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Frank Bretschneider





If there is an unknown area in this field, what kind of technology or expression do you think it is? What kind of evolution and development do you hope to see in the future?
I like working with machines and computers. Many of the modules in my modular system use random algorithms, whether fractal iterations, Bernoulli or Euclidean rhythms, Turing and chaos functions to create trigger patterns and modulation voltages. This helps me make music lively and a bit unpredictable. Not artificial intelligence—but close. AI will find its way into music production (and in art in general), that’s for sure. Already today there are many products, especially software, that use AI algorithms (Sonible, iZotope). The music doesn’t necessarily get better. If a moderately talented person uses AI, the result will remain average; but if a master uses it, it can produce a brilliant work.
Maybe in 200 years, an artist will be able to materialize his creative vision without tools, be it hands, machines or computers, directly from his mind.
Your field of music is not mainstream, but is there anything you keep in mind or are particularly conscious of when creating your works in order to convey them to people who might be able to sympathize with them?
I don’t think of a specific audience. What I have in mind is a vague idea and the musical laws and boundaries that I have worked out for myself. But I grew up with popular music and I think that there is at least a minimal consensus on what is enjoyable, what is music is.