Bacterial Remixes of CD-Audio: Nick Cave, Soft Cell, & etc.

No kidding.

"The Molecular Media Project is principally concerned with exploiting polymer and colloidal nano-agglomeration or biotechnology to control optical nonlinearity for new media applications. Digital data in the form of (i) still image, (ii) text, (iii) motion pictures and (iv) sound have all been modified at the micro/nanoscale. This research overlaps chemistry, physics, microbiology, computer science, mathematics, engineering and performance art and design. Molecular computing with cells and atoms is also useful for changing the structure and properties of digital audio. Molecular computing is a signal processing tool that works at near atomic resolution. A sample set of contemporary music has been re-mixed using this method. The audio examples have not been edited in any way and were recorded as part of a live DJ set. Many of the recordings demonstrate frame-level sampling, mutation, cross-over, copying, distortion and extinction events that act to attenuate, replicate or recombine elements in the original recording into new sub-sets of digital information. Therefore, molecular computing is a practical use of nanotechnology for generating glitch and error. However, it differs from traditional cut-and-paste technique or granular synthesis by exploiting chaos, self-organisation and emergence at the resolution limit of the digital bits that make-up sound! Each sample file is available in 30 second streaming MP3 audio. These tracks are posted here for research purposes only, and are not intended for personal download, reproduction or public performance. Copyright belongs with the author, owner or respective nominee."
- posted by cjb @ 10:15 PM