Dance duo Underworld have collaborated with car manufacturer Volkswagen to create a new music app.
Play the Road is an app made with Volkswagen where the playing of music is triggered by the movements of a car.
According to the car maker, the soundtrack provided by the app will respond to any turn of the wheel, gearshift or change of location.
Karl Hyde from Underworld said: ‘Driving and music are probably the most important things in my musical education: sitting in the back of my dad's car at night.
‘It was a filmscape to me, it was beautifully lit and the dashboard was magical, and radio Luxemburg or some pirate station was on the radio and that was everything to me. It's still the root of why I love music. Being in a car surfing the radio, finding stuff that suits how you feel.’
Read our recent feature on composers writing music for film, video games and apps featuring interviews with Jon Hopkins and Coldcut.
Play the Road is an app made with Volkswagen where the playing of music is triggered by the movements of a car.
According to the car maker, the soundtrack provided by the app will respond to any turn of the wheel, gearshift or change of location.
Karl Hyde from Underworld said: ‘Driving and music are probably the most important things in my musical education: sitting in the back of my dad's car at night.
‘It was a filmscape to me, it was beautifully lit and the dashboard was magical, and radio Luxemburg or some pirate station was on the radio and that was everything to me. It's still the root of why I love music. Being in a car surfing the radio, finding stuff that suits how you feel.’
Karl Hyde, one half of Underworld, released his debut solo album Edgeland earlier this year.
Read our recent feature on composers writing music for film, video games and apps featuring interviews with Jon Hopkins and Coldcut.
