When prominent scientist Stephen
Wolfram published A
New Kind of Science in 2002, it was immediately hailed as a major intellectual
landmark. Today the paradigm shift that Wolfram's work initiated is
starting revolutions in a remarkable range of areas of science,
technology--and the arts. WolframTones is an experiment in
applying Wolfram's discoveries to the creation of music.
At
the core of A New Kind of Science is the idea of exploring a
new abstract universe: a "computational universe" of simple programs.
In A New Kind of Science, Wolfram shows how remarkably simple
programs in his "computational universe" capture the essence of the
complexity--and beauty--of many systems in nature.
WolframTones works by
taking simple programs from Wolfram's computational universe, and
using music theory and Mathematica algorithms to render them as
music. Each program in effect defines a virtual world, with its own
special story--and WolframTones captures it as a musical
composition.
It's all original
music--fresh from "mining" Wolfram's computational universe.
Sometimes it's reminiscent of familiar musical styles; sometimes it's
like nothing ever heard before. It's a taste of what it's
like to explore the computational universe--and a hint of what's to
come...
