D.C.-based band Bluebrain has just announced the pending release of a fully location-aware album, titled The National Mall. Part musical experience, part experiment, the album/app requires you to listen to it while physically in The National Mall in Washington; your iOS’s GPS device tells the app where it is, and depending on what that location is, different segments of the music play, like your own personal soundtrack.
Though the specific album is landlocked to an area that most potential users won’t get to, it’s a fascinating idea. As the band states on its web site:
It is truly the first location-aware album in the sense that it is a work of authored music-different melodies, different rhythms, different instrumentation, and different songs entirely are to be heard at their designated locations. For instance, a listener may chose not to visit the Sculpture Garden and his or her experience with the album might not include those musical sections
Bluebrain is hard at work on an album for Prospect Park in New York, with a third location-aware album taking place along the totality of California’s Highway 1.
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