blog  Livecoding: Techno jam.

Jul 2024

This piece plunges into a heavy, atmospheric soundscape driven by the collision of overlapping basslines and raw industrial noise.

blog  Livecoding: Ping pong delays.

Mar 2024

This livecoding piece crafts a suspenseful and ambient sonic environment built entirely from mallet percussion. The music is generative, meaning the system dictates the events and structure in real-time, resulting in a unique, non-repeating experience for every performance.

blog  Livecoding: Out of this world (2024-02).

Feb 2024

This generative ambient piece is a direct sonic meditation on the philosophy of Alan Watts, specifically his idea that "you don't come into this world, but you come out of this world."

blog  Livecoding: Dreamy pianos - Study No 2 in B Minor.

Jan 2024

Hypnotic piano chords and melodies are layered and phased using cosine oscillators, creating an immersive, wave-like sonic space of infinite, shifting sound.

blog  Livecoding: Dreamy pianos - Study No 1 in C Minor.

Dec 2023

An experiment using overlapping, cosine-driven piano lines in C minor to demonstrate how simple phasing techniques can produce surprisingly complex and immersive musical effects.

blog  Livecoding: exploring Bento noise box.

May 2022

Improvised acid loops using Extempore + Bentō.

blog  Livecoding: Study for Cello and Double-bass.

Apr 2022

This piece draws inspiration from the epic, thematic drama of Game of Thrones, featuring a rich texture built from intertwining cello melodic lines. The core of the composition is a generative harmonic system that constantly evolves.

blog  Livecoding: Rhythmic Cycles.

Apr 2021

"Rhythmic Cycles" is a new livecoding composition created using Extempore and Ableton Live. Inspired by minimalism, the piece generates complex, evolving rhythmic patterns by leveraging the powerful map function. The core experiment relies on using lists of notes and offsets to schedule repeated calls, creating a texture of sound that features controlled randomness within a precise, cycling structure.

blog  Composing at the metalevel.

Mar 2012

I've started reading "Notes from the Metalevel: An Introduction to Computer Composition" by Heinrich Taube, and realized I should have done that a long time ago!

blog  Article: Algorithmic Composition: Computational Thinking in Music.

Oct 2011

An article by Michael Edwards on algorithmic composition was published last month in the Communications of the ACM journal. The article is titled Algorithmic Composition: Computational Thinking in Music.

blog  Event: Livecoding at the Shunt, London & a few lessons learned.

Oct 2009

Initially conceived as 'Voices Slowly Talk To Me,' this piece quickly took on a life of its own, demonstrating the unpredictable nature of livecoding. This recording is my second experiment with capturing an Impromptu performance, showcasing a soundscape that has moved beyond its original concept.

blog  Algorithmic music: first steps.

Jun 2009

I finally managed to find time to play more seriously with the fantastic impromptu - here's a first screencast, it doesn't sound that good but it made my day! (and maybe it'll help others better understand how impromptu works..)