Bloom (software)

The main functionality of Bloom is derived from the touchscreen. When the screen is pressed, a low drone is generated, which can be added upon through extra taps, creating extra tones represented by circles. The app allows you to customize the "mood" of your song with 12 different mood settings, changing the way the tones sound. These sounds loop, and will be managed by the app itself if the user goes idle. The delay of each sound can be manually adjusted, and shaking the device will clear all shapes on the screen, letting users restart the process. == Reception ==

The response to Bloom was overwhelmingly positive. In a review by Ben Marshall of The Guardian, he compares it to the work of French composer Erik Satie, quipping "should Bloom be regarded as a new Brian Eno album (because it certainly sounds like one), a clever but singularly pointless computer application, or a massive Satie-like joke at the expense of its listeners?" Otherwise, he adds that the application is "hypnotic and ludicrously addictive." Damon Krukowski of Artforum stated that the application made him feel like "the Terry Riley of the iPhone" and "led to an even greater purge of my CD collection." == Bloom: 10 Worlds ==

For the application's 10th anniversary, Eno and Chilvers released Bloom: 10 Worlds, described as a "reimagining" of the original. == References ==