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The music on this page was composed algorithmically with Algorithmic Arts software from the raw genetic data that is available as free downloads on the internet (see Links).
Currently there are 3 CD albums available, with more to follow. On this page, you can either audition or download the full tracks as free .mp3 files.
To audition the .mp3 files below, click on the speaker icon; to download the files right click. Please note that all music files are copyrighted material and may not be redistributed.
After focusing almost exclusively on developing ArtWonk/MusicWonk software, finally I'm taking the time to actually use it to create some music. Spideron is the first piece, more are in the pipeline. This is based on the genetic data from spideron, the major protein of spider dragline silk. The sound is generated with a bank of 16 Scope DSP synthesizers set up as 8 symmetrical voices, controlled by an ArtWonk algorithm that phases the two halves of each voice in a chase sequence - sort of a musical image of the DNA double helix.
Spidroin (Dunn 7:00)
This is the first CD from an ongoing collaboration between
myself and Biologist Dr. Mary Anne Clark,
produced from the primary and secondary structure of protein sequences, using
Algorithmic Arts' software. In each piece, pitch is determined by amino acid
identity and instrumentation is chosen according to protein folding pattern,
with different instruments representing regions of alpha-helix, beta-strands
and turns. An article detailing this work has been published in Leonardo
On Line. The title is: Life
Music: The Sonification of Proteins.
1. *Beta-globin (Dunn
7:10)
2. Calmodulin(Clark 2:55)
3 3. Gamma
Lens Crystallin (Clark 2:54) 
4. Alcohol
Dehydrogenase(Clark 5:03) 
5. Lysozyme
C(Clark 3:43)
6. Lysozyme
C (Dunn 7:13)
7. Triose
Phosphate Isomerase (Clark 6:36) 
8. Spidroin(Clark
3:34)
9. Collagen
(Dunn 13:56)
* Protein Notes by M.A. Clark
Music I created for the collaborative performances
I have given during the first term of my RFA (Research Fellow in the Arts) appointment
at the University of Michigan. The HIV DNA used in these performances are from
a set of samples taken from an AIDS patient over a 4 year period. All selections
were created with Algorithmic Arts software.
1. HIV
DNA #007 (7:00)
2. HIV DNA #011 (10:32)
3. HIV DNA #110 (10:46)
4. HIV DNA #039 (5:41)
5. Frog Mitochondria
DNA (9:3)
6. Alpha/Beta/Folding
(10:47)
These are samples of DNA and brain wave music
created with the early DOS versions of Algorithmic Arts software, with DNA algorithms
developed in collaboration with University of Hawaii botanist DR K.W. Bridges.
Based on DNA data from the NIH GenBank:
1. Human
Sex Hormone(9:10)
2. DNA
of HIV (3:52)
3. Starfish (7:37)
4. Vampire
Bat(3:06)
5. Slime Mold (5:00)
6. Sea Urchin (8:05)
7. Scorpion
Stinger (2:34)
Based on Brain Waves:
8. Theta Music (15:16)
