who woulda guessed? the iPhone — with its sound & sampling & sweet UI capabilities — turns out to be a great platform for generative music applications

the two apps that i’m aware of now are:

Bloom, by Peter Chilvers & Brian Eno. much like Neroli, but endless. loops of algorithmically beautiful piano-ish notes ride bouyant upon low-end drones. interact with it via touch, or let it do all the composing for you. view the App info here

RJDJ, which output structured processed sampling loops made from the phone speaker. the music itself is very much in the Mininimal Techno vein. the more sonically active your environment, the more magical the experience. view the App info here, and more about the project here

as of this writing, the price for each is less than $5. there’s a free ’single’ version of RJDJ which convinced me within a days’ use

both of these apps are awesome, and i hope it’s just the beginning of lovely things to come. i’ll leave it up to the Experts to brainstorm some new variations on this highly deserving theme