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Sound and Music Synthesis: What Role Does AI Play in the Creation of Music Today? © Patrick Hartono; created with DALL- E

Sound and Music Synthesis
 What Role Does AI Play in the Creation of Music Today?

Computers have evolved and shifted the music creation paradigm, blurring the lines between music, science, and technology even more than they did before. This article explores these questions, providing perspectives on AI’s impact on the music industry and how society has responded to this transformation.

Projects

Alur Bunyi © Each Other Company

Alur Bunyi

In the series Alur Bunyi, the Goethe-Institut presents and discusses contemporary positions of experimental (not just) electronic music from Indonesia and Germany.
Nusasonic: Artistic Lab Hacklab © Eunice Maurice

Nusasonic - Crossing Aural Geographies

Nusasonic is a multi-year project that plunges into a broad spectrum of experimental sound and music cultures in Southeast Asia, enabling dialogue within the region, with Europe, and beyond.

Music and AI

3D computer graphic, round cute robot rolling over a piano keyboard against black background © Gann | McPHOTO/M. Gann/picture alliance (detail)

Musicians and Machines
 How Machine Learning can create new Ways of making new Sounds

How can artists use AI and machine learning to their advantage? An interview with Jesse Engel, Research Scientist at Google Brain’s Magenta Project.

Instrument

Kira Linn with her baritone saxophone. Linn released her third album Illusion with her sextet, Linntett, in 2023. © Marina Rosa Weigl

An interview with the Saxophonist Kira Linn
 “I fell in love with the saxophone”

In April 2023, German baritone saxophonist, singer and composer Kira Linn released her third album "Illusion" with her sextet, Linntett. Her recent album moves across genres including jazz, pop, indie, electro, neo-soul and RnB, with Linn adding her voice for the first time on a selection of tracks. Anger and powerlessness, as well as strength, diversity and freedom are core concepts and emotions that emerged during the pandemic and run through the new album.

Pop

Juliet Prowse and Elvis Presley in „G.I. Blues” Photo (Detail): © Mauritius images / Masheter Movie Archive / Alamy

SoundBites
 Zero-Hour German Folk-Pop

In 1960, Elvis Presley is the most famous pop star in the world. In one of his films, he sings a German folk song that goes on to sell over a million copies.

Experiment and DJ

Publication AMAN (Agenda Seniman) Goethe-Institut Bandung - Exploration Intermedia Art with Etza Meisyara © Etza Meisyara

Art
 Color and Sound in Etza Meisyara’s Performance

Entitled Intermedia Art Exploration, this edition of #AMAN Agenda Seniman features Bandung-based artist Etza Meisyara (born in 1991) and focuses on the term “intermedia” to describe her artistic journey and interests. What is intermedia art? How did intermedia art become the focus of her work?
Gudrun Gut has been a driving force in the music scene since the 1980s. Photo (detail): GGut live Sonoras 2018 © Jose M. Pedrajas

Female DJs
 More women working the turntables

female:pressure – a network helping to boost the number of female DJs.
Urban String South East Asian DJ Conference im Studio Lam Bangkok © Goethe-Institut Bangkok/ Luise Keiderling

Urban String
 Moving through the spheres of chamber music - Urban String South East Asian DJ Conference

Changing DJs create seemingly endless chains of association – the scene in Hamburg offers fertile ground in this regard. In almost every bar in St. Pauli, one can find two turntables and a mixer.
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