Holly Herndon shares collaboration with Jlin and a machine named Spawn

Holly Herndon is back! The 4AD-signed producer has shared new track ‘Godmother’, a collaboration with Jlin and a new machine they have named Spawn.

An ambitious project, the song was borne from some pretty intricate technical experiments, as Holly explains: “For the past two years, we have been building an ensemble in Berlin. One member is a nascent machine intelligence we have named Spawn. She is being raised by listening to and learning from her parents, and those people close to us who come through our home or participate at our performances.Spawn can already do quite a few wonderful things.

“‘Godmother’ was generated from her listening to the artworks of her godmother Jlin, and attempting to reimagine them in her mother’s voice. This piece of music was generated from silence with no samples, edits, or overdubs, and trained with the guidance of Spawn’s godfather Jules LaPlace.

Holly is currently working on the follow-up to her 2015 album ‘Platform’ - watch the creepy new video for ‘Godmother’ below.