The Illiac Suite - Music and AI

We often talk about artificial intelligence and its development. What is new? What is on the horizon and what are the problems? That is exciting, no doubt about it. But we often also lose sight of the fact that the news is limited to a few continents: America, Europe or Asia. But what is happening in Africa? Companies there are also trying to conquer the market with artificial intelligence. SenMixMaster is one of them. The AI masters music. I spoke to co-founder Boubacar Djiba about his AI and the situation in Africa.

Any feedback? Contact me on my homepage:

Dennis Kastrup

I produced all of "The Illiac Suite" myself (with a little help from A.I.):

Voices: ElevenLabs
Image: Stable Diffusion

Music of the episode:

Adee: https://www.youtube.com/@adeeofficiel411
Intro  Music generated by Mubert
Udio/ChatGPT - Digital Outlaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixiHIGoYhgc
Ed Newton-Rex: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-is-a-music-ai-company-aiming-to-generate-120-billion-per-year-newton-rex/
Albert Nussfelder Productions

Thanks for listening!

...and check out my agency:

Wicked Artists

DISCLAIMER: The content displayed in this podcast, including but not limited to the musical renditions and AI voice synthesis, is intended solely for entertainment.




Creators & Guests

Host
Dennis Kastrup
Dennis is a radio journalist in the music business since over 20 years. He has conducted over 1000 interviews with artists from all over the world and works for major public radio stations in Germany and Canada. His focus these days is on “music and technology” – Artficial Intelligence, Robotics, Wearables, VR/AR, Prosthetics and so on. He produces the podcast “The Illiac Suite - Music And Artificial Intelligence”. This interest made him also start „Wicked Artists“: a booking agency for creative tech and new media art.

What is The Illiac Suite - Music and AI?

In 1957 a computer of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign wrote a composition for a string quartet: The Illiac Suite! It was the first time in music history. We have come a long way. The combination artificial intelligence and music is here to stay. We entered a new exciting era of creativity. My name is Dennis Kastrup. I am a journalist from Berlin. And my passion is AI. Let's talk about it. But most of all: Listen to it!