I learned about artificial life last night after questioning my buddy Jim about the screensaver that's been on his computer for as long as I can remember. He explained that there are mathematical representations of evolution, and this
Breve program simulates that. It is pretty awesome watching god's mistakes suffocate on the floor like fish out of water for no more than 4 seconds. Then, the next polygonal generation is born based on the successes of it's predecessor. Breve is a wonderful program, but lacks realistic options (i.e. polygon abortion, speed controls, a synesthetic soundtrack). Fortunately, there are about twenty other artificial life simulations that one can download off the internet, and most of them incorporate a unique survival mechanism with which the evolution works towards. I haven't had the time to delve deeper, but it seems there's people programming neural networks into these things. Oh, chaos theory.........
This album is the shit and will never grow old. I don't know how they've done it, but the bass lines in this album complement just about everything other instrument. If you're going to listen to reggae, then I recommend anything made by the Trojan people.
