Compact Discs
Audio CD's are available for order through:
Electronic Music
Foundation
| ALBUM (Link to Notes) | AUDIO SAMPLES (MP3s) |
| Electronic Music | Siderius Nuncius for Synthesizers, Electronic Music, Signals from Space (4:18) |
| Natural Phenomena | Soliton No. 2 from Set No.3 |
| Music for Modified Digital Piano | No. 1 from Set 1 for
Modified Digital Piano No. 2 from Set 1 for Modified Digital Piano |
| Oceans of the Moon | Virtual Landscape for
Digital Flute (movt. 1) Logical Invention for Digital Oboe (movt. 1) The Earth's Shadow for Digital Bassoon (movt. 1) Oceans of the Moon for Digital Piano and Computer-generated sounds (movt. 12) |
| Words To Music | Five Studies on the
Brain (Gail Wight) for Digital Piano (No. 1) Five Studies on the Brain (Gail Wight) for Digital Piano (No. 5) The Observer is the Observed (Donald Burgy) for Digital Piano (No. 1) Reflections From Behind the Plate (Yogi Berra) for Digital Piano |
| Robotic Dances / Inquiries | Cherub Playing a Trumpet on the Main
Spire of the Frauenkirche, Nuremberg (1:32) 6-Legged Microbot (1:22) Undersea Mobot (1:45) 8-Legged Microbot (2:20) |
| Keyboard Etudes | Etude No. 6 for Computer-controlled Synthesizers (1:39) |
Published by American Sound Recordings & Titanic Records
Distributed by Allegro Records & Electronic Music Foundation, Ltd.
Vinyl Recordings
Paths of Motion
Sets and Simulations for Small
Computer (1985)
Music from a Small Planet
in Three Parts
(1981)
Electronic and Computer Music
The music combines 'intelligent' music composition, algorithmic
aesthetics, and electronically processed sounds. In general, the music
consists of simple patterns which represent various structures in
nature.
The music is generated by a set of microprograms which contain the instructions for realizing the music. The software combines the simplest elements of musical texture (pitch, dynamics, duration, speed, rhythm, articulation, etc.) with basic structural elements (continuity, repetition, variation, and chord structures which are derived from the melodic flow of the music). These are the most fundamental elements in music, and are shared among all musics, irrespective of a particular style, form, or culture.
Occasionally, melodic 'themes' are incorporated within the music. In some pieces, the themes are generated by the computer with a theme-generator program, while in others they are freely composed. The themes are input into a data base where they are selected and modified automatically by the computer when the program is active. Some random variability is introduced in the program to provide structural coherence.
Events in our surrounding world are formed by continuous patterns of material and energy which are driven by natural forces. We tend to experience these events as discontinuous objects or processes. In contrast, this music is intended to provoke the listener to imagine events in the world as a series of natural patterns which occur continuously in a variety of forms, at different times, and at different orders of magnitude and scale.