'Sittin on a' 'Wire'

This is the 1st pre-release digital collectible of 2 music videos in 1 from my debut research-based AI audiovisual album 'Wire'.

This music video took 2 1/2 years to finish. It involved a lot of going back and forth between me and the director of this video - Mikael Brain (Schwarz & LUX). This video was filmed during lockdown in a forest in Berlin, October 2020. Germany was in pretty severe lockdown and there were limited people who could be together indoors and outdoors. Made possible with a passionate team of humans I'm forever grateful for who donated their free time to help me bring this hybrid vision to life.

I invited Mikael to go on a journey with me as he had never used any form of AI in his work. As a traditional cinematographer, this was a big experiment for him. There were moments when we aligned, other times we clashed because maybe I went a little too far that maybe stripped away the original cinematography. We made so many edits and changes until we finally compromised in a way that stayed true to the story I wanted to tell about hybridity.

The 1st song from this album 'Sittin on a' is titled after the AI-generated audio that sung these lyrics and melodies I've never sung before combining vocal techniques in such a way I can't replicate. But it inspired me to write the next track which is what birthed this new way of co-writing with my AI 'other' self.

The 2nd song 'Wire' which is also the name of the album is me finishing the AI-generated phrase and responding to the way this whole process felt. 90% of this album was co-written like this - a game of call and response.

There are still copies of the album that currently only exists as on-chain to Vinyl, you can collect individual tracks + remixes or bundle to get the vinyl here: https://bit.ly/45cOneC.

I couldn't have done this without my collaborators.

Full credits:

Original music and production: Portrait XO AI-generated vocals of Portrait XO: Dadabots Filmed, Directed, and Edited:  Mikael Brain (Schwarz & LUX) Wardrobe: Bonnie Bones AI visuals: Alexandre Silveira and Portrait XO 3D animated sonic object: Harriet Davey

Thank you so much for supporting me, this entire project has been an experiment from the creation of it to the execution.

FULL VIDEO 48hr AUCTION LIVE 18.08.2023 https://www.soundobsessed.com/tokens/35