Through the medium of a distinctly synthesised sustained ambience seasoned artist and composer Jasmine Guffond arrives on OOH to explore the tension between technology and human creativity in an increasingly ambiguous playing field. Alien Intelligence came into being during Guffond's residency at fabled Parisian institution GRM in 2021. While learning how to generate sound and make music with the in-house Serge modular synthesiser the Australian artist noticed the typical role of human input for machine output was being subverted by the behaviour of certain electronic elements which came to exercise their own influences on the direction of the music. Taking this idea one step further Guffond proceeded to explore the programming environment MaxMSP a customisable interface which allowed her to blur the lines between human input and machine directives even further. Across the three extended pieces which make up Alien Intelligence you can hear the results of Guffond's inquisitive approach as she coaxed the machines into bringing their own ideas to bear on the music. The tension inherent in this thematic duality is mirrored by the contrast between glacial ambience and chaotic interference across the album