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Brian Eno, who coined the term ‘Generative Music’, has used generative techniques on many of his works, starting with Discreet Music (1975) up to and including (according to Sound on Sound Oct 2005) his latest album ‘Another Day on Earth’. His works, lectures, and interviews on the subject have done much to promote generative music in the avant-garde music community. Eno used SSEYO’s Koan generative music system (created by Pete Cole and Tim Cole of intermorphic), to create his hybrid album Generative Music 1 (published by SSEYO and Opal Arts in April 1996), which is probably his first public use of the term “Generative Music”.
Sistemas generativos
Generative Systems refers to systems that use a few basic rules to yield extremely varied and unpredictable patterns.
Video game designer Will Wright and musician Brian Eno.
Generativity of a system is premised on five principle factors:
1 How extensively a system of technology leverages a set of possible tasks;
2 How well it can be adapted to a range of tasks;
3 How easily new contributors can master it;
4 How accessible it is to those ready and able to build on it; and
5 How transferable any changes are to others, including non-experts.
