Algorave
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An event where people dance to music generated from algorithms, often improvised on the spot (live coding).
"In London, the music veers between the sublime and the cacophonic; at the end, one audience member—and she's entirely serious—shouts: “Play something good!” Algorave is messy, but that's partly the point: these are not the pristine algorithms that fetch your search results on Google; they're built live, for a crowd."
Example
More examples"In London, the music veers between the sublime and the cacophonic; at the end, one audience member—and she's entirely serious—shouts: “Play something good!” Algorave is messy, but that's partly the point: these are not the pristine algorithms that fetch your search results on Google; they're built live, for a crowd."
Etymology
Blend of algorithmic + rave.
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