Is it just me, or does it sound off? Kinda like the uncanny valley, it sounds like the song, yet it also doesn't sound quite right. I think its mostly in the drums that I get a sense of unease.
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#62Is it just me, or does it sound off? Kinda like the uncanny valley, it sounds like the song, yet it also doesn't sound quite right. I think its mostly in the drums that I get a sense of unease.
It's reached sort of high school level garage band renditions of the songs, imo.
So yes, it's off, but also it's impressive? It fits into an interesting place where it's very cool and also has clear room for improvement.
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#63Captured by Robots also did this, but his look like humanoid robots and have conversations with the singer which are part of the act. The type of music isn't for everybody (or most people). But if you're musically open I'd recommend checking out one of his shows if he's in town. It's an entertaining performance. https://capturedbyrobots.com/
+1 to the GWAR of robot bands
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#64Going in exactly the opposite direction, the Electronicos Fantasticos have been making electronic instruments for humans to play: https://youtu.be/UB7ZyZSKLX8
LOL this is amazing! I love Japan :)
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#65Captured by Robots also did this, but his look like humanoid robots and have conversations with the singer which are part of the act. The type of music isn't for everybody (or most people). But if you're musically open I'd recommend checking out one of his shows if he's in town. It's an entertaining performance. https://capturedbyrobots.com/
IMHO, Captured by Robots is great because it isn't just bots playing instruments, it's a full-on theatrical performance. At least that's what it was when I saw it like a decade ago.
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#66Check out Compressorhead! They make this look more like "An engineer has built a couple of self playing instruments". Still pretty cool though. Compressorhead video page: https://www.youtube.com/@RobocrossMachines/videos
With John Wright of NoMeansNo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lFoo4vt5fk
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#67My personal favorite example of composition for robots was the project Squarepusher did for Zima (yes, the defunct drink that tasted like alcoholic diet Sprite) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkUq4sO4LQM]. That being said, there's a long history of music being sequenced for machines to play. Automated calliopes and orchestrions go back over a hundred years. Also, Conlon Nancarrow should be credited with being the first modern composer to write music purely for machines using techniques and speeds that would be impossible for a human to replicate [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2gVhBxwRqg]. I really like how the One Hacker Band took a lot of these preexisting ideas, but added things that I haven't seen applied to sequenced physical instruments, namely using machine learning to allow the band to compose music.
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#68Not really that new. An artist is Wisconsin made whole rooms of self playing instruments in the 60s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9HeaddNiqU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnXu6YNrJ7A
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#70But we already have Kraftwerk...
We already have Chuck E Cheese