06-Looking Outward

The piece I selected is the song/composition named Hausmusik by Harmonia. The piece is made up of seemingly random notes and sounds. We hear the randomness most in the variation of tempos in the piece. The ever changing tempo feels quite random and haphazard. I do not know anything about the process of writing the piece or if there was an algorithm used or not but it seems like there was an effort made to make the piece feel generative as opposed to highly planned and choreographed. I quite admire this as it in a way makes electronic music feel much more natural. Electronic music has a tendency to feel cold and often sharp and this piece in contrast feels sort of warm because of the way it randomly undulates. If I am speculating on the artist’s intention when creating this work, I assume that he intended for the piece to feel quite generative.