ORDNANCE SURVEY - Autotelic - LP - Black Vinyl

LP - Limited Edition Black Vinyl

‘Autotelic’ describes an activity, entity, or experience that is an end in itself, pursued for its own sake rather than for an external reward and in the production of an album in this case, the process is the reward.

Autotelic was developed using the musical software, Max/MSP through an operation called a Markov Chain. On a very basic level, it’s a mathematical system that transitions from one state to another. Once trained, machine learning models can be used to make predictions on new data or make decisions and on this LP, Markov Chains were used to make musical decisions (pitch, tempo and timbral).

The cover by Gavin O’Brien is based on Conway's Game of Life algorithm; a cellular automaton algorithm where a grid of cells evolves over time based on four simple rules that determine the next state of each cell.

Recorded, produced mixed and mastered by Neil O’ Connor at The National Concert Hall Studios, September 2024 to July 2025

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Hyperfantastic
2. Working Memory
3. Isolated Showers
4. Affinity

Side B
1. Casting The Ruins
2. Monomyth
3. Sonorities
4. Autotelic