Trump in C Major is a collection of four small pieces generated from four of Donald Trumps Tweets. They were each created by the larger installation #max140beats. 

Using musical cryptography, the installation converts the tweet into a small musical composition. The name of the installation refers to the maximum character count in twitter, with each piece compromising a maximum of 140 beats. More musical layers are dependent on the content of the tweet, the use of hashtags, "@" signs and links. Varying amount of these will impact the texture of the created piece.

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Improvisation for tape loops and homemade electronics 1

Christopher Hill (homemade electronics)
Tony James Morton (tape loops)

Improvisation for tape loops and homemade electronics

Generative music for grids. Made with Arturia beatstep pro, Ableton Live and Max for Live

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Permutations is a generative music score created in Max/MSP. The instrumentation is for xylophone, vibraphone and marimba.

Each instrument has an original two bar phrase that is notated. The program then divides each phrase into eight separate parts. These parts are then be permutated by the program, randomly. 

The algorithm contains functions to change the probability of how often repeats are likely to happen and how often empty bars are likely to occur. The first two bar phrase made up of musical content will always be the original written ostinato. The succeeding notation will always be generated.

Permutations – A generative score for Xylophone, Vibraphone and Marimba

Grainyl  is a new body of improvised electronic music by sound artist Tony James Morton. Each piece is entirely constructed, in real-time, with samples taken directly from vinyl records. Inspired by techniques that were instrumental in the development of hip-hop music, the work combines prerecorded samples from existing compositions to create an altogether new piece of music. However, Grainyl pushes the boundaries of sampled based music into new territory, exploring modern digital techniques and methods. The work is centred around a custom built sampling instrument entirely created with Max/MSP. This instrument uses granular synthesis to create new textures from the recorded source, allowing for new sonic exploration. 

Performed live, the project manifests itself as a conceptual "DJ set." Records are chosen, exactly how a DJ would, but instead of being played in traditional form the resulting audio becomes a reinterpretation of the original recordings.

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Points - Tony James Morton

Taken from "Music for Modular Synthesizers," an improvised body of music created from a Eurorack synthesizer. 

Units used: Mutable Grids, Mutable Plaits, Mutable Clouds, Malekko Varigate 4+, Dreadbox Hysteria, Nostalgia, 2hp Verb,  Doepfer Wasp filter, Doepfer A145-4, Erica Synth Drums

Artwork take from a photo by Laura Meinhardt from Pexels

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Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger from Pexels

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Tony James Morton is an electronic musician and sound artist whose work focuses on real-time systems aesthetics. These systems created have rules and structures, but within the confines of these boundaries there is enough room for improvisation. This allows for a different interpretation each time, creating unique interactions between person and sound. His work has been displayed at; OXO Tower Bargehouse (London, UK) BEAST FEaST 2016/2017 (Birmingham, UK) and Studio 47 (Amsterdam, Netherlands).

​"As an artist I am fascinated in how we interface and improvise with sound. It's in this case that I enjoy creating my own unique interfaces (or instruments) using both hardware and software. My work focuses on creating, what I like to call, audio/visual systems. These systems have rules, but within those created boundaries is enough room for users to improvise and move around the program how they feel. I like the idea of a piece of work never being interpreted the exact same way twice and these systems allow me this freedom to do so."
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www.tonyjamesmorton.com

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