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#12: STRAW DOGS

Release date: September 22, 2025

ALBUM VERSION:

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INFINITE VERSIONS:

Apps that will endlessly compose and perform the piece in realtime. They are generative but have nothing to do with AI. See the about page for more info.

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LINER NOTES:

The algorithm for this piece is similar to six selves conversing throughout their lives, coming in and out of each other's spheres, becoming part of each other then departing each other, selves becoming other selves. According to the Dao, all selves are straw dogs, all things in the cosmos are straw dogs, more knowledge brings fewer paths, better to keep hollow, stay open.

These pieces are not meant to be listened to from beginning to end. Just listen until you've had enough. They are performed and recorded live from within improvisational immersive virtual environments.

Cover art: "Superb Fruit Dove," from Les Pigeons by Pauline Knip, 1811. Public Domain.

#ambient, #generative, #experimental

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