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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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Author Archives: Peter Chilvers
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
Cromer Waves
I’ve written instrumentals for two videos I recorded last year when a heavy storm battered the Norfolk coast. Both were filmed in Cromer, a beautiful town on the North Norfolk Coast as heavy storms were hitting much of Britain. I’ve … 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
Talk with Brian Eno in London at Apple Retail Store
Brian and I will be discussing our new iPad app Scape and more with Matt Jones this Friday, October 5th at 5:30 pm at the Apple Retail Store, Regent Street, London. There’s no reserved seating, so if you’d like to … Continue reading
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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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Tagged Brian Eno, Generative Music, iPad
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