Backprop Records began as an experiment—a thought.
AI is everywhere. In every industry, every conversation. For better and for worse. You can use AI to generate a silly song from a bank email—or write a heartfelt birthday track for a friend.
But I started asking myself:
Can you control the process?
Can you use AI to make music you actually want to listen to—again and again?
With a deep love for metal, I wanted to see if I, with no musical training beyond passion, could create a genuinely great metal track.
I geeked out on the process. I experimented with prompts and found ways to guide the AI as precisely as possible. I wrote lyrics that meant something to me.
It escalated. Suddenly I had a full album. Not just an experiment—but an album I couldn’t stop listening to. Not only because I helped make it—but because I honestly thought it was good.
I looked up at the clear night sky and screamed at the moon:
“If I’m doing this, I’m going all the way!”
The band needed an identity. It had to be called Amygd, named after the amygdala—the part of the brain that governs fear. I didn’t want to hide that I used AI as a tool, so the band became:
The music had to be released—not just uploaded. There needed to be a release event.
But no venue dared host a release party for an AI-generated metal album. No one—except Luke’s Bar.
Luke’s Bar, a metal and rock bar in Copenhagen, dared open its doors to something wild, boundary-pushing, and controversial. So we held the release for Amygd.AI and the album Symphony of Synthetic Souls.
But I have more to say. More visions. More projects waiting to be born.
Backprop Records will be a label for AI-generated music—where creativity and heart are essential. Because I believe AI can be used as a tool. As an instrument.
The name Backprop comes from backpropagation—an algorithm used to train neural networks by adjusting weights through error feedback, making the model gradually better at predicting the right outputs.
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Want to reach me? Write to: whatever@backproprecords.com