Artist description Diastereo's music is biomusic written as a soundtrack for evolution. This music is not written note by note, but painted on texture by texture and pattern by pattern using KoanPro generative music software (from SSEYO). The pieces are generated "on the fly" from random numbers according to a set of rules developed by the composer. Although the process sounds mechanical, the result is not, since so much of the emotion in music is expressed through texture and timbre. A generative music piece is a "music world" on which certain sound combinations are possible: the sound will differ every time it is played, but will always stay within the rules created by the composer. Creating generative music can be thought of as building a set of wind chimes that combines the musical power of an orchestra, a synthesizer and a recording studio with the ability to improvise. Diastereo's music is an eclectic mix, influenced mainly by minimalism (Steve Reich, Phillip Glass), impressionism (Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel), and modernism (Igor Stravinsky) and the processes of evolution that lead to biodiversity. Other influences include jazz, film music, Latin, world music, Young Marble Giants, Portishead, DJ Shadow, Brian Eno and Future Sounds of Londo

Music Style Generative Music

Musical Influences Impressionism, Ambient,Minimalism, Jazz, Trance, World Music, film music, generative music, DJ Shadow(conceptual influence).

Similar Artists Claude Debussy, Keith Jarett, Steve Reich, Maurice Ravel, Frank Zappa, Igor Stravinsky, Phillip Glass, Brian Eno, John Cage, generative music and algorithmic music artists.

Artist History Diastereo began making generative music in 1998.

Group Members Diastereo

Instruments SSEYO KoanPro software, Roland JV1010, Vienna Soundfont Studio, Creative Wave Studio, CoolEdit Pro

Albums Grackle and Lark, Interheart

Press Reviews Planets: "this is fascinating stuff, and essential listening for all true electronic musicians."[Raw42]/\/\/\ Cyberkhesh: "This is something very different: Music created by randomness chaneled into a composition. Very interesting. A journeying track track of creative and expressive energy. " [Inspiration and Awareness Radio]/\/\/\Nebula: "A brooding and slow-burning track for those chill-out moments. Beautiful and moving." [Ambient Dreams Radio]/\/\/\ Lunacoustic: "Chaotic elements layered into a cohesive ambient masterpiece." [3.14 variations of experimentation radio]/\/\/\ Grackle and Lark: "A beautifully original work!" [Brian Skutle's Ambient Journey Radio]/\/\/\Jetstream: "Take a flight with this!" [Music for Entropy Radio]/\/\/\ Jetsdream: Beautiful movin' generative piece [FractalFnord Radio]/\/\/\ Solar: "Just listen to it you will love it." [AciD LanD Radio]/\/\/\ Salsa Electric: "As exotic a rhythm as this listener has ever heard, this is a magical piece that somehow feels both tribal and sophisticated. Shadows dance in flickering firelight, waves lap on the beach under a Venusian star panorama..." [Blue Water Drift Drive Radio]/\/\/\Nude Altitude: "Most unique"[LA Jazz Radio

Location San Diego, CA - USA

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