A very disorganised and sporadically populated account of things so far This Beats Blogging
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- Beatie Wolfe
- Bell Labs
- Raw Space
- Brian Eno
- Montagu Square
- Nokia Bell Labs
- From Green To Red
- Mark Mothersbaugh
- Postcards for Democracy
- Design I/O
- SXSW
- V&A
- Mr Fish
- Musical Jacket
- EarthPercent
- 8ight
- Michael Stipe
- The Utley Foundation
- Dementia
- Oh My Heart
- Power of Music
- world’s first commercially available bioplastic 12”
- BeatWoven
- Evolution Music
- Orange Juice for the Ears
- bioplastic
- Environment
- R.E.M.
- Adam Callam
- Future If Future
- London Design Biennale
- Music
- Ross Harris
- Verve Records
- The Mill
- VR
- circular economy
- vinyl
- world’s first
- AR
- Lateral
- London Design Festival at the V&A
- climate
- Luminal
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Linda Perry
- Taylor Guitars
- USPS
- Dezeen
- Power of Music & Dementia
Music: Montagu Square - Second Studio Album
Montagu Square was recorded at 34 Montagu Square - the former home and secret studio of Hendrix, Ringo, McCartney, Lennon & Yoko Ono - and in the room where McCartney wrote ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and Hendrix penned ‘The Wind Cries Mary’. The music of Montagu Square has been described as "tender and confident" (Independent) beautiful chamber pop, reflecting the spirit of the flat's inhabitants, with 'Take Me Home' (a William Blake inspired love ballad) being a standout.
Research: Power Of Music & Dementia - The Question No One Was Asking... Is It Music Or Memory
The Power of Music & Dementia was a pioneering study founded by singer-songwriter and innovator Beatie Wolfe that was the first to look at the power of music unconnected to memory for people living with dementia. Since beginning the Power of Music and Dementia research project in 2014 Wolfe has been campaigning this cause and her research study has been: picked up by Stanford Research, the American Alzheimer’s Association & Oxford University and used to develop the charity Music for Dementia - to make music available to everyone living with dementia by 2020
Art: World's First 3d Interactive Vinyl (8ight) - A Vinyl For Your Phone, A Theatre For The Palm Of Your Hand
For her debut album Wolfe wanted to put a record (the format she loved) onto a phone (a device now integral to people's listening) and so in collaboration with Design I/O pioneered the 3D Interactive Album App. This app opened up like a record with the liner notes, lyrics, artwork and music. But to give this experience a twist, the Palm Top Theatre was introduced to the release. By slotting your phone into the Palm Top Theatre, it was transformed into a miniature theatre in the palm of your hand and you could watch 8ight's 3D interactive visuals, filmed by Weavers Productions, come to life in a way that recaptured the magic of opening up a record and exploring its artwork
Music: 8ight - Debut Studio Album
Beatie Wolfe's debut album 8ight was released as the 'World's First' 3D Interactive Album App, which led to a global tour with Apple and marked the songwriter's first successful musical innovation. 8ight features 4 songs of light, 4 of dark, which touch upon the poetry and tragedy of relationships and stand as infinite love songs, expressed poignantly in 'Beautiful Affair', a song about missed opportunities: "Life can sober up this love, life looks tiny from above."