William Fields - FieldOS - (a study in Algorithmic music)

there's a lot of dope stuff here.  24 pieces. each 59 minutes long   

https://williamfields.bandcamp.com/album/fieldsos

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FieldsOS was broadcast as a weekly radio show on Resonance Extra during the first half of 2019. 
Each episode is focused on a different genre, algorithm, or approach. 
FieldsOS is 100% algorithmic music. The probabilities, conditions, and constraints were configured in advance. The output was recorded and this is the result. No curation or editing was done. 

 

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I checked out a few of the episodes when it was first announced and liked what I heard; I need to get through the other 21 hours of it lol.  Only found out about this guy recently from a Rian Treanor mix but I really like his work.  Philly has a lot of talented people!

it's interesting to hear the algorithms transition and do weird stuff based on whatever conditions are set.  there are some great chunks. this will be great to listen to at work.

Yeah. Instantly reminds me of AE. And noticing the differences between just letting the algorithms go and the -what appears like- curating AE do. It indirectly helps appreciating ae a little bit more. And it's fun to have an algorithm go off like that and create 'solutions' and transitions almost by chance. 

^^ yes well said.. i think ae's processing, sound design, DSP fx and other stuff are way more of a signature for what the do. the FieldsOS stuff sounds like it's just more focused on set it then go type experiments without interacting beyond the design of the algorithm itself and determining a sound palette or whatever.  

there are some really wonderful moments so far in the fields stuff. dropping in mushy slippery synths and sub bass in unexpected ways. it sounds very live in some ways.. things designed to thin out then fill up. i guess that's as you said.. the algorithm "creating solutions and transitions". i find it fascinating. 

Definitely intriguing.  Unconstrained is pretty awesome. Excited to explore this release further.

I recently picked up Local Maxima after hearing his track on the Rian Treanor set.... good shit.

he's doing an AMA on reddit.. not so much an ama as just answering some questions in the thread

Discovered his stuff thanks to Rian Treanor’s Warp30 set, dived into the podcasts so I’m thrilled I can listen to it all in HD now. Some awesome moments in these, and quite fascinating to factor in that its all coded before airing, without any ‘live’ manipulation.

Pretty sure I’ll end up buying this, thanks for this thread ( also, the AMA is a nice read for anyone interested by algorithmic music)

ok I'm halfway in the electro hour and this is some of the best music of the year ! 

cool stuff. miles better than nts sessions

  On 8/17/2019 at 12:58 PM, brian trageskin said:

cool stuff. miles better than nts sessions

Yes, it is cool. No, it is not miles better than NTS.

  On 8/17/2019 at 1:49 PM, Extralife said:

Yes, it is cool. No, it is not miles better than NTS.

yet it is but you're half-deaf so what do you know.

don't want to get in a "this is better than that" discussion but I'm surprised this didn't get more love from watmmers. 

it's workin'

Easy for him; he’s a programmer!

How many more lifetimes would i need to learn it all?! 

This is flipping wild - so many playful grooves ! Kinda reminds me of extended versions of Ae's Peel Sessions 2 

Yeah this is really really good stuff.  "Slow Acid" playing now. Dayum.

So much variety. Really impressed.

Still won’t compare to Ae though

“Electro” is all my Phoenecia dreams coming true.

The 'ambient' one has so many snippets of lovely ...

he was recently interviewed by Darwin Grosse. 

https://artmusictech.libsyn.com/podcast-304-william-fields