Longplayer is a 1,000-year-long musical composition that plays continuously without repetition. It began playing at midnight on December 31, 1999, and is scheduled to play until the last moment of December 29, 2999, at which point it will loop back to the beginning.
The project was conceived and composed by Jem Finer—an artist, musician, and founding member of the folk-punk band The Pogues—and was originally produced as a commission by the arts organization Artangel. Today, it is maintained by the Longplayer Trust. How the Music Works
Rather than being a massive 1,000-year audio file, Longplayer uses a simple, self-generating computer algorithm to create an expansive, non-repeating continuum: Longplayer.org
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