prosthetic knowledge

The Listening Machine 

Online generative music project plays continuous composition based on analysis of twitter feed:

The Listening Machine is an automated system that generates a continuous piece of music based on the activity of 500 Twitter users around the United Kingdom. Their conversations, thoughts and feelings are translated into musical patterns in real time, which you can tune in to at any point through any web-connected device.

It is running from May until October 2012 on The Space, the new on-demand digital arts channel from the BBC and Arts Council England. The piece will continue to develop and grow over time, adjusting its responses to social patterns and generating subtly new musical output.

The music could be considered Modern Classical, and while at times it may be repetitive, a new approach can come at any time.

You can find out more about the project and listen to the ongoing piece here