The Light Project

About the Light Project

Near the end of 2011, as I was putting the finishing touches on my album Background Musics, I accidentally un-paused my desktop's media player while the song I was working on was still playing on my laptop. The result was very dissonant and unearthly but none-the-less, got me thinking. I had been experimenting with generative music for Background Musics but this was different. This was the idea of generative music, not on the scale of the song, but on the scale of the album. "What if I could create a set of musics that could be mixed and matched to create all new pieces?" That's how the Light Project was born.

Since it would be difficult for listeners to set up and play 2 random songs from a series of albums, I created this website to do that work for you. This page combines 2 random songs from my Light Series into a continuous, generative, ambient experience. A one-click soundtrack - perfect for reading, meditating, yoga practice, studying or just to enjoy some quality, relaxing me-time.

Each time you load this page, a new combination of music is automatically generated... and new songs are being added to the playlist as they are created.