Proto
by Holly Herndon
Holly Herndon bestography
Proto is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Holly Herndon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Holly Herndon is Platform which is ranked number 4494 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 319.
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Proto track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2025 19:55 | mttr-in-plc | 197 | 88/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2025 23:56 | Skerns | 5,099 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2025 08:20 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2025 02:17 |  EyeKanFly | 8,756 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2024 04:39 | bcc | 1,132 | 68/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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I loved Holly Herndon's "Platform" and it's true that the San Francisco musician amazed her entourage with her experimental music blending technology and organic. Four years later, she recurs in this approach with her new audacious album called "Proto". Holly Herndon created an artificial intelligence called Spawn designed to react to human singing and to mix the voice of the choir with its own digital singing. It's science fiction! And I think this album really sounds like a science experiment and not a real album. It's science that Holly Herndon tries to infuse. It focuses on theories, the impact of new technologies on current music. Surely one of the craziest records this year but not necessarily one of the easiest to listen to.
6/10
Probably very avant-garde, but it is mainly composed of non-descript electronics. Can't figure out the structure or what was hoped in the way of achievement.
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