It sounds like something from a sci-fi movie: mathematicians, having discovered a secret formula behind all good music, are able to produce powerful dancefloor destroyers using only mathematical calculations.

According to beatport.com Mat Cooper is using some clever mathematical formula to create the all the melodies on his EP called ‘Harmonisch Serie’, named after the mathematical modelling research projet he is involved in.

Usually I love this kind of stuff and I don’t think there’s any doubt that there’s a mathematical formula behind the music, I just don’t understand why he decided to use the melodies his math project came up with to create techno? Why not “fluffy piano trance”? Or just a midi “piano”? When it comes to electronic music it is all about the sound and not the melodies, and if I understand this correctly, his math formula doesn’t choose drum samples for him. I doubt it picks compressors, effects or the EQ settings either. What I mean is, once you’ve come up with a melody for your track, you still have the other 90% left until it’s finished.

I’m not sure Mat Cooper is completely to blame though, he might just want to make electronic music and thought it would be fun doing it using the research he’s involved with. It could just be the first paragraph in the article on beatport which pisses me off.

Here’s some good music mixed by Josh Wink.