Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason desires to make use of AI to create new music for the band.
Nick Mason desires to make use of AI for extra Pink Floyd music
The 80-year-old drummer would not imagine there’s any likelihood of a reunion between the surviving members of the group due to the prolonged feud between David Gilmour and Roger Waters – who give up in 1985 – however thinks synthetic intelligence might create songs as if the bassist had by no means left.
Nick instructed the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “It will be fascinating to see what AI might do with new music. In the event you tried to run it as a form of ‘The place did Pink Floyd go after?’
“The factor to do could be to have an AI scenario the place David and Roger change into mates once more. We may very well be like ABBA by the point we’ve completed with it.”
The group final carried out collectively at Stay 8 in 2005, with authentic member Syd Barrett – who had left in 1968 because of psychological well being points – passing away the next yr, two years earlier than keyboardist Richard Wright died of most cancers.
Nick is upset the feud has overshadowed the ‘Want You Had been Right here’ hitmakers’ good instances and their many profession achievements.
He mentioned: “In a 55-year profession, most of it was nice enjoyable. We had been enormously privileged to be in a profitable band and tour the world and hang around with actually fascinating individuals. It’s a gold card to fulfill all types of your favorite sportsmen and actors.”
The musician nonetheless performs early Pink Floyd songs together with his present band, Saucerful of Secrets and techniques, and loves revisiting his previous songs.
He mentioned: “One of the best factor about holding the factor going is for our profit. It is sensible to maintain it going moderately than shutting it down. I additionally take pleasure in it as a result of the extra time passes, the extra you may have a look at it with a rosier glint.”
