Brian Eno, Innovator..."Scape"

I'm actually kind of interested in this tool from Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers.  It's an interesting application in the sense that it appears that it takes little to no music playing ability to use, but the real art here would be the user's sense of texture and idea...the algorithm apparently composes the music (generative music)- this means that the curator of the sound has little to no say over the composition as the music plays, but can certainly change the inputs.  As the user gets more familiar with the tones and "scapes," more are unlocked- I like this idea.  It's tempting to just move on to the next option when there are so many, and easy to get overwhelmed.

 I'm warming up a bit to things like this.  Going only from the demo, the tones are excellent, and odd...lonesome in the sense of retrofuturistic film or mid 70's science documentaries- sounds I've always been a fan of.

Brian.  Eno.  

Music For Landscapes: Central Park (Listen to the Light)

The Making of Listen to the Light by BLUEBRAIN from BLUEBRAIN on Vimeo.

This is an interesting idea from a duo calling themselves Bluebrain where they have created two apps, one for the National Mall in DC and another for Central Park in NYC, that utilize your phone's gps to relate your geographic location to a section of original music that they have composed. The group essentially mapped out regions of each park and put music to each zone which will change as the listener moves along the different geographic locations. I made a point to try out the Central Park version and it is an interesting experience (Although I was a tad skeptical at first because I wasn't sure if I wanted someone telling me how to have an experience.). I also wanted to figure out a bit on how the app changes between regions, how the mix is effected and what may happen if one stands in one place for a bit of time. The music changes between regions subtly where one piece gently gives way to another which appears at first low in the mix. If you stand in one place, the music is designed to loop, but not noticeably. The app is free, so if anything else, it's a good excuse to get to the park - if that excuse was really needed.