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"You might never attend one, but keep this bit of information in your back pocket: A new trend today is the 'algorave,' in which people dance in a rave-like environment to music generated by algorithms.\r\n\r\nAccording to a central algorave website - I abstain from dubbing it 'official - the goal is to take a common piece of software that allows someone to create music based on an algorithm, and then compose the tunes live as people dance. The focus is not on the musician, incidentally, but instead on how people react to what they create.\r\n\r\nAlex McLean, a proponent of the algorave movement, provided comment to BoingBoing concerning the idea, stating that:\r\nAlgoraves are parties where people come together to dance to algorithms. It generally involves some\u00A0live coding\u00A0but any producers making music. [...]\u00A0Generally some aspect of the algorithmic processes are visible, but the focus is actually on the audience, and having serious fun.&amp;quot;\r\nA bit nerdy? Perhaps. Chaotic when an algorithm doesn't exactly produce a danceable beat? Sure. But an interesting new way to look at music, dance, and the relationship between\u00A0artist\u00A0and\u00A0attendee? Absolutely.\r\n\r\nHere's a clip, posted on BoingBoing as well as on Algorave.com, of a party in Mexico City. The music was created live at the event. Enjoy!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTop Image Credit:\u00A0Dominic Simpson"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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