Monthly Archives: March 2008

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro

While Steve Reich is not directly related to generative art, I think he somehow fits the overall theme of this blog. Even though his minimalistic phrases phasing in and out of sync easily could be performed by a computer, for a human the rhythmic skills necessary to perform his compositions are beyond imagination.


‘Piano Phase’ was originally composed for two pianos (and two piano players). Here both parts are performed by Peter Aidu, a Russian composer and piano player.


Peter Aidu performing Piano Phase (YouTube)
High Quality recording of the above

Another (only vaguely related) keyboard video:
Sun Ra Keyboard Solo (1980)

Structure Synth on Mac OS X

Structure Synth development has been quite idle for the past month (due to lots of work including a Japan visit).

But after a few hours of frustation, I managed to get Structure Synth to compile on Mac OS X – so now Structure Synth is officially supported on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Build instruction (and probably binary builds – if I manage to create an installer) will be added at next release.

Structure Synth – Mac OS X screenshot

Structure Synth – Mac OS X screenshot