Dream Battle Black midi

Have you ever tried to cram five million MIDI notes into a two-minute composition? No, of course not. That would be impossible.

Or would it?

You can thank the wonders of modern processing speed for the Internet’s new weird micro-genre, a YouTube phenomenon known as “Black MIDI." Imagine the bastard love child of Mozart, Steve Vai, and Final Fantasy, or the sound of a million pianos being run through a blender, or a nightmarishly, impossibly difficult game of Dance Dance Revolution being played by aliens on amphetamines. That's what Black MIDI sounds like.

Source:
http://thump.vice.com/en_ca/words/meet-the-15-year-old-prince-of-black-midi

Radio Free Culture: Player Piano

http://freemusicarchive.org/member/cheyenne_h/blog/Radio_Free_Culture_Player_Piano

"Piano rolls in the rack - 88 NOTE L63 80739 (P), Standard American Airs, Arranged by George Rosey, M'f'd by The Universal Music Co. U.S.A., For THE AUTOPIANO COMPANY, NEW YORK" by yaquina. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

WFMU and the Free Music Archive are proud to present a new season of Radio Free Culture, a weekly podcast exploring issues at the intersection of digital culture and the arts. This episode completes the Player Piano: The First Digital Music Revolution two-part show. Get your history fix this week via your newfangled technology!

Check out the podcast here, or subscribe to the podcast here (via iTunes).

Black MIDI, this music is impossible

http://dublab.com/andrew-chugg-impossible-music-black-midi-and-beyond-06-17-14/

Andrew Chugg – Impossible Music, Black MIDI and Beyond  

JUNE 17, 2014

Exploring new sonic possibilities is an adventure that we’re always ready for. As technology – and human tolerance – evolves, we’re embracing increasingly dense and alien musics that are determined more by limits of software than physical interaction.

Enjoy this in-depth exploration of the history and cultural implications of Impossible Music and Black MIDI. This audio documentary explores the concepts behind Black MIDI; a genre of music that exists primarily to challenge the specifications of the producer’s computer.

Andrew Chugg - Impossible Music, Black MIDI and Beyond (06.17.14) 

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Interviews with curator of Rhizome.org, Michael Connor, composer and writer Robert Barry and others.

Andrew Chugg is a New York-based multi-media producer, drummer for Pop. 1280 and owner of Gilded Audio. He is particularly interested in audio documentaries and the cross-section of abject and formal music.