Fractal Algorithmic Music
One reason that generative music always gets my attention is that, due to my limited musical skills, it’s pretty easy to get music that sounds better than I could compose myself. That doesn’t mean that generative music is easy, though: assembling it often takes a knowledge of music theory that’s pretty advanced. Jarring noise can be physically painful in ways that visual art seldom is.
This particular example of generative music, by Steve Gilliland, takes advantage of the mathematical relationships in music. The pitches are generated with fractal algorithms, via FractMus 2000. It’s up to the composer to translate that into a finished piece. Helpfully, FractMus 2000 also outputs a generative video based on the music, which not only gives and additional way to explore the composition but was also repurposed as source material for this video.