The Co-Creator of Ye's Stem Player Explains Why It's a "Revolutionary Device"
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Ahead of 'Donda 2,' Alex Klein reveals how the Stem Player-exclusive album came to be and why the $200 price tag is more than worth it.

"Well, remember you're not spending $200 for just an album. You're spending $200 for a revolutionary device that allows you to listen to music in a completely new way through stem separation, and that allows you to mix and make music on the go. You're also spending that $200 to become a part of a community that wants to change technology and music for the better. On top of that you’re getting Donda 2, which has enormous value. So I think that's a really important thing to stress. If I could put out one thing from this story today, that I want to make clear, is that you're getting something revolutionary. You're getting a first generation technology product that has the best reviews for a first generation technology product than anything we've seen in a decade, maybe since the original iPhone."

  • Quimby [any, any]
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    3 years ago

    Our goal is building the future of technology in media. We're creating a system that will not only cross into music, but also to other media. And this new system will encompass not only technology devices that you hold in your pocket, but also what surrounds you—the food you eat, what you wear, where you live. The vision is to redesign the world, and to do it with all of the tools that we have today, but with the lessons that we've learned over 20,000 years of human civilization, language, culture and artwork. I mean, we are ready for a radical break with the existing paradigm, but one that is fair and brings more people in, and speaks to the things about the human spirit that we've forgotten. So, those are some grand ways of describing it, but I think in practice it’s about more products, more tools, and a system that brings these democratizing, decentralizing ideas that are already catching hold in the culture to everyone in the most simple and elegant way.

    :michael-laugh:

    • riley
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      1 year ago

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