Name: Magenta Elephant by SuperMachina in Explorative Electronic Music
Duration: 5 min 26 s
Description: The melody and drums were created by the algorithms of the Magenta Studio, a set of open-source tools by Google AI. They use cutting-edge machine learning techniques for music generation. I focussed on arranging the midi notes from Magenta to create my sound out of it.

this is super trippy and creative, really dig it 😍

great track. loved creativity in sound design. A little overwhelming vinkl.

this is some wacky shit hahaha great work

Buena musica bro, algo que no acostumbro a escuchar

interesting stuff - some good sounds/patches

haha crazy, reminds me of the sound of Okapi, a producer from Italy if you know

definitely something i haven't heard before! was wondering if you could tell me your thoughts on my latest single? keep it up bud!

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An amapiano-esqe track from myself. Sampling (the late and great) Fela Kuti's recording sessions & interviews (1985-86) xx

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Written: 2018-19
Duration: ca. 25'
Commissioned by J.K. Billman
Premiere: Euclid Quartet, Mostly Modern Festival, Arthur Zankel Music Center, June 25, 2019
Publisher: Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com
For more info.: https://robertpaterson.com/string-quartet-no-2

PROGRAM NOTES
In some ways, String Quartet No. 2 is similar to my String Quartet No. 1: the five movements are stylistically diverse, I use a few snippets of pre-existing music, and the music, while idiomatic, is technically demanding. As with my first quartet, this work explores technical and aesthetic ideas I didn’t have a chance to explore in other works.

The first movement, Colored Fields, is inspired by abstract expressionist painters such as Mark Rothko, Kenneth Noland, and Barnett Newman, but also pointillist painters such as Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. There are textures that emerge and submerge using articulations that gradually shift from soft to loud, or short to long, and there are a few transitions that utilize a technique I call pitch phasing or phase modulation, as opposed to tempo phasing. In these transitions, two or more instruments gradually modulate (raise or lower) notes, motives, or phrases by gradual, very refined, microtonal, non-chromatic increments, settling on new pitch areas that directly reflect the previous areas, just modulated up or town. The movement ends softly with a virtual desaturation of the rhythmic material. I remove notes, one by one, until there’s nothing left.

The second movement, Rigor Mortis, is inspired by a comic strip by David Lynch that newspapers ran for many years. In this strip, Lynch sketched a stressed-out, pitch-black dog, looking very mean and almost buzzing with anger; it looked like it was about to explode. Every strip began with an accompanying paragraph that read, “The dog who is so angry he cannot move. He cannot eat. He cannot sleep. He can just barely growl. Bound so tightly with tension and anger, he approaches the state of rigor mortis.” This made me envision musicians playing with such ferocity and tension that the music seems to eventually cancel itself out, anger imploding in on itself.

The third movement, Dolente, is sad, lush, and mournful. The only request I had when writing this quartet was to incorporate a Norwegian fiddle tune or theme by Edvard Grieg, so I chose themes from Grieg’s String Quartet No. 1. The form of this movement mimics the form of a song by Edvard Grieg’s entitled Spillemaend (Minstrels, or Fiddlers). The poem that Grieg set in 1876 as the first of Six Ibsen Songs (Op. 25) is based on the Norwegian folktale of the fossegrim, a male water spirit who could teach the art of violin-playing, but often at the price of personal happiness. In some versions of the story, the poor violinist drowns in the end. Like the song, and echoing the second movement, this movement beginning with the protagonist’s longing, his desire for the beloved. Next, he encounters the fossegrim, who promises that becoming a master of music will allow the protagonist to become master of his beloved. In the final stanza, the protagonist becomes a master fiddler, but he is now a cursed, wandering musician deprived of earthly love, so he drowns himself.

The humorous fourth movement, Scherzando, capitalizes on effects that at times, often make the string players sound inebriated. I make use of copious glissandi and tempos that fluctuate between 3/4 and 6/8, giving a sense of unease.

The final movement, Collage, is similar to the first movement in that it is inspired by the visual arts, and specifically, collage painting and works by surrealists. Many themes from the first four movements are brought together in this odd-metered movement.

String Quartet No. 2 commissioned by J. K. Billman and is written for and dedicated to the Euclid Quartet.

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The melody and drums were created by the algorithms of the Magenta Studio, a set of open-source tools by Google AI. They use cutting-edge machine learning techniques for music generation. I focussed on arranging the midi notes from Magenta to create my sound out of it.

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This is the first time, I've tried to integrate "real" percussion sounds into the mix, some of them heavily processed. Hope you enjoy. :)

Download on Bandcamp: https://corrosivecandy.bandcamp.com/album/what-does-the-future-bring-skyscrapers

Lyrics:

What does the future bring?
Do we start to play God and create new forms of living?
Do we start to disrespect the way nature has intended things to be?
Or do we start to use technology to protect our planet?

What does the future bring?
Do we find new ways to bring peace amongst countries at war?
Do we begin to see people as brothers and sisters?
Or do we use technology to fight our enemies?

What does the future bring?
Do we continue to use the internet to harm others?
Do we still judge people by the color of their skin?
Or do we begin to feel a sense of oneness?

What Does The Future Bring?

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Photo was taken at an outdoor art installation in the woods. That is a deer skull.  Interesting composition. The live wasp landed and joined in on the art.

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Exploring the vast universe of electronic music. Having not settled on a planet yet.

Supermachina is the work of Reinhard Koenig, a creator of electronic music. Reinhard follows procedural approaches in generating rhythms and melodies, rather than composing them in a traditional way. The result is some quite intense tracks that are glitchy in nature, abstract, and actually quite fun.
https://electronica.org.uk/blog/supermachina-let-the-freaks-out/

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