Stoppages Vol. 1 [∞] is a collection of unedited recordings synthesized by a digital feedback circuit that exposes the material limitations of a computer’s CPU. Every piece of data generated, stored, or received by a computer is physically represented as an electrical charge within a piece of silicon. Like any other physical material, silicon has a finite amount of change it can handle at a given moment. This digital circuit asks a silicon constructed microprocessor to output an audio signal of a size and intensity that this CPU cannot physically reproduce. In turn, the CPU reaches a physical limit, a stoppage. This stoppage allows the computer’s sonic identity to emerge, a state of hysteresis where fractures and discontinuities are amplified and brought to the ear’s attention as a result of the CPU’s physical inability to reproduce this audio data. This music exposes the material collapse of a silicon microprocessor pushed to its limit. The duration of each track is the length of time the code ran before crashing.
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