Re: [microsound] Undirected music

[david turgeon <dt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Thank you for all replies.
>But i'd like to investigate a bit more...(sorry for my insistence and my
>basic english!).
>In fact i'm actually interested in "random generated" music.
>For example, taking 5 or 6 samples and making them play randomly changing
>their volume, pitch or lenght...
>Is there anybody using this kind of technique (w/ the exception of oval's
>reworking of charles' material)?
>Is there a software allowing this?

i've done work on randomisation with fruityloops 1.4 (to my knowledge, the 
newer versions do not allow this kind of trick.)  this involved deciding 
what were the odds of a certain sample playing at a certain place.  the 
software is not really made for this purpose, so you can't get more random 
than that, yet that simple technique yielded some very interesting results 
on its own.  the following are 2 examples of rhythm-based music based 
almost entirely on that technique:

http://www.groovylab.com/sundays/index013.html
http://www.fallt.com/fodder/camp/ (yes, i plugged that URL recently, but 
for another reason.  :)

that said, i was using that technique trying to make it sound like i was 
NOT using it, so it might not be obvious at first, but if you listen to the 
loops, you'll see how their composition changes almost on every bar.  to 
me, this was a way to 'humanise' music by forcing errors into the mix.  of 
course, i'm the one deciding where the errors should take place, but that 
still allows for some very weird surprises!

i've also done a different release which exploits the random aspects of the 
CD player.  for more details i would suggest that you read the lengthy 
liner notes included therein.  this piece has been performed in saskatoon 
where we drew so much power we shut down the entire city for an hour.

http://www.notype.com/drones/singles/068/

now, my primary interest nowadays is in stripping down the components, so 
i'm doing less randomisation but it's still a very important part of my new 
compositions (to be released eventually on the alienation CDR label in 
japan...  whenever i send akihiro shimizu the finished disc, oops!)

i would also suggest that you check out chris degiere's work which is much 
wilder, & more experimental in nature.  i'm also thinking of (chris coady 
aka) diskette's work but unfortunately he doesn't have anything 
online.  here's a link to chris degiere's latest online release if anything:

http://www.notype.com/drones/singles/064/

hope this helps,

have a nice day
~ david

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