May 20th, 2021
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Microsoft has a prolific history of working with entertainers and artists to add a little taste of tech into their creations, and is continuing that with Indonesian singer and producer Warren Hue. The company teamed up with Asian media company and record label 88rising to create an AI-generated "never-ending remix" of Hue's latest track
Too Many Tears. You can check out the audio-visual experience on TooManyTears.AI, where you'll see images from the San Gabriel Valley set to remix stems from Hue's song.
This is Microsoft's third AI-based music project, and its first with electronic music. The remix will adapt to the time of day for different moods in the morning and night, but it's also attempting to create a "more pastoral landscape." Since it's not confined to a three to four minute limit, the track also has more room for "longer, more contemplative loops of music." Hue's song itself has a slower, melodic chorus and faster rap verses that might not fit the slower pace that one might expect to be the background music for a slideshow of valleys and other scenes from nature.