Discovery, I follow whatever my current passion is and sometimes it is completely unrelated to what I’m *supposed* to be working on.
ARTIST BIO
Jade Rose is an electronic music artist with a project called Switch Angel, where she creates electronic music live using code. She released her debut album last year and has spent the past few months creating “from scratch” music coding videos. These have been met with a lot of enthusiasm online, which is incredibly exciting for her as it is her favorite thing in the world and she loves sharing it with others.
She has been performing electronic music in many iterations since she was a kid. The first album she ever made was titled Moonstone, an experimental project she created while living in Kansas in 2017 using DIY electronics, a library modular synthesizer, and an old cassette player.
Today, she codes and performs math at the club, improvising high-energy dance music while singing and providing real-time narration. To her, the club code scene feels open, exciting, and full of new life, offering her numerous opportunities for adventure. She frequently collaborates with or travels alongside artists she admires and feels very fortunate to be surrounded by such a passionate community. For Jade, it truly feels like she and her peers are creating something new, fun, and important.
- Web: https://linktr.ee/switchangel
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_switch_angel/
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/SwitchAngel
What Is one belief, insight, or idea that guides your creative process?
Discovery, I follow whatever my current passion is and sometimes it is completely unrelated to what I’m *supposed* to be working on.
Can you tell us how you discovered Mixed art and what drew you into it?
I have been exploring polymetric themes and music basically ever since I discovered electronic music. It’s what brought me into the world of modular synthesizer because you can chain sequencers together and explore interweaving patterns. For instance, you could have a sequence of 9 notes that’s being multiplied by a sequence of 8 notes. I made my first album moonstone while exploring these concepts on modular . Once I discovered live coding and how easy it was to do musical fractals I was completely hooked, and it changed my life.
What do you think defines your style or creative approach, and how did you arrive at that identity?
I love sharing my process and the discoveries I make in the medium of Livecode music. I mean people have been exploring live code music for a long time (decades!), but there’s still so much unexplored territory and I think that’s why it’s so exciting. Right now so I feel like whenever I discover a new process or a new way to create beats or melodies. The first thing I wanna do is share it with everybody . It’s very exciting.
How does a project usually begin for you? Do you have a creative ritual or structure you follow?
At this point, I’m creating more music than I could ever release or produce. I do weekly live streams where I’m creating about maybe five songs per stream and not to mention the songs that I make just in my free time and sometimes I start strudel and just just improvise using techniques that I’ve learned. if I have a specific idea that is bouncing around my brain, I will start with a DAW sometimes And maybe I’ll do vocal chops or other elements or something with Strudel
What tools or technologies do you use most, and how do they influence your visual language?
I primarily use a program called strudel.cc it runs in the browser and is open source and easy to get started with. I’ve been one of the primary developers on the project since 2023 and have had the privilege of being able to add a lot of very exciting features for composing music as well as improvements to the sound engine
Do you feel there Is a strong generative art scene? What would you like to see evolve in it
A couple years ago me and my friend started Livecode Boston, which is a creative collective. It was originally based on the scene in New York City. We get together and talk about Livecode and the tools are making, and then there is group performances about every couple months. One interesting thing we do that we picked up from the broader live code scene is feature visual artists on stage with the musical performers. Visual artists can also be rockstars I think. It keeps growing bigger and bigger and is now pretty self sustaining.
What advice would you give to someone who wants to start creating generative art but doesn’t know where to begin?
I would say see if there’s a creative tech or Livecode group in your city and if you’re you don’t have one or if you’re not comfortable going out, just reach out to artist to you find online a lot of people doing this kind of art are very online so I always I always love it when people message me and tell me how they found my art and you know That I somehow influence them to get started started doing art. It’s basically the coolest thing someone can tell me I think.
Which artists or creators do you think are doing remarkable work and deserve much more recognition?
Glossing, Peppin/Sweetgum, Char Stiles, CJ Carr/DADABOTS, RTyler, V10101a, Indira Ardolic, Todepond, Eddy Flux, LO.FI.SCI.FI, DJ DAVE and honestly so many more that I am probably unfortunately forgetting and will regret not mentioning when their names pop into my head while I’m going about my day.
