PRIME_420 is an algorithmically generated piece composed in SuperCollider. This work utilizes a variety of synths made in SuperCollider, each playing for a duration set to a prime number in seconds. The work lasts for 420 seconds, or seven minutes. While 420 isn’t a prime number, seven is.

Due to its nature as an algorithmically generated work, different renditions of the piece may exist each time the SuperCollider patch is executed. Meaning, this piece can exist as either a standalone fixed piece via recording and playing back the audio of one of these runs (like the version presented on this webpage), or as a somewhat indeterminate generation of material within the patch’s set parameters.