When I first started making algorithmic music with Ade Ward 24 years ago (as Slub), we decided to only make music with software we’d made ourselves. I’ve mostly stuck to that aim ever since, although after a couple of years we added a rule that we’d make a fundamental part of the software during performances to keep things interesting.

I’m starting to get a bit fed up with just doing that so now I’m thinking about adding an additional rule - only live code algorithmic music that I can run without a computer. My plan is … ⌘ Read more