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BloomCurrent Version: 2.01

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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.

"Bloom is an endless music machine, a music box for the 21st century. You can play it, and you can watch it play itself." - Brian Eno

Features

- 12 different mood settings
- Random mood shuffle
- Adjustable delay
- Shake to clear
- Evolve when idle
- Sleep Timer

Recommended for headphones or external speakers.
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Bloom Review

Make beautiful music—or let Bloom do the work—with this gorgeous app

by Beau Colburn, Macworld.com

Bloom from Opal Limited is what you get when you combine beautiful music visualization, a composition tool that requires no training, and world famous ambient musician Brian Eno.


My Generation: Bloom’s minimalist look—colored circles that float and fade—complement the ambient sounds and generative music it produces.

Touch the screen to generate different ambient sounds, which then begin to play in a loop. If you stop touching the screen, Bloom begins to create “generative music”—a term coined by Eno for music that’s ever-changing and created by a system—that slowly morphs and changes as the app plays itself.

Bloom has a minimalist look and feel, which complements the sounds it creates perfectly. When you touch the screen, colored circles appear, floating around and fading away as the music changes. You can shake the iPhone or iPod touch to clear what’s playing and start over, or you can just let it run on its own.

Bloom is gorgeous visually, but also works great when you let it play in the background while you work.

Bloom is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the iPhone 2.x software update.

[Beau Colburn lives in Boston where he listens to a lot of music, but plays no instruments.]

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