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Peter Chilvers is a musician and software designer. Best known for creating the iPhone applications Bloom and Trope with Brian Eno, he has also toured with Karl Hyde (Underworld) and recorded a number of albums Tim Bowness. (more)-
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Ongoing collaboration with Tim Bowness
Tim Bowness and I are putting the finishing touches to a new album, a follow up to California, Norfolk (a mere 14 years after its release!) We’ve continued to write songs on and off together over the intervening years. Some … Continue reading
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Tagged A Marble Calm, California, Norfolk, Slow Electric, Tim Bowness
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Quarta – A unique digital board game with Brett J. Gilbert
Quarta, my app with Brett J. Gilbert was released in July, just as Brett was nominated for a coveted Kennerspiel des Jahres award for Elysium. While my apps with Brian Eno have been purely musical experiences, Quarta is a board … Continue reading
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Tagged Apps, Brett J. Gibert, Quarta
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Fovea Hex remix
I’ve recorded a remix of Glacial Lake, by Fovea Hex, adding piano, synths and samples to Clodagh Simmonds original voice and harmonium performance, as well as slightly restructuring the track. Fovea Hex are one of my favourite bands ; their … Continue reading
Karl Hyde Tour 2013
In 2013 I toured with Underworld vocalist Karl Hyde as keyboardist and musical director. The tour was a life-changing whirlwind which started in a club in Brighton and took in performances at venues across Europe, Japan and even the Sydney … Continue reading
Henry Fool – Men Singing
A rather belated update, the first of several. A few months ago, the second Henry Fool album “Men Singing” was released on Kscope, more than a decade after the band’s debut. Henry Fool is an odd band for me… The … Continue reading
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Karl Hyde live band
Some very exciting news I can announce at last: I’m part of a live band formed by Karl Hyde of Underworld which will be touring this year to promote his first solo album, Edgeland. I met first met Karl in … Continue reading
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Tagged Karl Hyde, Leo Abrahams, Pure Scenius
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Meet the Developers Video Podcast
On October 5th, Brian Eno and I were invited by the Apple to give a talk about our new app Scape at their store on Regent Street, London. This has now been released as a podcast. It’s 45 minutes long, … Continue reading
Scape for the iPad by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers
Scape is a new iPad app I’ve been developing with Brian Eno for nearly two years. Although it is a further venture into generative music, it’s very different to our earlier apps, Bloom and Trope. View Scape on the App … Continue reading
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Unworldly
I’ve started a new blog at unworldly.co.uk, focussed on some of the unusual and artistic apps that have been released for the iPhone and iPad over the four years since it started. I’ve realised that recently I’ve been more excited … Continue reading
“Free” album anniversary / Slow Electric / Letka / Facebook
Ten years ago today, I tried an experiment in viral distribution. I recorded an album, and gave away two CDRs to friends at a gig in Canada. Each bore the instructions that in return for getting the album for free, … Continue reading