Algorithmic Music
Algorithmic Music (1988-91, 1 voice version, 12:33)
EXPLANATION
A variant of Microsoft BASIC code I wrote on a Macintosh 128k in the late 80s, using the Mac's built-in wavetable synth (accessible through BASIC calls).
The computer and program still run (!) and in 2009 I recorded and self-released the variants on Cassette and CD-R.
Reviled for his "shapeless sonic tinkering" by the Los Angeles Times, oakland musician matt ingalls is a composer, clarinetist, concert producer, and computer music programmer. Often incorporating elements of improvisation, his music is heavily influenced by his long involvement in computer music. His composerly solo improvisations explore extended clarinet techniques that interact with the acoustic space, often as combination tones. Matt is the founder and co-director of sfSound, a new music series, ensemble, and internet radio station devoted to new ideas and traditions of experimental music, performance art, live electronic music, Bay Area composition, and the various facets of contemporary improvisation. http://mattingalls.com