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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

BioScape is an experimental platform where DNA, RNA and amino acid sequences can be explored through sound, rhythm, harmony, timbre, visualization and interaction. An attempt to let molecular biology and music illuminate each other in an open interactive relation. #SoundArt #BioArt #BiologyMusic

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Thank you WAC25 and @ircam.bsky.social for three super interesting days at the coolest research center any sound artist could dream of! Here’s a snapshot from my performance of the periodic table last night. #IRCAM #WAC25 #Musification #ElectronConfigurations #EpistemicMusic

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Arrived in Paris today. Getting ready to perform the periodic table as musical algorithm tomorrow at @ircam.bsky.social (WAC25) #SoundArt #ResearchThroughMusic

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

This Friday 3:30 PM in AIR LAB @itu.dk The Periodic Table is a BEAT! (Live) and EMMA The Dance Machine (interactive installation). Electron configs as music algorithm and embodied musical interaction design live concert and presentation! #AffectTheory #SomaDesign #ArtScience #PeriodicTable #SoundArt

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

In collaboration with AIR Lab at @itu.dk I am exploring how an interactive sound art installation can become a sociological research probe. #SoundArt #SonicInteractionDesign #ResearchThroughArtAndDesign

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

AIR Lab @itu.dk proudly presents the first iteration of our monthly deep listening events. Our guest this month is world renowned jazz guitarist Thor Madsen. Thor will be performing with his algorithm Thormulator which allows mutual music making between human and machine. #AIRLab #HCI4Musicians

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Mute State @mutestate.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Here's a Mute State live recording visualised with the sosci video plug-in. youtu.be/hmLPMFwryhI #JazzDub #ElectronicJazz #Jazzguitar #sosci #oscilloscope

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Oscilloscope Mute State Live Session July 2025

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The Three Body Problem Audio Model Gravitational pull → Pitch (more pull = higher pitch) Acceleration → Filter (more accel = brighter sound) Orbital angle → Amplitude (envelope) Space bar starts and stops, start positions are randomized each time the program is run. #SoundArt #ArtScience #N-Body

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Three Body Problem Audio Model

A real-time audiovisual simulation of gravitational forces between three bodies, rendered as music and movement.

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

A 2 bar per atom iteration of the periodic table as musical algorithm. Each electron shell is represented by an oscilloscope line, which makes electron configurations both audible and visible. youtu.be/cknWydMRIMQ #ArtScience #Electrons #PeriodicTable #ArtbasedScience

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Periodic Table as Musical Algorithm – 2 bars per atom

YouTube video by Mute State

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Mute State @mutestate.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Copenhagen Jazzfestival is going on. Concert starts at 20.00 at Bevar’s Nørrebro Copenhagen. #CopenhagenJazzfestival2025

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Sound art as epistemic method! Exhibition and live performance Friday 13th 15:00 at Air Lab, IT University of Copenhagen @itu.dk #ArtScience #AffectTheory #SoundArt #AirLab

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This is a three-minute example of my latest methodical transfer epistemic art–science project at @itu.dk‬: AirPrint, a real-time exploration of urban air quality. The music reflects the concentration of six air pollutants measured in central Copenhagen on May 7th at 6:48pm. #ArtScience #AffectTheory

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3 Minutes of Audible Air Pollution!

YouTube video by Mute State

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

An experimental platform combining chess with real-time harmonics. Each move triggers a chord tied to a board position, letting players hear their gameplay. After the game, the full game becomes a continuous chord progression. #audiovisualresearch #musictech #generativemusic #DiatonicChess

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Diatonic Chess Prototype 1

Diatonic Chess Prototype 1 – a musical chessboard where each square's chord is placed according to music-theoretical principles.

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

The Diatonic Diamond: a self-similar harmonic grid where every part reflects the whole. Suggests new models for fractal composition — harmony unfolding recursively across scales. Interactive version here: www.mutestate.com/Diatonic_Dia... #harmony #fractal #music #MethodologicalTransferEpistemology

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Diatonic Diamond

An overview of the harmonic relations in diatonics.

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Time Prism: Affective Audio Modelling of Social Transformation (1820–1920). Created in collaboration with AIR Lab @itu.dk An immersive synthesis of historical data, sound, and visual dynamics. #SoundArt #AudioModelling #history #AIRLab #datavisualization #ArtAndScience

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Time Prism: A Sonic Visualization of Social Transformation 1820–1920

YouTube video by Mute State

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

New composition tool in the making. The tool doubles as an affective chess game analyser by converting chess games into chord progressions. #AffectTheory #generativemusic #algorithmiccomposition #MethodicalTransferEpistemology

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

… here with an additional two rows and chord names. Notice how the Ionian scale appears backwards in the middle row.

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

A little diatonic experiment. Maybe a key in spe to fractal composition. 🤔🤗 #musicgeometry #fractalcomposition #modalexploration #experimentalnotation

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Virtual Ikebana based on Fibonacci numbers 9 loops (1–55 min), starting randomly, always aligning musically. A 3D soundwork inspired by Japanese flower art – 3 sound types (soundscape, melody, bass) arranged in 3 asymmetrical triangles following Ikebana principles. #GenerativeSound, #FibonacciMusic

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

My latest “art as scientific method” @itu.dk: an app-based art project where real-time air quality data shapes a soundscape, visualized through color codes. Seven data points (gases + particles) distort the ideal sound. AR makes users see and hear air quality around them. #Art_Science #DataDrivenArt

The latest offshoot of the “art as scientific method” branch in my studies and research at IT University of Copenhagen, is an audiovisual project for iPhones. Real-time data from air quality measurements creates a soundscape that is visualized using color codes. Pure, ideal air is represented by a clear soundscape, which is obstructed in real time via seven data points (five gases and two particle sizes). It’s an app-based art experience that, through augmented reality, gives the illusion that the user can see and hear the air quality exactly where they are standing and walking.

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Through my studies at @itu.dk I've developed a rhizomatic composition tool and technique, that could become a new way of releasing autogenerative music ... not just digitally but also physically. Try out the prototype! #GenerativeMusic #AlgorithmicComposition #AffectTheory #ArtisticResearch #Deleuze

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Rhizomatic Composition Tool

A tool for rhizomatic composition.

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Come check out my alter ego on Friday (if you should happen to be in Copenhagen).

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

A final shout-out about my geometric scale and chord tool, which I now declare complete. The tool is packed with features such as chord and scale recognition, a random chord and scale generator, a root tone soundscape, MIDI export, and much more. #Scales #Chords #MusicTheory #Geometry

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Geometric Scale & Chord Lab

A tool for creating custom scales via geometry, optimized for guitar

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Switching between Root Scape and Rndm Seq allows you to hear your scale in a dynamic musical setting, with Root Scape providing a tonal foundation for the random note combinations. #ScaleAndChordTool #MusicalGeometry #MusicTheory #ScaleExploration #HarmonicContext #MelodicDiscovery #ModalExploration

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Skønt, det vil jeg straks eksperimentere med.

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Beautiful scale! I call it Hexatonic dominant (b9#5), and with C as the root, I call it Diminished 13 Hexatonic. It’s balanced and full of tension, just as the geometric form suggests. Try it yourself here: www.mutestate.com/itu/Fretboard/ #HexatonicDiminished13 #AlteredScales #GeometricComposition

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Thanks again, I think I've corrected all my mistakes and misunderstandings now. If you should still find any please let me know ... an ongoing proces ;o) www.mutestate.com/itu/Fretboard/

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Scale & Chord Tool

A tool for creating custom scales and chords optimized for guitar

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Good points, I’ll look into it. Thanks!

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I'm on an updating/upgrading streak! So many new features. Here´s the preset scale view mode 🤷‍♂️ Try it out and let me know how it works for you. #CustomTools #MusicTheory #GeometricMusic #Scales #Chords www.mutestate.com/itu/Fretboard/

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

New feature in my scale and chord tool! I have implemented a new view that allows a geometric perspective on scales and chords. Here is a whole-tone scale that very satisfyingly becomes a perfect hexagon. #MusicTheory #Scales #Chords #Fretboard #GeometricShapes

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

No I haven't planned for it, but it's a great idea. I'll notify you if I implement it in the future. Thanks for checking it out!

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Æv, next time either your gig or mine 😉

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Come say Hi to my alter ego @mutestate.bsky.social tomorrow night! We’d be delighted to see you!

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I have created a little tool to help me create and get an overview of custom scales and patterns. The tool can be used by guitarists of all levels. Behold the Interactive Fretboard. #GuitarTool #CustomScales #FretboardOverview #Jazzguitar

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Interactive Fretboard

A tool for practising custom scales on guitar

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Mute State @mutestate.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

A view from the stage at a past Science & Cocktails event in Copenhagen. #ScienceAndCocktails #LiveElectronics #Dawless #JazzDub

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Kommunikation er også en handling.

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The periodic table is a beat! This musical model translates the periodic table using electron shells, orbitals, and Pauli's exclusion principle. Elements unfold over a four-bar period, offering an intuitive understanding of their electron configurations. #ScienceAndArt #SoundArt #QuantumMusic

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The Periodic Table illustrated in sound

YouTube video by Mute State

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I am starting a project at AIR Lab @itu.dk, exploring sound art as an affective research method for historians. The project condenses 100 years into 10 minutes, sonically rendering tensions and interactions between social segments to reveal historical power dynamics. #ScienceAndArt #AffectTheory

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Tao Højgaard @taohojgaard.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

My Alter Ego and I, we really do love Blade Runner! Check out our BR homage – live electronics and live jazz guitar ... appropriately played on a Fender JazzMaster. Also, make sure to follow my alter ego here: bsky.app/profile/mute... #Downtempo #Dawless #RealTimeComposition #improvisation

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