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I was very interested to read your comments Pat. My original plan was to feature just one note in this piece (varying the octaves of course!) but I was not brave or mad enough to carry that out (which is not to say that I may not have a go in the future). I guess the question is to what extent varying the patches, soundscape, velocities and tempos can cover for a lack of melody.
My guess is that this can only go so far. Kraftwerk (naturally enough my preferred Electronic group) are characterised as much by their wonderful tunes as by the mind-blowing sounds they use.



Ah! I figured there was a method and a plan behind your decisions to do what you did!

I really like this genre, for all the same reasons you mention. I like the richly layered patterns and the use of technology to create soundscapes I would never have consciously created on my own. Unfortunately, ALL of my own attempts to create such a work have left me with an AAAAA structure (hence my observation)

AS you said about Kraftwerk (and many others) the beauty of their compositions is their predictable ability to crank out full-blown structured songs that also happen to richly layered.

Here is where BIAB's automated intelligence melody might help people like us. I have yet to try a techno piece and let BIAB come up with the structure. But, now that you have sown the seeds of renewed interest, I may try it.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0