Music For Runways (revisited) - Generative Music Inspired by Brian Eno's Music For Airports
10Music For Runways is music I composed over the last week, which was inspired by the looping technique Brian Eno used in his album Music For Airports: Ambient 1.
It could be considered a quasi generative method, because of how the separate tracks interact. However, in a strict sense, it is not generative and allows for deliberate manipulation of the flow of the piece. You can determine when different parts fade in or out/etc.
Music For Airports was a breakthrough electronic music album, and helped cement Eno as one of the leading pioneers in the electronic music scene.
Instrumentation for each track on my album:
A Swelling Heart - I used guitar swells. I don't have a volume pedal, so I used my volume knob on my guitar (an Epiphone SG). For the most part, only single held out notes were played (no multiple note phrases).
Summer Skylines - The SG was utilized again, but this time almost in an Explosions In The Sky sort of styling. There are some longer phrases here, but also single note bends, slides, etc, which coincidentally line up at times, creating harmonized bends, and so on.
Scraping Bottom - I used my tongue drum. Many single note hits, but also some longer phrases were played. In addition, I scraped the mallet slowly across the drum to create more ethereal effect.
The Aquifer - Pianos, Bells, Bass Guitar and VST synths (including my own products Elixer: Prepared Tape and Elixer: The Lost Tapes). Some longer phrases but also single note hits.
Bitumen Blues - Similar instrumentation as The Aquifer, but no bass guitar.
Here is the timestamp for each track:
0:00 A Swelling Heart
8:06 Summer Skylines
15:00 Scraping Bottom
25:36 The Aquifer
33:38 Bitumen Blues