Soulwax’s new Radio Soulwax iPhone app might just one of the most impressive artist app you’ve ever seen. It’s certainly up there with Gwylim Gold’s Bronze – a whole new non-static music format in its creativity. Two and a half years in the making, the concept involves one-hour long visual mixes (eventually there will be 24) that come with custom-made visual re-interpretations and recreations of the album artwork of each song currently playing.
One mix will be revealed per week, the app is FREE and you can preview what a “mix” looks like below. The idea came about after they did a 2 Many DJs Introversy mix for the BBC consisting of 420 song intros (downloadable still).
Read more in an interview via The Guardian.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
