TidalCycles (aka Tidal) is a Haskell DSL for making (usually musical) pattern. I’ve put a lot of time into Tidal … More
Author: Alex McLean
Making Tidal 1.0 happen
Too long; didn’t read? Basically, please buy me a coffee or so by pressing this button: kofiwidget2.init(‘Support Me on Ko-fi’, … More
Getting things on Wikipedia
I’m a big fan of wikipedia. It’s by no means perfect, but it’s undeniably a fantastically useful resource, created by … More
Bluedot algorave 2018
Bluedot 2018 was a great time, here’s a nicely live edited film of it.. Catch Sam + me as CCAI … More
Pattern+Code at Playground
The residency at CMC Playground that I mentioned before is coming to an end, so time for a quick reflective … More
Simple tidal
Here’s a quick demo of a ‘simple’ dialect of tidal. Basically it avoids parenthesis, `#` etc, through a small, simple … More
Interview on CDM
Very happy to have an interview with Peter Kirn up on CDM, ahead of a workshop+showcase hosted by him in … More
Digital Art: A Long History and Feedforward
I wrote a paper with Ellen Harlizius-Klück and Dave Griffiths called “Digital Art: A Long History“, accepted to Live Interfaces … More
Playground residency
Announcing another project! I’m artist-in-residence at CMC Playground, the exhibition and arts programme that is part of annual Children’s Media … More
Live coding Tokyo Yorkshire
I’m really happy to be arranging a cultural exchange between live coders in Yorkshire in Tokyo, with Access Space and … More