Ash Koosha's AI-assisted music, sounds for and of the internet age

March 6, 2020 2:08 PM

Ash Koosha is an Iranian-born futurist who utilizes artificial intelligence to produce music and visuals. "Virtual entertainers like YONA (an Auxuman® (Auxiliary Human) that writes lyrics and melodies and performs them, in collaboration with Ash) are meant to be the reflection of the Internet itself, so any song, melody or visual representation is coming from our human digital life. AI is utilised to facilitate such product" (interview). The product is something he likens to NPCs (non-player characters) in video games, and the sound is both glitchy and poppy, somewhere under the umbrella of IDM, as heard in his latest AI-assisted album, Bluud (Bandcamp), though this album is more organic than his previous one, 2025 (Bandcamp).
posted by filthy light thief (1 comment total)

The title track from Bluud reminds me strongly of Amon Tobin's masterpiece in sampling, Foley Room (Bandcamp; previously), then it gets into weird Iglooghost and Doon Kanda territory (previously x2)

Bonus: Ash Koosha's VR-conducted Boiler Room 30 minute live set.

Ash Koosha previously:
- Extension of Self -- Ash Koosha explains why robots won't actually kill us all
- Included in FACT Mag's deep dive into Bandcamp
posted by filthy light thief at 2:13 PM on March 6, 2020 [2 favorites]