THE HUMAN IS THE CONSTANT.

The value equation. As friction approaches zero, output approaches infinity. The gap between the record and the vision equals the distance from seed to vision, divided by taste times discernment raised to the power of the number of iterations. Halt when the gap falls below epsilon, where epsilon is one divided by discernment. Each term below is a button that explains itself.

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HALT WHEN < ε = 1 ÷ discernment

Artifacts of tastefully curated feedback loops, siphoned through the human experience. Source material is recorded or pulled out of the internet, chopped on CDJs and in SampleShot, rebuilt in a DAW, run through generative tools, then cut up and sent round again. Every iteration throws away more than it keeps.

CATALOGTHE SYSTEM →
THE FUNCTION

x₀ = source

xn+1 = H( Tn( xn ) )

T = whatever tool currently transforms the material

H = the human who listens, selects, rejects and redirects

H(x) = done

A TYPICAL ITERATION

  1. SOURCE→
  2. VINYL→
  3. CDJ→
  4. DAW→
  5. GENERATIVE→
  6. DAW→
  7. HALT
EVERY OUTPUT IS INPUT/THE HUMAN IS THE CONSTANT/NOTHING GENERATED IS FINAL/RENDER. CUT. RETURN./NO FINAL FORM/EVERY OUTPUT IS INPUT/THE HUMAN IS THE CONSTANT/NOTHING GENERATED IS FINAL/RENDER. CUT. RETURN./NO FINAL FORM/
EVERY OUTPUT IS INPUT/THE HUMAN IS THE CONSTANT/NOTHING GENERATED IS FINAL/RENDER. CUT. RETURN./NO FINAL FORM/EVERY OUTPUT IS INPUT/THE HUMAN IS THE CONSTANT/NOTHING GENERATED IS FINAL/RENDER. CUT. RETURN./NO FINAL FORM/

LATEST

RKR_002
Control (Deep House) Extended

Control (Deep House) Extended

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RKR_002

SOURCE CHAIN

  1. SOURCE→DAW
  2. DAW→SOURCE
  3. SOURCE→SAMPLESHOT
  4. SAMPLESHOT→CDJ
  5. CDJ→GENERATIVE
  6. GENERATIVE→DAW

THE REST OF THE CATALOG

ALL →

THE THESIS

When creation becomes infinite, discernment becomes artistry.

A song can be described and exist a minute later. That removes a real barrier and settles nothing about which one is any good. A generation is raw material, same as a break off a record or a room caught on a phone. The work is in telling the difference.

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THE CONSTANT

Kyle Lensch

Producer · Session Engineer · Live Sound · Backline Tech · Audio Systems Manager

Over a decade in audio — producing records, engineering sessions, running live sound, teching backline, and managing venue systems. Festival main stages, electronic music venues, touring productions, and immersive installations, where sound, vibration, and the body are the medium.

The H in the function — the one term that does not change between iterations.

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