Pump Up The Volume [1990] - Pixies Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf version) 1  The film is well worth a watch but somewhat dated - Both this scene and the Pixies song has stuck in my mind for a very long time. 2  My favorite scene in the film.
A fractal is a natural phenomenon or a mathematical set that exhibits a repeating pattern that displays at every scale. It is also known as expanding symmetry or evolving symmetry. If the replication is exactly the same at every scale, it is called a self-similar pattern.
The topic of this essay is the manifestation of fractal-like structures in existing music, rather than the creation of new music. For those interested in the use of fractals to create music, a list of of websites is provided at the end of this exposition.