He started uploading under the pseudonym Modern Biology back in April and gathered a modest following at first. The experiment has nonetheless led to success on TikTok. вЂњHow cool is it that people are paying attention to mushrooms and plants? Hell yeah.вЂќ вЂњI really consider this all as experimentation.вЂќ The idea started when the pandemic led him to listen to more ambient music, and he still feels like heвЂ™s in the early stages of where this is leading him. вЂњI started dreaming of a situation in which I could build a synthesizer that would take information from the resonant hum of the earth, from the winds and the tides, from plant bioelectricity, and turn all of that vibrational information into music,вЂќ he says. Musician and unexpected TikTok star Tarun Nayar went through a similar process. Some of these he uploads raw, while others are arranged into compositions. He started with incorporating recordings of an urban forest, and percussive elements made out of found objects, before eventually beginning to use sensors to get the more detailed data from plants.

вЂњI wanted to extend my research about everyday sound,вЂќ he says. All of the people I spoke to began with a general appreciation for nature, whether it was Smeets finding an unexpected green thumb as a COVID hobby or Fahmi Mursyid, an experimental artist who began getting into plant-based music via soundscape compositions. This combination of experimentation and a love of the environment is a theme in the community. Tarun Nayar and his gear, surrounded by plants. That data can then be used as an element of the musical creation process for example, by translating it into notes within a certain key. The most common way that they contribute to the process is through the use of electrodes, which measure tiny fluctuations in the electrical current between different areas of the plant. Uploaded on Bandcamp, YouTube, and especially TikTok, they can rack up millions of views.Дifferent artists use the plants in different ways, but everyone I spoke to was pretty clear that the plants are not actually directly making music. The results range from scatterings of notes in a strange tempo to fully composed ambient music. Stereotype or not, there is a growing community of people who use various sensors connected to plants and mushrooms as inspiration for synthesized music. вЂњ stereotype of synth people loving plants,вЂќ one user explained to him. When Stan Smeets posted a video titled вЂњI made a synthesizer that plays plant-based music using microscopes and sensorsвЂќ to a synthesizer Reddit group, the users thought it was funny that he had stumbled into a meme.

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