! 16")) # cut 1 # pan "1!3 0"
         ,note (scale "major" (roddi "24 8!")) # cut 2 # pan "0!3 1"
       ] # s "[bsfmrev]" # go "1:0"
  d2 . i
     $ stack [
         loopAt 1 $ s "jbreaks:13(3,8)" # cut 3 # shape 0.2 # go "1:2"
         ,stutter $ s "[[<bdk2:27 bdk2:28>!6 ~ ~ ] [~ cp*4]]" # o 4 # sp "1 <1 1.5 2>"
         ,often stutter $ s "hc*16" # pan (sqf 8) # go "0.9:2"
       ]
  d3 . i . sl 2
     . juxBy 0.25 (rev . sl 2 . ev 2 (fa 3))
     . (# adsr' (rsin 0 0.2) (rsin 2 3) (rsin 2 3) (rsin 0.5 3))
     . (# rvb "0.3:0.3") . (# detune (rsawf 0 3 0.125))
     $ n ("[[<4 4 -1> ~ ~ <4 4 -1>] [<1 -3> ~ <1 <4 6>>] [<1 1> ~ <<[8 9] 1> <-1 -3>>] []]" + "12")
     # s "superdetune" # go "0.9:6"
  d4 . m . sl 8
     . sl "2 1 2 1" . jux (rev) . (# pan sin)
     . (# spa' ("[1 [1.5 2]]*2") ("[-1 -2 1 0]*4"))
     -- . stut' 8 (1/69) ((# pan (rsqf (rsin 0 0.5) (rsin 0.5 1) 16)) . (# sp 1.5) . (|-| g "0.02"))
     . (# del "0.4:0.06:0.8")
     . sl 4 $ s (samples "vxshout(21,32) vxshout(25,32)" (r 8)) # go "0.9:8"
  d5 . m . sl 8
     $ note ("[[0 [2 4]] [5 0] [10 [9 ~ 9]] [7] [9 [7 ~ 7]] [7] [2 [4 ~ 4]] [5 [~ 2]]]" + "-8")
     # s "bssub" # gco "1.0:5:10" # adsr "0:1:1:1"

Hickory

'Tork' by @lil-data

Disc 1 Track 1, 'Folder Dot Zip'

@pcmus PC030 2019-02-15

Download Stems & MIDI*: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k2f35pu49trggfe/tork_stems.zip

* some sounds missing due to software rot 🦠

Tork

Tork (Download Stems & MIDI)

Live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db0QJo1eaoI

Lil Data TidalCycles live coding at London Algorave for TOPLAP15
https://twitter.com/lildata

Live coded visuals by Rumblesan & LiveCodeLab
https://twitter.com/rumblesan
https://livecodelab.net

Celebrating 15 years of TOPLAP and the live coding community
https://toplap.org/wearefifteen

Sonics Immersive Media Labs
Goldsmiths University of London
Friday 15 February 2019

Live Coding at London Algorave for TOPLAP15

Live at London Algorave for TOPLAP15

Live coding video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNj-I2pZwX8
Code and samples: https://github.com/lil-data/vroomvroom

LD 🖤

```
do
  let t = "cxvv"
  let build = loopAt 2 $ n "0" # s "cutcxvv"
      drive = loopAt 1 $ n "1" # s "cutcxvv"   
  bpm 180
  let mx = [0,0,0,0]
  p (t++"vx")
    -- . fa 2
    $ drive # glo' (mx!!0) 1 0 # shape 0.4
    -- # ac (-1)
  p (t++"syn") . jux (# ac 0.03)
    $ build # glo' (mx!!1) 1 1
  p (t++"pc") . fa 1
    $ stack [
       -- struct "[t ~] [~ t _ [t? ~]]" $ n 2 # s "bddnb",
       -- jux (# ac 0.2) . struct "[~ t]*4" $ n 20 # s "ch2hh" # shape 0.5,
       -- fa "<1 [1 [1 4]]>" . struct "[~ t]*2" $ n 13 # s "pcmsn",
       -- struct "t*4" $ n 13 # s "pcmcp"
      ] # glo' (mx!!2) 1 2
  p (t++"bs")
    -- . struct "[t ~] [~ t _ [t? ~]]"
    . struct "t*4"
    $ n (sl 4 $ "[0 2]" + 2)
    -- $ n (sl 16 $ "[0 2]!2 [0 1 4 [3 2 1]] [2 2 2 [3 2 1]*2]" + 2)
    # s "cutcxvv" # glo' (mx!!3) 1 3 # rvb "0.3:0.3"
```

Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom (Lil Data TidalCycles live coding edit)

99 Favor Taste is @lil-data x @syntqxyz

Recorded live at Egg Mantis on 4 May 2019

504 Arch London

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwqAxkzA8Bq/

99 Favor Taste (Lil Data x syntqxyz) Live @ Egg Mantis, 4 May 2019

'Datalord' 10 min mix for @pcmus https://soundcloud.com/pcmus/ten

'Burnnn' Single Out Now On @pcmus http://smarturl.it/lil-data-burnnn 

'Folder Dot Zip' Album Unarchiving Feb 15: http://zip.pcmusic.info 

Limited Edition FDZ T-Shirts & USB Album: http://merch.pcmusic.info

Burnnn Video by SCOTTY2HOTTY69 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrTMkgpBia8

Contact data@lildata.co.uk

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