Jem Fimer, the banjo player and one of the founding members of the Pogues (very famous this time of year for that song - Fairy Tale of New York) went on to writing a piece of generative music called Longplayer. It was started on the strike of midnight the 1st of January 2000 and the piece was written in such a way that it will play, with out repetition, for 1000 years!!
Using similar techniques as Brian Eno on his album Music For Airports, Jem has recorded lots of loops of different lengths, and they will not come back in to sync with each other till the year 3000. Unlike Brian Eno who used long tape loops cut to precise lengths, Jem used computers - lets hope if doesn't crash.
For more information check out its website here.
And make sure you have a listen in by clicking here.
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