Algorithm as Ritual: Eek-A-Mouse, MIEN (YAO), Sun City Girls

Jun 11, 2024: 2pm - 3pm
WGXC 90.7-FM: Radio for Open Ears

90.7-FM in NY's Upper Hudson Valley and wgxc.org/listen everywhere
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Standing Wave Radio

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Produced by Patrick Quinn.

Playlist:
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge — Ritual Music
Eek-A-Mouse — Gangja Smuggling
Koudede — Ewellan
Actress — Ray
MIEN (YAO) — Lan Pan Moon (excerpt)
King Tubby — Declaration of Dub
Push For Night + Jon Mueller — One Last Deposit
Gramm — siemens.bioport
Philip Jeck and Chris Watson — Spurn
Sun City Girls — Space Prophet Dogon
Julius Eastman — Femenine (excerpt)
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge — Ritual Music

al·go·rithm
noun
a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.

rit·u·al
noun
a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.

“Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.”
―John Cage

“In the wake of digital colonisation, increasingly intricate algorithms scout for patterns in the data we generate. The ever-expanding archive not only reflects our values and society—it shapes new cultures, behaviours, and beliefs. We posit that future rituals and algorithms can be rehearsed through performing arts, and propose an intervention that is part discussion, part social experiment, and strives to explore the combined functionalities.”
—Diana Alina Serbanescu and Régis Lemberthe

What are the conditions that make an event possible? "Algorithm as Ritual" is a project that not only explores this question, but also, seeks to challenge the discourse surrounding human-machine collaboration. The playlists for the show are created using a variety of chance operations; primarily, I rely on the prescriptions of a computer program (written in Python) that randomly outputs links to music files/excerpts from an eclectic and continuously growing archive that I maintain. I search far and wide for music, from dusty crates in record stores to the immense flea market that is the Internet. My searching for music and use of chance operations are both components of a generative system—what some might also call a psychogeographic ritual.
–Patrick Quinn

Playlist:
  • Ritual Music / Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
  • Ganja Smuggling / Eek-A-Mouse
  • Ray / Actress
  • Ether Dub / King Tubby
  • One Last Deposit / Jon Mueller feat. Push For Night
  • Siemens.Bioport / Gramm
  • Spurn / Philip Jeck feat. Chris Watson
  • Space Prophet Dogon / Sun City Girls
  • Ritual Music / Genesis Breyer P-Orridge