A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a startup offering fun music apps without any AI prompting
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A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a startup by former Spotify innovation head Máuhan Zonoozy that releases small music apps where users can play with sound and creation without relying on AI generation.
The company has created several experiments as "singles"—Speed Surfer changes tempo and filters on music in your browser, Usersound lets you make usernames from musical notes, Stacks is a mixer with a 3×3 grid, and bop is an iOS app where you place instruments and effects to remix songs. Zonoozy says they deliberately avoid filling every part of these apps with AI because he believes human taste and participation become more valuable when content becomes abundant. The company has raised $5.5 million from investors including former Spotify chief Dawn Ostroff.
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