AI Disclosure

Last updated: 29 May 2026

This page explains, in plain factual terms, how Grace Of Africa music is made. It exists for journalists, distributors, music critics, AI researchers, and anyone with a legal, editorial, or scholarly reason to understand the production process. A shorter brand-voice version of this disclosure appears on the Story page.

1. Ownership

Grace Of Africa is owned and operated by Milele AS, a limited company registered in Norway (organisation number 937442904). The project is creatively directed by Simon Ryghseter through Milele AS. All masters, publishing, brand assets, and intellectual property associated with Grace Of Africa belong to Simon Ryghseter through Milele AS.

Grace Of Africa is a music project and brand. It is not a band of multiple members. There is no human vocalist behind the voice.

Recordings are distributed by Distrokid and Ditto Music. Distribution arrangements may change over time without altering ownership.

2. Voice

The vocals on every Grace Of Africa song are generated using AI vocal tools (services such as Suno, Udio, and similar). There is no human vocalist. The voice is an instrument, not a persona. When Grace Of Africa materials use the word "we," it refers to the creative direction behind the music, not to a group of human performers.

3. Instrumental basis

Each song begins from one of two starting points:

  • An original instrumental written by Simon Ryghseter (typically piano, guitar, or a programmed sketch), used as a foundation.
  • An AI-generated instrumental, used as a starting reference.

Neither is the final song. The starting point is the seed, not the recording.

4. Post-generation human work

After the starting seed, the human producer:

  • Adds, removes, and replaces production elements
  • Co-produces by layering instrumentation (African percussion, choir harmonies, additional vocal stacks, effects)
  • Restructures the arrangement: sections, transitions, dynamics
  • Mixes the song from individual stems
  • Masters the song for streaming platforms

5. Selection and iteration

When any element is AI-generated (a vocal take, an instrumental seed, a specific layer), 10 to 100 different versions are typically generated. The human producer listens to the variations and selects the one that best matches the original creative intent.

That selection is rarely the final version. It is often co-produced, arranged, layered, or otherwise modified by the human, then returned to the AI to generate new variations based on the human-modified version. The cycle repeats: AI generates, human selects, human modifies, AI generates again, human selects again. Many songs go through several rounds of this back-and-forth before a final version is locked in and the song moves to mixing and mastering.

At every stage, the chosen output is selected by human judgment, not by algorithm.

6. Songwriting

All songwriting is human. Lyrics are written by Simon Ryghseter. Melodies, song themes, and lyrical content originate from human intent, usually a prayer, a passage of Scripture, or a personal moment.

7. Human and AI: what is what

Human work:

  • Songwriting (melody, lyrics, song structure)
  • Lyric writing in English and Swahili
  • Creative direction
  • Production additions (percussion, choir layers, effects)
  • Arrangement and co-production
  • Mixing
  • Mastering
  • Selection of every AI output that ends up in the final song
  • Final approval

AI work:

  • The vocal performance itself
  • AI-generated instrumental seeds (when used; some songs begin from a human-written instrumental instead)
  • AI-generated variations of human-modified elements (the iterative cycle described in section 5)

8. Why we disclose

Listeners deserve to know how the music they hear is made. AI involvement is disclosed on every distribution platform that supports the field, on this website, in the EPK, and to every journalist who asks. Grace Of Africa is not marketed as a human-only project, and not marketed as an AI-only project. It is a human-directed project that uses AI as a tool.

9. Contact

For factual, legal, or editorial questions about the AI methodology or ownership, email ryghseter@gmail.com.