R24A Art By Machine
Oldfield 1
2014
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R24A Art By Machine
Oldfield 1 2014 |
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Track listing
1. Art by Machine (01:47)
2. Die Anxiety (02:13) 3. Computer Radio 1 (00:23) 4. A Soldier's Dream (04:27) 5. Yellow Balloon Attack (01:45) 6. Hedgehog Party 0(2:27) 7. Computer Radio 2 (00:14) 8. Twisted Lotus Garden (04:02) 9. Raindrops (03:28) 10. Fox on Fire (02:26) 11. Computer Radio 3 (00:14) 12. Rainbow Run (02:13) 13. Adrift in Alien Soup (04:37) 14. Heart Hosono (02:19) 15. Computer Radio 4 (00:19) 16. Patience, My Friend (02:56) 17. Hot Rivet Rodeo (02:13) 18. Dark City Skyline (17:20) |
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About this album
A decade before generative AI emerged, Art by Machine was one of the first albums composed and substantially produced by an artificial intelligence. The album was created by a computer program named Oldfield 1 which I developed as an experimental addition to my music software, Prometheus. The music Oldfield 1 has created here is largely indistinguishable from music created by a human, although it has a somewhat odd and repetitive nature.
For each track, a selection of instruments is provided to the program, with a selection of possible pitches and possible timings. The program applies these across each track independently; bass, drums, lead etc. choosing different options for the start of a pattern, the middle, and the end. As Oldfield 1 is a subsystem of a studio-quality synthesizer and sequencer, it has the power to create a high quality song in a single click with minimal need for external processing. Musically, Oldfield 1 creates repeating melodic structures that fit into chord sequences that are known to fit together in a pleasing way. The music is akin to a geometrical abstract artwork, perhaps the audio embodiment of Piet Mondrian or Kandinsky. |
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