Remix, Recode, and Rework “Tether,” an Interactive Song by Plaid

We’re already familiar with designer and developer Jono Brandel‘s exciting new work — the spritely, sample-based Patatap web instrument made in collaboration with Lullatone was one of the most unique music applications on the internet for quite some time. Now for a more focused application, Brandel has teamed up with UK electronic music duo Plaid to create “Tether,” a remixable, recodable, and reworkable interactive song.

While Patatap comprises multiple environments in which the user can play different sounds, Tether is more linear in arrangement, with identifiable melodic and chordal information. By “playing” Tether via the web app, you are effectively remixing the record with your mouse, clicking and dragging to trigger a series of visual and audible effects. Click and/or drag the mouse anywhere along the window, and Tether comes to life in responsive geometric shapes and patterns that accompany audio effects. The production has a recognizable arrangement and rhythm, but the user can augment the sounds with an infinite combination of delays, splices, and glitches.

Remixing Tether is hardly limited to using the interactive web song. Because Tether is coded, Brandel and Plaid offer the scripts and codes that run the song’s application. Savvy, musical (or non-musical) coders can download the codes and rework Tether from an entirely different foundational perspective.

For those producers with a more traditional workflow, Plaid has uploaded the Tether stems to SoundCloud. The entire remix contest, whether you’re a musician, developer, or simply a technology lover, is unique in that is open-source in the way the song is consumed and reimagined. Tether, like Patatap, is more than a fun way to promote a musical project; it’s an entirely new and hardly tapped method of releasing music, challenging artists of all disciplines to collaborate and fully use the power of the internet beyond playback.

Get the stems or code to remix Tether, and enter for a chance to win prizes from Warp records, including a QuNeo controller. Altertnatively, you can simply enjoy the multimedia composition by clicking anywhere below:

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