SKYGGE is at the vanguard of musicians who are attempting to unlock the creative potential of Artificial Intelligence. Inspired by the tale of Hans Christian Andersen, the French composer Benoit Carré imagined this avatar 'SKYGGE' ('shadow' in Danish) as his own shadow revealed by his musical works with the AI tools. In his new album (release March 2022), SKYGGE takes a new creative step in his mastery of various A.I. tools (timbre transfer, harmonization, intelligent sampler, voice synthesis etc.) which he combines to make a new sound from his own voice and from his sound wanderings. For example, opera voices, voices gleaned from the streets of Tokyo or percussion generated from everyday objects. The “retro-pop joker” in the track "Sad Song" becomes a robotic touch in "Ego Song" and almost fades away in the unstructured opera chorus of "Melancholia". The lyrics written by SKYGGE are exploring the game of identities, the melancholy of Andersen's character (Knowing Man) and the fantasy of his shadow which sets free thanks to the poetry. SKYGGE works among research teams since 2015. They work together to develop prototype tools for music creation and artists.
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SKYGGE plays experimental electronic and synth-pop music that pioneeringly incorporates artificial intelligence tools like voice synthesis and timbre transfer.
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The project draws inspiration from Hans Christian Andersen's tales to explore themes of identity and shadows through cutting-edge digital composition.
