Mick Sussman

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Mick Sussman is an American avant-garde composer. However it is more complicated; who / which one is the composer – he or The Rosenberg Algorithmic Music Generator? With the push of a button, Rosenberg – a software program created by Sussman – composes a unique piece of music, making thousands of decisions based on a sequence of randomized processes. The art project was launched on June 7, 2016 on Sublunar. It implies the release of 365 singles during a year. The resulting compositions – mesmeric, microtonal, rhythmically intricate, seemingly purposeful and surprisingly varied – demonstrate the potential of partially automated creativity. Rosenberg is freakishly prolific: it can crank out music as fast as a human can process it, 40 hours and counting. Though Rosenberg acts as a conceptual provocation, its primary purpose is to make enjoyable music. Embracing many genres, these pieces have echoes of post-classical and jazz mavericks like Harry Partch and Ornette Coleman; electronic experimentalists like Laurie Spiegel and Tyondai Braxton; global sources like gamelan and Afropop; and hints of everything from Dixieland jazz to psychedelic rock. This is also postmodern art music. It’s a distinctive sound that may seem perplexing at first, but is surprisingly approachable when you get to know it. Sublunar has also released a digital album, The Rosenberg Algorithmic Music Generator: Selected Works, Vol. 1. These compositions are generated after the 365 singles. User-contribute

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albums

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The Rosenberg Algorithmic Music Generator, Vol. 3

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The Rosenberg Algorithmic Music Generator: Selected Works, Vol. 1

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Preludes and Postludes

The Kressel Studies

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Tutelage Soundproof (Rb. 1)

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11 Portents

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Vitalism Triceps (Rb. 22)

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Succubus Takeout (Rb. 21)

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The Rosenberg Algorithmic Music Generator, Vol. 5

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Longhouse Seedily (Rb. 36)

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Dapper Submissive (Rb. 40)

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Sandpaper Eavesdrop (Rb. 70)

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