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How relaxing and amazing does that sound? It’s from an App called Bloom, for the iPhone. It provides visual, tactile, and audio experiences all at the same time. Simply by touching the screen, you can change the mood and sounds.

The app is described as “Part instrument, part composition and part artwork…”. The idea is that anybody can play with Bloom and coax gentle melodies and ambient soundscapes out of their iPhone. Having downloaded the app, plugged a pair of speakers in to my iPhone and cranked up the volume, it took only a few moments to compose an authentic ambient piece that sounded like a convincing out-take from Eno’s Music for Airports. It works and it is a joy to toy with.

Being a sound-based app, the screenshots on the store do it absolutely no justice, Bloom ends up looking somewhat staid. It’s in hearing Bloom and experiencing the ambience that it creates, that you truly understand how magical it is. According to the App Store product page, “… Bloom’s innovative controls allow anyone to create elaborate patterns and unique melodies by simply tapping the screen.” Setting aside the marketing spiel, Bloom is utterly unique — a truly enchanting experience, like nothing else I have experienced on the iPhone, this is an app that will make you smile.

You can shuffle the moves, or evolve when it’s idle. You can just sit back and listen, allowing the App to create the music for you. I love the sounds of this, and love being able to create them. This is the type of application that I truly enjoy. Hats off to the creators for giving us a truly amazing App.

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