Artist Directory

Plant Music Creators

Discover the people translating nature's electrical signals into music. From PlantWave pioneers to MIDI Sprout experimentalists.

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Data Garden

MIDI Sprout (creator)

Philadelphia, USA

Philadelphia-based art collective and record label exploring the relationship between technology, art, and the natural world. Creators of MIDI Sprout, the open-source device that translates plant biodata into music.

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PlantWave

PlantWave (creator)

Brooklyn, USA

The team behind the popular PlantWave device that turns plant bioelectrical signals into real-time music. Their app lets anyone listen to their houseplants play music in various instrument modes.

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Music of the Plants

Bamboo (Damanhur device)

Damanhur, Italy

Pioneered in the Damanhur community in Italy since 1976. Using a custom device that reads plant electromagnetic variations and translates them into notes, revealing the musical intelligence of the plant kingdom.

Tara Transitory

Custom biodata sensors

Southeast Asia

Sound artist and researcher who combines plant biosonification with deep listening practices. Creates immersive installations where audiences experience real-time plant responses to their presence.

Mileece

Custom electrode system

Los Angeles, USA

London-born sonic artist who has been creating music from plants since the early 2000s. Her plant-driven sonic landscapes have been featured at the Venice Biennale and major museums worldwide.

Colleen Josephine

PlantWave

Portland, USA

Plant music composer who creates ambient meditation albums using biodata from houseplants and garden plants. Her work bridges the gap between scientific sonification and accessible wellness music.

Botanical Beats

MIDI Sprout + PlantWave

London, UK

Collective of plant music enthusiasts who record biosonification sessions in botanical gardens across Europe. Each album features a different garden and its unique plant voices.

Green Resonance

Bamboo + Ableton Live

Berlin, Germany

Ambient music project that combines traditional synthesizers with live plant data streams. The plants influence every aspect of the composition in real-time, creating truly collaborative human-plant music.

From the Blog

Understand the music you're hearing

How Do Plants Make Music?

The science of biosonification — from electrode to MIDI to finished track.

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What is Biosonification?

The accessible introduction to how plant signals become music.

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Plant Music Devices Compared

PlantWave, MIDI Sprout, Music of the Plants — how they differ and who uses them.

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