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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 2d

In collaboration with AIR Lab at @itu.dk I am exploring how an interactive sound art installation can become a sociological research probe. #SoundArt #SonicInteractionDesign #ResearchThroughArtAndDesign

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 14d

AIR Lab @itu.dk proudly presents the first iteration of our monthly deep listening events. Our guest this month is world renowned jazz guitarist Thor Madsen. Thor will be performing with his algorithm Thormulator which allows mutual music making between human and machine.
#AIRLab #HCI4Musicians

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Mute State @mutestate.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here's a Mute State live recording visualised with the sosci video plug-in.
youtu.be/hmLPMFwryhI
#JazzDub #ElectronicJazz #Jazzguitar #sosci #oscilloscope

Oscilloscope Mute State Live Session July 2025

YouTube video by Mute State

youtu.be

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Aug 14

Now with a user interface that allows you to mess with both audio and physics
www.mutestate.com/n-body-probl...
#threebodyproblem #audiomodel

n‑Body Audio Model

A real-time audiovisual n-body simulation rendered as evolving sound and motion.

www.mutestate.com

Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Aug 7

The Three Body Problem Audio Model
Gravitational pull → Pitch (more pull = higher pitch)
Acceleration → Filter (more accel = brighter sound)
Orbital angle → Amplitude (envelope)
Space bar starts and stops, start positions are randomized each time the program is run.
#SoundArt #ArtScience #N-Body

Three Body Problem Audio Model

A real-time audiovisual simulation of gravitational forces between three bodies, rendered as music and movement.

www.mutestate.com

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Jul 14

A 2 bar per atom iteration of the periodic table as musical algorithm. Each electron shell is represented by an oscilloscope line, which makes electron configurations both audible and visible. youtu.be/cknWydMRIMQ
#ArtScience #Electrons #PeriodicTable #ArtbasedScience

Periodic Table as Musical Algorithm – 2 bars per atom

YouTube video by Mute State

youtu.be

Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Jul 12

Tonight at 20.00 o'clock
#CphJazzFestival2025
jazz.dk/copenhagen-j...

Mute State – Electronic X Files | Copenhagen Jazz Festival

12/7 2025, kl. 20:00 | Bevar's | Med samplede stemmer, jazzguitar og synthesizere som lydkilder, skaber Mute State lydkollager og non-lineær elektronisk musik. Alt bliver skabt på stedet, uden brug af...

jazz.dk

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Mute State @mutestate.bsky.social · Jul 10

Copenhagen Jazzfestival is going on. Concert starts at 20.00 at Bevar’s Nørrebro Copenhagen. #CopenhagenJazzfestival2025

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Jun 10

Sound art as epistemic method! Exhibition and live performance Friday 13th 15:00 at Air Lab, IT University of Copenhagen @itu.dk
#ArtScience #AffectTheory #SoundArt #AirLab

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · May 7

This is a three-minute example of my latest methodical transfer epistemic art–science project at @itu.dk‬: AirPrint, a real-time exploration of urban air quality.
The music reflects the concentration of six air pollutants measured in central Copenhagen on May 7th at 6:48pm.
#ArtScience #AffectTheory

3 Minutes of Audible Air Pollution!

YouTube video by Mute State

youtu.be

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Apr 28

Try it out here:
www.mutestate.com/DiatonicChess/

Diatonic Chess Prototype

Diatonic Chess lets you hear your moves as chords, and play back your game as a full song.

www.mutestate.com

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Apr 26

An experimental platform combining chess with real-time harmonics. Each move triggers a chord tied to a board position, letting players hear their gameplay. After the game, the full game becomes a continuous chord progression.
#audiovisualresearch #musictech #generativemusic #DiatonicChess

Diatonic Chess Prototype 1

Diatonic Chess Prototype 1 – a musical chessboard where each square's chord is placed according to music-theoretical principles.

www.mutestate.com

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Apr 23

Version 2.0 here:
www.mutestate.com/Diatonic_Dia...

Diatonic Diamond 2.0

An overview of the harmonic relations in heptatonic scales.

www.mutestate.com

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Apr 22

The Diatonic Diamond: a self-similar harmonic grid where every part reflects the whole.
Suggests new models for fractal composition — harmony unfolding recursively across scales.
Interactive version here:
www.mutestate.com/Diatonic_Dia...
#harmony #fractal #music #MethodologicalTransferEpistemology

Diatonic Diamond

An overview of the harmonic relations in diatonics.

www.mutestate.com

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Apr 22

Time Prism: Affective Audio Modelling of Social Transformation (1820–1920).
Created in collaboration with AIR Lab @itu.dk
An immersive synthesis of historical data, sound, and visual dynamics.
#SoundArt #AudioModelling #history #AIRLab #datavisualization #ArtAndScience

Time Prism: A Sonic Visualization of Social Transformation 1820–1920

YouTube video by Mute State

youtu.be

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Apr 15

New composition tool in the making. The tool doubles as an affective chess game analyser by converting chess games into chord progressions.
#AffectTheory #generativemusic #algorithmiccomposition #MethodicalTransferEpistemology

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Apr 15

… here with an additional two rows and chord names. Notice how the Ionian scale appears backwards in the middle row.

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Apr 14

A little diatonic experiment. Maybe a key in spe to fractal composition. 🤔🤗
#musicgeometry #fractalcomposition #modalexploration #experimentalnotation

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Apr 8

www.mutestate.com/itu/virtual_...

Virtual Ikebana

A generative 3D soundwork based on Fibonacci loops and Japanese Ikebana principles.

www.mutestate.com

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Apr 7

Virtual Ikebana based on Fibonacci numbers
9 loops (1–55 min), starting randomly, always aligning musically.
A 3D soundwork inspired by Japanese flower art – 3 sound types (soundscape, melody, bass) arranged in 3 asymmetrical triangles following Ikebana principles.
#GenerativeSound, #FibonacciMusic

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Apr 5

My latest “art as scientific method” @itu.dk: an app-based art project where real-time air quality data shapes a soundscape, visualized through color codes. Seven data points (gases + particles) distort the ideal sound. AR makes users see and hear air quality around them.
#Art_Science #DataDrivenArt

The latest offshoot of the “art as scientific method” branch in my studies and research at IT University of Copenhagen, is an audiovisual project for iPhones. Real-time data from air quality measurements creates a soundscape that is visualized using color codes. Pure, ideal air is represented by a clear soundscape, which is obstructed in real time via seven data points (five gases and two particle sizes). It’s an app-based art experience that, through augmented reality, gives the illusion that the user can see and hear the air quality exactly where they are standing and walking.

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Mar 17

Through my studies at @itu.dk I've developed a rhizomatic composition tool and technique, that could become a new way of releasing autogenerative music ... not just digitally but also physically. Try out the prototype!
#GenerativeMusic #AlgorithmicComposition #AffectTheory #ArtisticResearch #Deleuze

Rhizomatic Composition Tool

A tool for rhizomatic composition.

www.mutestate.com

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Mar 10

Come check out my alter ego on Friday (if you should happen to be in Copenhagen).

Mute State @mutestate.bsky.social · Mar 10

If you are in Copenhagen this coming Friday!
#LiveElectronic #Ambient #JazzScape #Downtempo

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · Mar 10

A final shout-out about my geometric scale and chord tool, which I now declare complete. The tool is packed with features such as chord and scale recognition, a random chord and scale generator, a root tone soundscape, MIDI export, and much more.
#Scales #Chords #MusicTheory #Geometry

Geometric Scale & Chord Lab

A tool for creating custom scales via geometry, optimized for guitar

www.mutestate.com

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