James Murphy Shares Remixes of His U.S. Open Music

James Murphy recently teamed with IBM and the U.S. Open to create an algorithm which would use the raw data from tennis matches to create unique songs. There’s a ton of music to be heard from this experiment—here’s seven hours. Today, Murphy has taken some of that material and churned out two remixes, Rolling Stone reports.

Though it isn’t made explicitly clear which music came from which match, the track descriptions offer a few clues if you’re willing to dig. Here’s what was written about “Match 4″:

When a young player beats a top-seeded player, like in this match from August 25th, it’s bound to make some noise. And in this case, that noise is glorious: a series of simple, almost sweet opening notes that slowly transform into unexpectedly intense, mature sounds. Beats bubble up from out of nowhere, swiftly take over and set the track in an uncompromising new direction. Hear how James portrays the swagger of the younger player and the relentless drama of the match in the deep, pulsing beats.

And here’s the description for “Match 104″:

When this match began, it could have been either player’s game. And like the match that inspired it, this track opens with beats that are balanced—intense but equal, just like the players—with no instrument clearly taking the lead. The music pulses steadily until the last half of the track, when the instruments start to break form as one player falls behind, and the other takes the lead. The track ends with a soft, high-pitched whistle that ushers the defeated player off the court.

Here’s a trailer for the project:

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