AlgoRhythms

AlgoRhythms | Generative audio sculptures in collaboration with Nicolas Daniel. Each unique hash combines musical scales, colors, and patterns into a digital music box. Part of the Art Blocks Curated collection.

COLLABORATION | GENERATIVE | MUSIC

AlgoRhythms collection grid showing generative audio-visual sculptures

A collaboration with Nicolas Daniel. Launched May 13, 2021, as part of Art Blocks Curated Series. 1,000 generative music sculptures, each with a unique hash that determines visual (type, style, background) and sound (oscillator, music scale, tempo) properties.


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Type

Solid • Tube • Mix

Subdivisions

X • Diagonal • Line • Plus • None

Style

Wireframe • White Outline • Black Outline • Color

Melody

Diagonal • Circled • Lined • Procedural

Margin

Small • Big • None

Height

Full • Short • Medium • Tall

Background

Tango • Half Baked • Wewak • Killarney • Selective Yellow • Biscay • Goldenrod • Feijoa • Cardinal • Black • Froly • Fern • Mandy • Sapphire • Goblin • Mercury • Curious Blue


Rest

True • False

Oscillator

Triangle • Square • Sawtooth • Sine

Octaves

2-3 • 2-4 • 1-3 • 1-2 • 2-5 • 2-2 • 1-1 • 1-4 • 3-4 • 3-3 • 3-5 • 4-5 • 4-4

Number of Notes

1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7

Music Scale

F • C • D • A • G • B • E • Phrygian • Major Pentatonic(omit5) • Ritsu • Minor 6th • Quartal • Yamatebala Wofe • Balinese • Han Iwato • Minor Pentatonic • Major Pentatonic • Major Blues • Whole Tone • Minor Pentatonic(add2) • Satie • Aeolian • Spanish Minor • Hijazkar • Harmonic Minor(C#) • Harmonic Minor(E) • Hungarian Minor • Todi That

BPM

Allegro (120) • Adagio (60) • Moderato (90)


The collaboration with Nicolas Daniel continued with AlgoBeats, a second Art Blocks release expanding on the generative music concept.


FAQ

What is Art Blocks?

Art Blocks is a platform for generative art on Ethereum. Artists upload algorithms; collectors mint unique outputs. Each mint generates a one-of-a-kind piece from the artist's code. "Curated" is their top-tier selection.

How does the sound work?

Click anywhere on the piece to play. The sound is generated in real time by JavaScript using oscillators. The hash determines all musical properties: scale, tempo, oscillator type, number of notes. Each AlgoRhythm plays its own unique melody.