Asthmatic Kitty Releases Audiosurf Tracks
Who is Asthmatic Kitty, you ask? You mean, besides the home of Sufjan Stevens? Well it's also a music label that has seemed to collectively obsess over Audiosurf. Audiosurf is of course the Steam-based PC music mashup that all the kids are raving about these days. Pitchfork is reporting that Sufjan along with a bunch of other artists that you have never heard of (but should listen to!), has released this free album to the world wide internets.
I love it when you can get glimpses into creative inspiration like this. It seems like games like Rock Band, Guitar Hero and Audiosurf are hearkening a new awakening in artistic expression. People are sharing their successes on YouTube, creating hacked versions for Commodore 64, integrating the peripherals into actual music-making instruments, adapting the peripherals to better resemble playing an actual instrument, and now artists are contributing massively in droves to this new way to experience music. It's exciting times for gamers and music lovers.
[link via Pitchfork]
