AI DJ Project#2 Ubiquitous Rhythm — A Spontaneous Jam Session with AI
Improvised Sessions with Real-time Music Generation AI
“AI DJ Project#2 Ubiquitous Rhythm” is an improvisational DJ performance that uses AI to generate music in real-time.
The previous “AI DJ Project” aimed to explore the essence of DJing by having AI DJs and human DJs perform the "back to back" style of taking turns to play tracks, while also pushing the AI towards serendipitous song selections that humans would not have thought of.
In this project, without preparing music in advance, the DJ controls the music generated by the AI on the spot, and the performance unfolds as the AI responds to these choices. The resulting performance not only achieved a DJ format that is (almost) impossible for a single DJ to create continuously, but also became a highly improvised one off performance.
Even the DJ performing cannot fully anticipate what kind of music the AI will generate next in each moment. The AI seems to create an organic music experience that is rich in unexpectedness, as if trying to test the creative and musical abilities of the DJ.
The groove that is born from the interaction between the DJ and multiple music generation models seems to anticipate new forms of creativity in the era of coexistence between humans and AI.
Performances
2021.10.28 | Creativity4Better (Bucharest) | Online Screening
Links
- Medium: AI DJ Project#2 Ubiquitous Rhythm — Improvised Jam Sessions with Real-time Music Generation AI - AI DJ Project — A dialogue between AI and a human (The first AI DJ Project) - Press Kit
Credits
Machine Learning & Performance: Nao Tokui (Qosmo, Inc.) Visual Programming: Shoya Dozono (Qosmo, Inc.) Visual Research: Ryosuke Nakajima (Qosmo, Inc.) AR System: Hiroyoshi Murata (Dentsu Creative X, Inc.), Yuki Tanabe (Dentsu Creative X, Inc.) Videographer: Sota Suzuki (Dentsu Creative X, Inc.) Producer: Ryotaro Omori (Dentsu Creative X, Inc.) Logo Design: Naoki Ise (Qosmo, Inc.)