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I would never go so far as to say there\u2019s no place for AI in music (I\u2019m a fan of Holly Herndon, after all). But I generally find music made with generative AI to be offensively boring<\/a>, especially the outputs of Suno<\/a>. So I\u2019m having a bit of a tough time processing the fact that I actually quite enjoy 1010Benja\u2019s \u201cSemiramis\u2019 Dream<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Benja has been unapologetic about his use of generative AI on his latest EP, Time Has Nothing To Do With What You Choose\u2026 <\/em><\/a>The other three tracks can\u2019t quite hold a candle to what you find on 2024\u2019s Ten Total<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> But the opener \u201cSemiramis\u2019 Dream\u201d is infectious. It explodes out of the speakers with a jungle beat and Benja\u2019s incredible, obviously human voice front and center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You\u2019d be forgiven for not immediately realizing that the song is the product of Suno. It lacks many of the dead giveaways. Even the most obviously AI part of the song \u2014 the choir of backup vocalists \u2014 is easily camouflaged amidst the hyperpop-influenced rapid-fire chops. Heavily processed and artificial-sounding vocals are a staple of many modern pop genres and, by leaning into that uncanniness, Benja is able to mask their origins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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My friend Patrick Holder did the beat. I recorded the vocals. Then we fed Suno the elements, settled on something, brought it out, edited it on Ableton, and then put it back into Suno. So when you look in Deezer, it marks the song as AI-generated. We\u2019re not hiding it. We don\u2019t feel any shame about it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Benja\u2019s process certainly separates it from the rest of the Suno slop<\/a> out there. He wrote the lyrics, sang the vocals, and worked with collaborators to perform the music. Then fed that into Suno, took what the AI spit out, brought it into Abelton, edited it, added more layers, fed that back into Suno\u2026 rinse repeat ad naseum. Benja estimates he did this a few hundred times for \u201cSemiramis\u2019 Dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While Benja professes to be agnostic about the tools he uses, he is under no illusion that using generative AI doesn\u2019t come with ethical baggage. He acknowledges the damage it\u2019s doing to the planet, but somewhat nihilistically says we can\u2019t stop greedy corporations or put the AI genie back in the bottle: \u201cThe good guy doesn\u2019t win this one,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The only reason I\u2019m using gen at all is because my visions are currently far beyond my means. People have been asking me, \u201cDid you use gen AI for this EP?\u201d I\u2019m like, [sarcastically] \u201cNo, I hired a professional children\u2019s choir.\u201d What are we talking about? I haven\u2019t paid rent last month, and I won\u2019t pay rent this month. I don\u2019t know where the fuck I\u2019m gonna be.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s hard not to empathize with Benja. Despite seeming to be on the verge of a breakout and earning a coveted Best New Music from Pitchfork<\/em><\/a> for Ten Total, <\/em>he\u2019s a struggling artist who has endured periods of homelessness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Still, it\u2019s also worth acknowledging that there is little on \u201cSemiramis\u2019s Dream\u201d sonically that he couldn\u2019t have achieved without AI. Sure, he couldn\u2019t hire a children\u2019s choir, but it\u2019s not like the AI one found throughout the Time Has Nothing To Do With What You Choose\u2026 <\/em>is particularly convincing. A similar effect could be accomplished with some layered performances and smart vocal processing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1010Benja hasn\u2019t converted me \u2014 I still remain deeply skeptical of AI art. But he has proven that, in the right hands, Suno doesn\u2019t have to be a slop engine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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