algorave
/ˈæl.ɡəˌɹeɪv/
algorave noun: an event where people dance to music generated from algorithms, often improvised on the spot (live coding).
Noun
algorave (plural algoraves)
- An event where people dance to music generated from algorithms, often improvised on the spot (live coding).
- In London, the music veers between the sublime and the cacophonic; at the end, one audience member—and she's entirely serious—shouts: “Play something good!” Algorave is messy, but that's partly the point: these are not the pristine algorithms that fetch your search results on Google; they're built...2013 August 29, Tom Chesire, “Hacking meets clubbing with the ‘algorave’”, in Wired UK, →ISSN
Forms of algorave
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Origin of algorave
Blend of algorithmic + rave.
Questions about algorave
- What does algorave mean?
- Algorave means an event where people dance to music generated from algorithms, often improvised on the spot (live coding).
- What part of speech is algorave?
- Algorave is a noun.
- How do you pronounce algorave?
- Algorave is pronounced /ˈæl.ɡəˌɹeɪv/.
- What is the plural of algorave?
- The plural of algorave is algoraves.
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