[cognaitiv]

Agreed very much on Reich and feel very similar about Brian Eno’s solo work. What’s the difference between aleatoric music and generative music?

[brylie]

Interconnectedness is an aspect of generative music/processes that leads to complex outcomes.

Relatedly, Omri Coen has an interesting video showing his creative process while creating generative music using VCV Rack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBR6LmDb3Uk

[TheOtherHobbes]

Randomness is just one of many possible algorithms generative music can use.

For example: Music for Airports is built from very long tape loops with different durations. It's completely deterministic, but the results sound like a random-ish stream of constantly changing note patterns.

It only works because no human has a long enough memory to hear the loops as loops. If our short term memories could hold a long loop as a percept we'd have a very different and less interesting listening experience.