RE:WIRED GREEN 2022: THE MUSIC OF PLANTS
WIRED senior editor, Michael Calore makes music with plants, live on stage! The four plants are each playing individual instruments: gamelan (high), gamelan (low), synth bass, and cricket sounds. The notes you hear are triggered generativity—the sensors stuck to the leaves pick up electrical activity within the plant and translate that to data that digital musical instruments can understand.
Released on 09/30/2022
Transcript
[crickets chirping]
[low pitch chimes]
[chime frequency increases]
[multiple pitched chimes]
[chimes slow down]
[light pitch chimes]
[pitch gradually goes lower]
[futuristic dings]
[drastically alternating notes]
[nightlife ambience]
[audience faintly chatting]
[upbeat music]
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