Future technologies in music

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How might artificial intelligence, machine learning and neural interface technology change the way we hear, experience and feel music? Rough Trade Books and the Science Museum present an exploration of the future of technology for music and its fans, centring around newly published book 'Ecstatic Data Sets' by Late of the Pier. Joining us to explore these topics and more are: Jarvis Cocker—former Pulp frontman, solo artist, writer and broadcaster Sam Potter—musician in cult band Late of the Pier and author of 'Ecstatic Data Sets' Hannah Peel—singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist musician Prof Kelly Snook—Professor of Media Arts Technology, instrument maker, producer and NASA Lunar Program Scientist Robert Thomas—composer, adaptive music producer, sound designer and programmer We are also joined by artist Robert Barry for a reading from 'Three True Tales About Music and Technology', available from Rough Trade Books.