Year One

Year One is an evolving, augmented reality spatial audio composition from D.C. group and label TCW for iOS. Upon launching the Year One app, the different sounds and instruments of the songs will populate and begin moving through the space around you. Your movement, tracked by your smartphone, will affect which sounds you hear and change how individual effects are applied to them, making for a different listening experience each time.

Throughout the year, the group will continue to incorporate new music but also build music with other artists, curating a collection of spatial audio tracks that changes with each update. The app and all subsequent versions are free.

TCW is looking for additional musicians interested in partnering to compose and release music for Year One; in addition, they have released a how-to guide for any musician to build their own similar app independently. Alongside the guide, TCW has begun cataloging spatial composition techniques for other musicians to use and contribute to. This guide and techniques can all be found on tcwav.com.

TCW released their first spatial album, Inauguration, in early 2017 using smartphone GPS positional tracking, and released a similar guide for building spatial applications..

Contact the group at tcw@tcwav.com


*iOS 11 and headphones required.*