In further removing the artist from the creative process, NAG is a tool for OS X and Win XP/2K that searches P2P networks for music files based on keywords you specify, extracts tiny phrases from the results and then creates a sonic collage from these fragments. The results are strangely haunting, extremely avant garde remixes, dada for the P2P generation.

The results are generally closer to sound art than conventional music. Searching for "Madonna," for instance, spawns a staccato string of song excerpts, some as short as one-twentieth of a second. But chance can yield a mellifluous outcome, as when overlapping versions of "Yesterday" by the Beatles, James Taylor, Boyz II Men and José Feliciano produce a near fugue.

How to Make a Sonic Pureé From Pop Snippets [New York Times] (Registration Re-blahblah)
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