The term "Generative" has been hijacked by the current wave of consumer AI; but the idea of using maths, chance and algorithms in music has been around for a long time. We explore the many faces of generative music since 1957 with guest researcher Alexandre Saunier.
Tracklist
Lejaren Hiller - Illiac Suite for String Quartet (1957)
Pauline Oliveros – Sound Patterns (1961)
Robert Ashley - She Was A Visitor (1967)
AMELIA CUNI performing John Cage's SOLO 58, SONG BOOKS (1970)
Tom Johnson - Nine Bells (1979)
Henri Pousseur - Scambi (1957)
Terry Riley - In C (1968)
Gamelans From The Sultan's Palace In Jogjakarta
Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975, Remastered 2004)
Pierre Bastien - Mysteriana (Mecanium, 1988)
David Behrman – Interspecies Smalltalk (1991)
Alvin Curran - Canti Illuminati (1982)
Laurie Spiegel - Patchwork (1980)
mileece - formations (2002)
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot - From Here to Ear (1999)
Tristan Perich – 1-Bit Symphony Movement 1 (2010)
Keiichiro Shibuya + Takashi Ikegami - Berlin BRDG#5 at WWW, Tokyo (2012)