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A New App Turns White Noise Into Art
A new app, Fuzzzel, makes art out of noise.
Nearly a year ago, Spotify announced that it would be paying less royalties to white-noise creators, calling the music “functional.” A new iOS app, however, aims to recognize the art of noise. Fuzzzel, which launched Tuesday, comes loaded with music by Oscar–nominated composer Owen Pallett, ambient-music artist Eluvium, field recordist Chris Watson (who contributed sound to David Attenborough’s Life series) and classically trained harpist Mary Lattimore, among others. The sounds are grouped adjectively by moods and experiences: Pallett’s hissing piece, “Wake (i),” is dubbed “austere, desolate,” while the deep underwater-like suction of Clipping’s “A Place to Be Still” is “dark, abyssal.” Others are “cosmic,” “windy,” and “thunderous” — descriptors offering loose hints at their application.
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