CosyHours

Cosy Hours plays music that is being made as you listen. Nothing in it is a recording — no samples, no loops, no audio files anywhere in the app. Every note is synthesised on your device as it is played, so it will not repeat for as long as you leave it running. Put it on to work to, to study to, or to fall asleep to. THE SHELF Lofi records, each a different band rather than a different filter: a Rhodes on a balcony, brushes and vibraphone in the rain, nylon guitar over an upright bass, a koto, a choir. Chiptune sides for an arcade. And beds with no notes in them at all — ocean, forest wind, rain on glass, noise, a singing bowl, temple bells. Nothing loops, so nothing wears out. THE CHILL BAR One slider, AWAKE to ASLEEP. Tempo, swing, tone, reverb, density and even the lead instrument move together, and the tempo glides rather than jumps — so it sounds like the track settling rather…