Music

Inevitably, needed to start a thread of great generative musical pieces to listen to. 

For context and clarification, generative music is a form of art that combines chance with sound to create evolving music. It is created using systems and algorithms where the rules of the composition lead to random, automated outcomes. 

This makes each performance unique and unpredictable. 

Let's get into it 👇

Steve Reich - Come Out 

A seminal piece of generative music, Come Out uses phase shifting and repetition to create evolving, rhythmic patterns that generate tension and transformation over time.

Ryoji Ikeda - data.matrix 

This work employs generative techniques by manipulating raw data and digital sounds, transforming them into abstract, data-driven auditory experiences that explore the relationship between sound and information.

Ryoji Ikeda - data.matrix 

This work employs generative techniques by manipulating raw data and digital sounds, transforming them into abstract, data-driven auditory experiences that explore the relationship between sound and information.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZcMLjnm1ps

@dav - The Pain of Things that Couldn't Be

A generative exploration of emotional depth, this track uses algorithmic processes to weave intricate, evolving textures that reflect the complexity of loss and longing.

@dav - The Pain of Things that Couldn't Be

A generative exploration of emotional depth, this track uses algorithmic processes to weave intricate, evolving textures that reflect the complexity of loss and longing.

https://x.com/producedbydav/status/1732834944907616582

DADABOTS - WOW LOL EP

Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, WOW LOL EP is a fully generative album where AI continuously creates new iterations of sounds, blending the boundary between human and machine-made music.

DADABOTS - WOW LOL EP

Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, WOW LOL EP is a fully generative album where AI continuously creates new iterations of sounds, blending the boundary between human and machine-made music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8AybQ4_QH8&t=3933s

Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - The Call 

Combining AI-generated voices and human input, The Call reflects the collaborative potential of generative music, exploring the interplay between technology and communication in a synthetic soundscape.

Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - The Call 

Combining AI-generated voices and human input, The Call reflects the collaborative potential of generative music, exploring the interplay between technology and communication in a synthetic soundscape.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SZGxZ9UBG0

Would love for anyone and everyone to add to this list if you have recommendations! I am still very much discovering and uncovering within the genre. Hope you enjoy!

if you want to learn more about the philosophies and history of generative music, check out my thread here:

if you want to learn more about the philosophies and history of generative music, check out my thread here: 

https://x.com/im_jonooo/status/1896640345888502010

Steve Reich - Come Out 

A seminal piece of generative music, Come Out uses phase shifting and repetition to create evolving, rhythmic patterns that generate tension and transformation over time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QrZxZzrel8