Alex McLean
@slab.org
Researcher + musician based in Sheffield UK https://slab.org/
Co founder of algorave, toplap, algomech, pattern club, strudel, tidalcycles
Part of Then Try This https://thentrythis.org/
Exploring algorithmic patterns https://algorithmicpattern.org/
Co founder of algorave, toplap, algomech, pattern club, strudel, tidalcycles
Part of Then Try This https://thentrythis.org/
Exploring algorithmic patterns https://algorithmicpattern.org/
Sorry to hear that, hope 2026 is happier ! + hope we get to meet in person someday
January 12, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Sorry to hear that, hope 2026 is happier ! + hope we get to meet in person someday
Hey Rangga hope all is good with you !!
January 12, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Hey Rangga hope all is good with you !!
Heh fair enough, the demoscene was wayy ahead of Eno !
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Heh fair enough, the demoscene was wayy ahead of Eno !
Live coding was a reaction against all that!
December 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Live coding was a reaction against all that!
I co-ran a generative art mailing list called eu-gene from 1999, I think it was always compromised.. Pushed by Brian Eno away from human agency and into the dull wastelands of automation from the start, and cursed into perpetual, circular discussions around 'authorship'.
December 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I co-ran a generative art mailing list called eu-gene from 1999, I think it was always compromised.. Pushed by Brian Eno away from human agency and into the dull wastelands of automation from the start, and cursed into perpetual, circular discussions around 'authorship'.
Maybe the algorave guidelines? github.com/Algorave/gui...
Which tries to make clear that algorave is broader than live coding to encompass all algorithmic music.. Post AI that would probably be worded differently though !
Which tries to make clear that algorave is broader than live coding to encompass all algorithmic music.. Post AI that would probably be worded differently though !
github.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Maybe the algorave guidelines? github.com/Algorave/gui...
Which tries to make clear that algorave is broader than live coding to encompass all algorithmic music.. Post AI that would probably be worded differently though !
Which tries to make clear that algorave is broader than live coding to encompass all algorithmic music.. Post AI that would probably be worded differently though !
Which manifesto says that?
December 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Which manifesto says that?
Reposted by Alex McLean
Also a bummer considering the original algorave in 2011 cautioned that the point wasn't just generating pieces with minimal input -- "algorave musicians don’t pretend their software is being creative, they take responsibility for the music they make, shaping it using whatever means they have"
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Also a bummer considering the original algorave in 2011 cautioned that the point wasn't just generating pieces with minimal input -- "algorave musicians don’t pretend their software is being creative, they take responsibility for the music they make, shaping it using whatever means they have"
Strudel is served as a static website and all runs in the browser. There used to be a database with user patterns, but that had to be taken down due to abuse.
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Strudel is served as a static website and all runs in the browser. There used to be a database with user patterns, but that had to be taken down due to abuse.
Migrating the big tidalcycles and strudel.cc projects to the free/open source codeberg.org platform was super easy. We self-hosted forgejo actions but that took no time to set up and the freedom of self-hosting those has all sorts of benefits. A lot of side projects to move but it's a start. [2/2]
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codeberg.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Migrating the big tidalcycles and strudel.cc projects to the free/open source codeberg.org platform was super easy. We self-hosted forgejo actions but that took no time to set up and the freedom of self-hosting those has all sorts of benefits. A lot of side projects to move but it's a start. [2/2]