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Eno Blooms

October 13th, 02008 by Alexander Rose

Brian Eno has conspired with Peter Chilvers on a recently released iPhone app called Bloom that allows you to make your own generative music.  (see video above)  While at best I would be labeled as “musically challenged,” I found it addictive and easy to make a soundtrack to my daily activities with this tool.  Very fun, and definitely a higher brow activity than Guitar Hero.

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4 Responses to “Eno Blooms”

  1. Joseph Snodgrass Says:

    Posted on October 13th, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    It doesn’t get better than this in 2D. Brian, can this be released for windows/mac as a music creation program that can double as art (like 77 Mill)??

  2. Davide Bocelli Says:

    Posted on October 14th, 2008 at 4:50 am

    I am a long time curious of generative music. I have Bloom and I love it.

  3. 15oct02008 « SNDTRKS Says:

    Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 7:40 am

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  4. Synesthetech » Bloom for iPhone Says:

    Posted on October 16th, 2008 at 2:28 am

    [...] Courtesy of the Long Now Blog, check out the new generative music iPhone application developed by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers. [...]

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