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Weekly App Store Picks: Aug. 1, 2009

Written on August 01, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 1 person has commented

The weekend has arrived, bringing with it the opportunity to reach that perfect state of iPhone-related relaxation: open the App Store and get ready to download the latest recommendations.
Before we get to the weekly picks, it’s time to take our usual look back at Apple news for the past seven days.
First up, more odd goings [...]

Performing Live: London’s iPhone Orchestra

Written on May 14, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 5 people have commented

Over in London, the experimental electronic music scene is positively flourishing.
Having lived in the UK’s capital city for the latter part of 2008, I discovered a bubbling sonic subculture — a community of creatives hijacking ice cream vans, reappropriating medical EPGs, and hacking instruments out of scraps of junk, all for the purposes of audio [...]

App Review: Leaf Trombone: World Stage — Like American Idol But With Leaves

Written on April 17, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 6 people have commented

Learn to play the leaf trombone, perform your repertoire before a global audience, and prepare to be judged.
Since the App Store’s launch last year, Smule has been steadily building an impressive portfolio of sound-based social apps for the iPhone. With Dr. Ge Wang — an assistant professor in Music and Acoustics — at the helm, [...]

Experience Sonic Sensations With RjDj for iPhone

Written on October 16, 2008 by Olly Farshi and 7 people have commented

Following in the ambient footsteps of Eno’s inaugural iPhone app, Bloom, comes RjDj. Developed by Reality Jockey, an Austrian dev outfit, they describe RjDj as, “the next generation of walkman or mp3 player… a digital drug which causes mind twisting hearing sensation.”
Wrapped up as a cute little iPhone toybox, RjDj is actually a platform for Reactive [...]