Tao Højgaard
@taohojgaard.bsky.social
Musician, Composer, Sound Artist and MSc student at IT University of Copenhagen
Improvised electronic music, generative music, science and art.
web: https://mutestate.com/
sound: https://mutestate.bandcamp.com/
video: https://youtube.com/@MuteStateVideo
Improvised electronic music, generative music, science and art.
web: https://mutestate.com/
sound: https://mutestate.bandcamp.com/
video: https://youtube.com/@MuteStateVideo
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
October 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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
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
#AIRLab #HCI4Musicians
September 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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
#AIRLab #HCI4Musicians
Reposted by Tao Højgaard
Here's a Mute State live recording visualised with the sosci video plug-in.
youtu.be/hmLPMFwryhI
#JazzDub #ElectronicJazz #Jazzguitar #sosci #oscilloscope
youtu.be/hmLPMFwryhI
#JazzDub #ElectronicJazz #Jazzguitar #sosci #oscilloscope
Oscilloscope Mute State Live Session July 2025
YouTube video by Mute State
youtu.be
September 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Here's a Mute State live recording visualised with the sosci video plug-in.
youtu.be/hmLPMFwryhI
#JazzDub #ElectronicJazz #Jazzguitar #sosci #oscilloscope
youtu.be/hmLPMFwryhI
#JazzDub #ElectronicJazz #Jazzguitar #sosci #oscilloscope
Now with a user interface that allows you to mess with both audio and physics
www.mutestate.com/n-body-probl...
#threebodyproblem #audiomodel
www.mutestate.com/n-body-probl...
#threebodyproblem #audiomodel
n‑Body Audio Model
A real-time audiovisual n-body simulation rendered as evolving sound and motion.
www.mutestate.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Now with a user interface that allows you to mess with both audio and physics
www.mutestate.com/n-body-probl...
#threebodyproblem #audiomodel
www.mutestate.com/n-body-probl...
#threebodyproblem #audiomodel
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
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
Three Body Problem Audio Model
A real-time audiovisual simulation of gravitational forces between three bodies, rendered as music and movement.
www.mutestate.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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
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
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
#ArtScience #Electrons #PeriodicTable #ArtbasedScience
Periodic Table as Musical Algorithm – 2 bars per atom
YouTube video by Mute State
youtu.be
July 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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
#ArtScience #Electrons #PeriodicTable #ArtbasedScience
Reposted by Tao Højgaard
Copenhagen Jazzfestival is going on. Concert starts at 20.00 at Bevar’s Nørrebro Copenhagen. #CopenhagenJazzfestival2025
July 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Copenhagen Jazzfestival is going on. Concert starts at 20.00 at Bevar’s Nørrebro Copenhagen. #CopenhagenJazzfestival2025
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
#ArtScience #AffectTheory #SoundArt #AirLab
June 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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
#ArtScience #AffectTheory #SoundArt #AirLab
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
The music reflects the concentration of six air pollutants measured in central Copenhagen on May 7th at 6:48pm.
#ArtScience #AffectTheory
3 Minutes of Audible Air Pollution!
YouTube video by Mute State
youtu.be
May 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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
The music reflects the concentration of six air pollutants measured in central Copenhagen on May 7th at 6:48pm.
#ArtScience #AffectTheory
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
#audiovisualresearch #musictech #generativemusic #DiatonicChess
Diatonic Chess Prototype 1
Diatonic Chess Prototype 1 – a musical chessboard where each square's chord is placed according to music-theoretical principles.
www.mutestate.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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
#audiovisualresearch #musictech #generativemusic #DiatonicChess
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
Suggests new models for fractal composition — harmony unfolding recursively across scales.
Interactive version here:
www.mutestate.com/Diatonic_Dia...
#harmony #fractal #music #MethodologicalTransferEpistemology
Diatonic Diamond
An overview of the harmonic relations in diatonics.
www.mutestate.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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
Suggests new models for fractal composition — harmony unfolding recursively across scales.
Interactive version here:
www.mutestate.com/Diatonic_Dia...
#harmony #fractal #music #MethodologicalTransferEpistemology
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
Created in collaboration with AIR Lab @itu.dk
An immersive synthesis of historical data, sound, and visual dynamics.
#SoundArt #AudioModelling #history #AIRLab #datavisualization #ArtAndScience
Time Prism: A Sonic Visualization of Social Transformation 1820–1920
YouTube video by Mute State
youtu.be
April 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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
Created in collaboration with AIR Lab @itu.dk
An immersive synthesis of historical data, sound, and visual dynamics.
#SoundArt #AudioModelling #history #AIRLab #datavisualization #ArtAndScience
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
#AffectTheory #generativemusic #algorithmiccomposition #MethodicalTransferEpistemology
April 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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
#AffectTheory #generativemusic #algorithmiccomposition #MethodicalTransferEpistemology
A little diatonic experiment. Maybe a key in spe to fractal composition. 🤔🤗
#musicgeometry #fractalcomposition #modalexploration #experimentalnotation
#musicgeometry #fractalcomposition #modalexploration #experimentalnotation
April 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A little diatonic experiment. Maybe a key in spe to fractal composition. 🤔🤗
#musicgeometry #fractalcomposition #modalexploration #experimentalnotation
#musicgeometry #fractalcomposition #modalexploration #experimentalnotation
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
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
April 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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
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
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
#Art_Science #DataDrivenArt
April 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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
#Art_Science #DataDrivenArt
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
#GenerativeMusic #AlgorithmicComposition #AffectTheory #ArtisticResearch #Deleuze
Rhizomatic Composition Tool
A tool for rhizomatic composition.
www.mutestate.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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
#GenerativeMusic #AlgorithmicComposition #AffectTheory #ArtisticResearch #Deleuze
Come check out my alter ego on Friday (if you should happen to be in Copenhagen).
March 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Come check out my alter ego on Friday (if you should happen to be in Copenhagen).
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
#Scales #Chords #MusicTheory #Geometry
Geometric Scale & Chord Lab
A tool for creating custom scales via geometry, optimized for guitar
www.mutestate.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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
#Scales #Chords #MusicTheory #Geometry
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
#ScaleAndChordTool #MusicalGeometry #MusicTheory #ScaleExploration #HarmonicContext #MelodicDiscovery #ModalExploration
March 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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
#ScaleAndChordTool #MusicalGeometry #MusicTheory #ScaleExploration #HarmonicContext #MelodicDiscovery #ModalExploration
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
Try it yourself here: www.mutestate.com/itu/Fretboard/
#HexatonicDiminished13 #AlteredScales #GeometricComposition
February 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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
Try it yourself here: www.mutestate.com/itu/Fretboard/
#HexatonicDiminished13 #AlteredScales #GeometricComposition
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/
Try it out and let me know how it works for you.
#CustomTools #MusicTheory #GeometricMusic #Scales #Chords
www.mutestate.com/itu/Fretboard/
February 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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/
Try it out and let me know how it works for you.
#CustomTools #MusicTheory #GeometricMusic #Scales #Chords
www.mutestate.com/itu/Fretboard/
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
#MusicTheory #Scales #Chords #Fretboard #GeometricShapes
February 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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
#MusicTheory #Scales #Chords #Fretboard #GeometricShapes
I've updated my custom scale tool for guitar players with a staff line. Hope my guitar-playing audience will find it useful.
#InteractiveFretboard #CustomScales #GuitarTool #MusicNotation #MusicTheory #FretboardOverview
#InteractiveFretboard #CustomScales #GuitarTool #MusicNotation #MusicTheory #FretboardOverview
Interactive Fretboard
A tool for practising custom scales on guitar
www.mutestate.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I've updated my custom scale tool for guitar players with a staff line. Hope my guitar-playing audience will find it useful.
#InteractiveFretboard #CustomScales #GuitarTool #MusicNotation #MusicTheory #FretboardOverview
#InteractiveFretboard #CustomScales #GuitarTool #MusicNotation #MusicTheory #FretboardOverview