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glacially inevitable-Music Video

Back in April 2007 I wrote a slow ambient piece of music. I started by computer-generating a nice chord progression, then slowing it way way down. My thought was to make the music so achingly... (more)

Metamorphosis - NGC6302 (MJ SpaceRace Challenge)

story: wings of chaos, wings of beauty. h.g. wells awakens from cyber-sleep in the "Chrysalis". the steam-driven moth-ship is now traveling slowly across an immense nebula. the... (more)

ball of dying electronics - bode (halloween)

it is midnight of halloween. it blinks 12 at the landfill. the electric blue light awakens the dying electronics. a cracked blackberry dances slowly with an unrecognized newton, palm... (more)

nebula spin 0x01

it is a little bang. a star explodes. matter becomes energy, light, and patterns. chaotic beauty. it is a cloud of color. it is a nebula.

artwork is here: (more)

flow a 0x01 - video

it is winter. there is breath. it flows in the forest. the white fur is hidden in the trees. it moves slowly toward the heart. the heart beats fast. it runs. the white fur moves slowly. it will always catch... (more)

charming - lullaby for the inner child

the music is a gift to char. she is a generous friend. she is "charming". this is an idea from her. she spoke of the inner child. we all have an inner child. i wanted to write a lullaby... (more)

kuroi 0x01

it is black now. it is "kuroi" in japanese. darkness can be seen, however, only if it is illuminated by joy. if there is no happiness, then darkness is invisible. this music illuminates the darkness with small... (more)

major penta 0x02

it is a short experiment in automatic music creation. a choice is made to use a major pentatonic scale. this happy creature is born. he is young, and small. however he has big feet. it is comical music? it... (more)

sequence 0x03

this is a new recording of "Sequence", version 3. it now adds a shakuhachi. it is a kind of japanese bamboo flute. this is music generated automatically by computer. shakuhachi is sampled instrument by computer... (more)

maru 0x01

it is an attempt to create a circle in music. it is difficult to create more than 5 circles. it is not olympics. it is a short sprint. does it win your ear?
Hardware: quicksilver
Software: innumerable subroutines

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It is created between the cracks. it is amplified. if you listen, you feel the space between time. it is created in a life without time. caught in a shadow of light. nothing can exist here. but this does. it is beautiful. it is ephemeral. it is gone.

mittsu 0x01

it is a piece in threes. it is said that good things come in threes. it is in 3/4. it has three sections. it has three notes.

the 3 note sequence was generated, repeated, overlayed, slower and faster in... (more)

notes of christmas past

it is a winter blanket of snow. it smothers life. it attempts to silence all sound. however, small ghosts of music escape. they always find each other. every winter they dance together. they are the... (more)

DysAurient0x02

it is perhaps of Oriental origins. however, the pentatonic music becomes dysfunctional as it begins to fixate on two notes. it is almost humorous. it was considered a failed experiment. however, it is retrieved... (more)

Zajjy

it is zajjy and offbeat. it is almost a tao of tonality. it is dizzy. it is not gillespie. do not follow its path too closely. it knows not its destination. generative music.

Icy Sharp - Glacially Inevitable

it is icy. it moves. it is glacially inevitable. the listener may percieve tension. a desire to break free. a wish to increase velocity. it is impossible. it will proceed at its own pace. relax.