ARCHSPIRE – Relentless Mutation – April 24, 2019

Dadabots is special artificial intelligent (AI) software that creates music. The software, developed by Berkley College of Music graduates Zack Zukowski and CJ Carr, is built upon a “recurrent neural network” that receives data and then uses it to interpret musical sequences on its own. Simply stated, the software teaches itself how to compose music based on the work of an existing band as its data-set.

After several failed attempts at creating stable, listenable death metal, the creators turned to the music of ARCHSPIRE, which ended up being the perfect template to generating metal tunes via artificial intelligence.

“The neural net we used listened to ‘Relentless Mutation’ over and over again,” explains Zukowski. “All raw audio, no tabs, no midi. It generates what it thinks it hears and tunes itself until it begins to intimate the sounds from the original album. After generating, it randomly stitches the audios together, refills the buffer, and streams it with ffmpeg. Repeat.”

He continues, “The remarkable part is the high quality-to-shit ratio. We tried this with 100 albums and found that Archspire’s music made for the most interesting bot. Zero curation was necessary. Everything it generates sounds good to us. You’re hearing everything it makes. Our theory is the faster the blast beats, the more stable the net. Archspire is absurdly fast – they are basically machines. So far, we haven’t found anything that works better.”

ARCHSPIRE adds, “We’ve been hearing about this ‘AI that’s trained on Archspire writing death metal’ over the past few weeks. Well, here’s the thing: We actually aren’t surprised about this. We’ve been utilizing very similar technology to write our music this entire time. The program we’ve been using? It’s called T.O.B.I. It stands for:

Technically
Outrageous
Boner
Inducer

“Tobi has been part of our writing process since 2009, and while you may notice that he takes on a physical form as guitarist in the band, rest assured under those tight fitting clothes, he’s more machine than man.”

To hear some of the AI-generated albums that Dadabots have produced, visit their YOUTUBE and OFFICIAL BANDCAMP.

ARCHSPIRE will perform their latest full-length, ‘Relentless Mutation’ in its entirety on their upcoming North American tour, which kickoff on May 9 in Seattle, WA and will conclude on June 4 in Boise, ID.

ARCHSPIRE + VIRVUM (w/ Inferi and Wormhole)
05/09: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
05/10: Portland, OR @ Twilight Cafe & Bar
05/11: Oakland, CA @ Metro Opera House
05/12: West Hollywood, CA @ Whiskey-A-Go-Go
05/13: San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
05/14: Mesa, AZ @ Club Red
05/15: El Paso, TX @ Rockhouse Bar & Grill
05/16: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar & Grill
05/17: Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live!
05/18: Corpus Christi, TX @ Boozers Rock Bar
05/19: New Orleans, LA @ Santos
05/20: Orlando, FL @ The Haven
05/21: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Purgatory)
05/22: Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
05/23: Philadelphia, PA @ Voltage Lounge
05/24: Brooklyn, NY @ The Kingsland
05/25: Boston, MA @ Once Ballroom
05/26: Erie, PA @ Basement Transmissions
05/27: Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary
05/28: Louisville, KY @ The Tiger Room
05/29: Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s
05/30: St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
05/31: Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room
06/01: Denver, CO @ Roxy Theater
06/03: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
06/04: Boise, ID @ The Shredder

ARCHSPIRE will be touring in support of their latest album ‘Relentless Mutation’, which is still available in the Season of Mist shop.

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