From The Machine: Volume 1 vinyl

The first instalment in a collaborative endeavour by composers Kenneth Kirschner and Joseph Branciforte is nothing short of a concept album. The idea is to explore the possibilities offered by software-based techniques, including algorithmic processes and generative systems, on the creation of tunes made for acoustic instruments. All of which sounds pretty bold and definitely far from your average contemporary classical fare.

Taking inspiration and a direct lead from electronic composition techniques, the result here is two distinct movements that respectively span just short of and a little over 20-minutes. Recorded by pianist Jade Conlee and cellists Mariel Roberts, even without the complex concept explainer this is a masterpiece of discordance and strange, leftfield strings. A place to get lost in, even if you know the way out.