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Life & fun · March 17, 2019

Generative.fm

Endlessly unique ambient music

Generative.fm launched on March 17, 2019 with 204 votes, #101 of 2,994 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

What it does

The pieces featured on this site are not recordings. The music is generated by a different system created for each piece. These systems have been designed such that each performance is unique and plays continuously without repetition.

Ambient generative music to let you focus, sleep, or relax. Composed by a human and infinitely performed by computers.

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