Brian Eno’s Bloom application on your PC
August 15th, 2009 7 Comments
Thanks to my colleague Jim for sharing this via Facebook.
Brian Eno has created an ambient music application for the iPhone. The blurb at http://generativemusic.com/ says:
Developed by ambient pioneer Brian Eno and musician/software designer Peter Chilvers, Bloom explores uncharted territory in the realm of applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Part instrument, part composition and part artwork, Bloom’s innovative controls allow anyone to create elaborate patterns and unique melodies by simply tapping the screen. A generative music player takes over when Bloom is left idle, creating an infinite selection of compositions and their accompanying visualisations.
Fortunately, for those of us without iPhones, there’s a Flash version of it for the PC. Go to this URL, turn on your speakers and click around:
UPDATE 25 October 2010: Unfortunately, the Flash version is no longer working. Try it, it might be fixed now, but when I click the following link all I get is a black page. Pity, it was fun to play around with.
http://www.nuigroup.com/bloom/bloom.swf
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February 7th, 2010 at 2:57 pm (#)
how do you use the delay and soung generator on the pc version?
February 7th, 2010 at 2:58 pm (#)
sound i ment to say sound
October 23rd, 2010 at 2:40 am (#)
can you download this onto your computer so it can be played without being on line?
October 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm (#)
Unfortunately it looks like this isn't working any more. Going to have to update this post.
November 4th, 2010 at 3:08 am (#)
Please do! I want to find a new source for this .swf. Wasted countless hours in Bloom.
November 9th, 2010 at 6:00 pm (#)
Couldn't find that .swf file anywhere else. Such a shame it's not there (or not working) any more. Not all of us have iPhones!
If you know where the bloom.swf file is available, please post a comment here.
January 21st, 2011 at 12:51 am (#)
http://sethsandler.com/software/bloom-generative-...
Website has link to third-party browser version of Bloom, as well as download links for both the app and source code.