Glitch Music

Digital Derivative:
Often, glitch music is produced on computers by using modern software of digital production in order to splice the small samples or cuts of the music together from works that have been previously recorded. All of these cuts are then integrated within the signature that glitch music possesses, the beats can be created by glitches, scratches or clicks and produced otherwise erroneously or sounding noise. All of these glitches are really short and they generally are used in the place of the traditional instrumentation or percussion. Scratched vinyl records, skipping CD’s, circuit bending as well as other distortions like noise prominently figure into a creation of rhythm as well as a feeling within the glitch music.

Glitch music, through the use of all of these digital artifacts derives its name. Even though, not all artists of the exact same music genre are going to be erroneously working with produced sounds or are actually using the digital sounds. Glitch music has its cultural origins placed within the nineties. The typical instruments that are used in glitch music include circuit blending hardware, Ableton Live software, and Super Collider software. It enjoyed its mainstream popularity within the United States and Europe.

Glych Music Musicians:
It was Yasunao Tone who first used CDs that were damaged to make this music, then came artists such as Kid 606, Oval and Autechre as well as trumpeter Jon Hassell. You will also find glitch music in the album Fury by Robert van Heuman, Kyron’s Sonic Mandalas and The Reprogramming Project by Plastic Sound Supply. As all of the glitch music artists continue to experiment with all of the different aspects that surround glitch music, the actual use of a computer in order to create the sound of the music has significantly increased. Perfect repeats, timing and symmetry that is included within the music, all of which at one point and time where humanly impossible, now are possible through computer usage.