“Sounds of 1679” is a generative media work that reinterprets the iconic Arecibo message, first broadcast into space in 1974 as a binary code, transforming it into a captivating, audiovisual experience. This project transforms the static …
“Endless Moments” is a real-time generative audiovisual work that features a polyphonic generative audio system playing consonant synthesized sounds with a gentle rhythmic energy. The visual materials include algorithmically generated textures and shapes, subtly synchronised …
Combining two of my passions, piano and algorithmic music, has resulted in the release of the second studio album by generative music group, Music Non Stop (MNS) titled CreateAlbum(“Piano”);. The album was produced during development …
T.H.E.M. (The Handmade Electric Machines) are human-powered electronic sound sculptures exploring the generation of electronic sound through the transference of energy from human kinetic action. Three T.H.E.M. each comprise two different sound and light-making mechanisms …
COUNTERSOUL is a digital media artwork created by the group Music Non Stop. (Andrew R. Brown, DEFSTALKR, and Nichaols Coleman). It makes history as the first generative musical composition to be inscribed onto the Bitcoin …
This was my submission to the Genuary 2023 prompt ‘generative music’. Inspired by awesome performances on the single-string diddley bow, this work generates its sound and performance in the web browser. Using the Web Audio …
Beneath Maiwar is an immersive audio experience based on underwater sounds of the Brisbane river. The quadraphonic algorithmically generated audio installation provides a brief glimpse into the hidden world under the river’s surface. As a …
Botanica Soundscapes are a suite of ambient musical works designed as a self-guided, mobile phone based, audio-enhanced experience of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. Soundscapes are geotagged and triggered by location. The sound walk plays a …
The Micro Mono Control (MMC) is a DIY MIDI controller and monophonic synthesizer based on the Arduino Pro Micro running the MIDIUSB and Mozzi audio libraries. Designed by Andrew R. Brown with great assistance from …
Audio-Visual Interiors is a quadraphonic audio-visual composition performed by the live electronic duo of John R. Ferguson and Andrew R. Brown. Both composers have developed bespoke instruments for this work. Andrew R. Brown explores ring modulation …
Jam2jam applications generate music that you can control while it plays. Even better, you can connect via a network with your friends who have jam2jam to jointly control the music. Jam just like a band, …
In late 2019 I hosted at Griffith University a visit from visiting researcher Dr. Vesa Norilo from the Sibelius Academy in Finland. During his visit, Vesa worked with me on new tools and techniques for …
Over the years I’ve posted various musical creations on my SoundCloud account. It provides an overview of my creative journey and features the many approaches I’ve adopted in my co-creative practice with algorithmic systems.
Furthering my previous interests in Stochastic Synthesis I implemented an emulation of Iannis Xenakis’ Dynamic Stochastic Synthesis on an Arduino microcontroller, the resulting algorithm I titled GenDynish. The Gendynish algorithm is software that runs on …
Controlling Interactive Music (CIM) is an interactive music system for human-computer duets. Designed as a creativity support system it explores the metaphor of human-machine symbiosis, where the phenomenological experience of interacting with CIM has both …
Generation II is an interactive electronic music performance between a live improviser and the ‘Evol’ algorithmic music system. The work explores the premise that musical structure can arise from variations and elaboration of musical motifs. …
Sculptural Sonic Agents is a collaboration between Andrew Brown and John Ferguson. The goal is to explore the development of sonic sculptural agents, these ‘agents’ are bespoke instruments that comprise artificial listening and sound generating capabilities. They …
A composition for live performer and algorithmic music system. Ripples is a musical duet where the human performance stimulates a cascade of responses from the machine. The work emphasises chordal and arpeggiated material derived, in …
Tactical Temporalities is a semi-improvised live coding music performance set within the framework of an Algorave, an event that blends algorithmically generated music with an energetic, dance-driven atmosphere. The performance explores my application of generative …
Andrew R. Brown One of the great things about music is that it is multifaceted. It can be many things to many people, and you can spend a lifetime studying it but still not be …
