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"Electroencephalography" concept album released.




This is an experimental music cycle created using synthesizers, mapping recorded EEG data to sounding parameters using various algorithms. The album consists of 12 tracks- one in each minor key of the western tonal system.


While it is easily available on streaming platforms such as Spotify and Youtube, you can support the author directly on Bandcamp.


With original Brain-Computer Music Interface (BCMI) software developed in collaboration with visual artist Martins Dabolins, the brain signals were used instead of a MIDI controller to control various parameters of analog and digital synthesizers such as cutoff, resonance, reverb and arpeggiation.


While I am playing only simple chords on the synths, the music seems alive in an organic way, due to the complex dynamics, rhythms and modulations of the brain signal shaping the sound throughout.


The EEG data was recorded using a 32 channel Enobio EEG system from my own brain as well as the brains of saxophonist Arvydas Kazlauskas and pianist Hailong Zhang while freely improvising at Jāzepa Vītola Latvijas Mūzikas akadēmija’s systematic musicology research lab. Tracks 1, 10 and 12 were created using EEG signals from my own brain. Tracks 2, 4, 6 and 8 (sharp keys) were created Arvydas's brain, and tracks 3, 5, 7 and 9 (flat keys) were made from Hailong's brain.


Arvydas Kazlauskas recording saxophone while testing the BCMI system
Arvydas Kazlauskas recording saxophone while testing the BCMI system
Hailong Zhang recording piano while testing the BCMI system
Hailong Zhang recording piano while testing the BCMI system


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