M. + K. Obadike for Pc

1. Created by Mendi + Keith Obadike and inspired by Time Square’s rich history as a crossroads, Compass Song is an app-based public sound artwork, a lyrical piece about finding your way at the “crossroads of the world.” The word ‘compass’ can refer to a navigational tool, a circular path, or the tonal range of a musical instrument.

2. Compass Song is a sound art app made for the Times Square district in New York City by artists Mendi + Keith Obadike.

3. To experience Compass Song, use headphones, allow location services in your phone when prompted by the app, and walk through the Times Square district.

4. As you walk through the Times Square area you will periodically hear a voice accompany your wandering with poems about searching for freedom, stories about navigating the city, and cross-cultural myths about the cardinal directions (north, east, south and west).

5. The voice in Compass Song is always underscored by a drone, a unique harmony sonified from the latitude and longitude data for Times Square.

6. Compass Song offers a new sonic frame through which one can experience Times Square.

7. Compass Song was commissioned by and created in residence with Times Square Arts.

8. You can use the Compass Song map as a guide or wander through the district to happen upon the sonic elements.

9. As you walk through Times Square, short, sonic, location-specific verses will play on your phone.

10. You can also put your phone in standby mode, put your phone in your pocket, and continue to run Compass Song in the background.

11. You also can press playlist to hear a sonic verse directly from a map pin when you are outside of Times Square.

12. Liked M. + K. Obadike? here are 5 Music apps like Ukulele Chords Compass Lite; Chords Compass Lite; Guitar Chords Compass Lite; Mandolin Chords Compass Lite: lots of chord charts; Banjo Chrods Compass: lots of chord charts;