THE UNSUNG MACHINE
I was looking for a meaningful way to incorporate language into music that bypassed the convention of hearing words being said or sung, so I built the Unsung Machine.
It’s an experimental interface that introduces aleatoric events into music through the act of entering words on the device.
The innumerable combination of letters provide an endless randomisation of musical parameters. In this way the machine takes the role of co-producer as you explore the sonic possibilities that different words create.
You can read an article about the machine here in Electronic Sound magazine.
There is also an option to submit a secret to the Unsung Machine. Submitted anonymously, these secrets will be entered into the machine and the resulting sounds will be recorded.
The Unsung Machine will be on display in Tramway, Glasgow from 19th to 29th September as part of Sonica
See how the machine works in this video…
*Massive thanks to Simon Kirby for coding up The Unsung Machine, as well as his valuable input in to the behaviour of the machine. He makes incredible art and music that you can check out here.
