iPhone App: Air

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Air iPhone App "Air is a generative audio-visual work created by musician/software designer Peter Chilvers and Irish vocalist Sandra O'Neil. Based on concepts developed by Brian Eno, with whom Chilvers created Bloom, Air assembles vocal and piano samples into a beautiful, still, and ever changing composition, which is always familiar, but never the same."

Air (iTunes Link)

Ambient One by The American Dollar

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Post rock-ish instrumental duo The American Dollar have done something interesting. They've taken a bunch of songs from their previous two releases and created "ambient" versions. It's kind of like a remix, except not really. Worth checking out. Cute title they picked, as well. "Our iTunes exclusive "Ambient One" is now available. Ambient One features Ambient versions of tracks from A Memory Stream and The Technicolour Sleep as well as a few soundtrack cuts. It's 14 tracks and more than 70 minutes."

Ambient One on iTunes Music Store

Ambient sounds coming to NYC Subway

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"The nature noises, which are pending final review by the authority’s staff, would be focused by directional speakers on small areas of the station, allowing riders to “walk through” the sounds." A Calming Presence Amid the Groans and Screeches

I'm looking forward to seeing/hearing how this turns out. I think maybe this is too literal for my tastes, but I appreciate the forward progress.