When I got wind that Brian Eno was involved in created an iPhone app I immediately hit the app store and tapped away four dollars. As it turns out Bloom was created by both Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers who previously collaborated on the generative music in Spore.Bloom is a unique little app and is describe best by the two men themselves:

Part instrument, part composition and part artwork, Bloom’s innovative controls allow anyone to create elaborate patterns and unique melodies by simply tapping the screen. A generative music player takes over when Bloom is left idle, creating an infinite selection of compositions and their accompanying visualisations.

Bloom has 9 different moods (seemingly named after aromatic elements) which dictate the background color and subtle tonal differences in sound. It also has a small menu with a few options to play with. As it is very difficult to describe Bloom I have posted two videos below. First a video showing how you can interact with Bloom in “create” mode and second a a video of “listen” mode which is simply generated patterns and music without interaction.

What are your thoughts on Bloom? Do you think $3.99 is a good price for an app like this?