Indeterminate Anti-Pop
Posted by tmemmott in Media Work, Sounds, on October 10, 2015Indeterminate Anti-Pop is music mashup machine that plays with the form and expectations of pop music. Developed in Flash, the piece recombines 127 sound files to generate an on-the-fly pop song of a sort. The audio output is coupled with text and images based on anagrams for the pieces subtitle — low culture high art; love song sad song; with a steady back beat; syncopated techno pulse; readymade pop song; just a patterned ditty; verses, choruses, and bridge.
The algorithm follows the familiar pop song structure of ABABCB (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus) with some variation, and the beat itself is generated in real-time. Due to the management of assets in Flash the tempo will fluctuate depending upon the weight of graphic and audio being called in at any given time.
About the Application:
Imagine Salvador Dali and Deleuze meeting Hello Kitty in a blender.
— Scott Rettberg, Drunken Boat
The application can be accessed HERE.