John Lennon: The Bermuda Tapes
John Lennon: The Bermuda Tapes," a new, groundbreaking interactive album app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, is now available exclusively on the App Store.
Integrating excerpts of Lennon's demo tapes recorded in Bermuda with innovative game play and intimate documentary storytelling,
John Lennon: The Bermuda Tapes is a thrilling, unprecedented experience for music and technology fans alike. And to help imagine John's vision for a better world, all net proceeds from the project will support the non-profit WhyHunger and its Imagine There's No Hunger campaign to combat global childhood hunger and poverty through sustainable agriculture.
App users follow John's footsteps and are immersed in his Bermuda story:
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GUIDE
the sail boat, Megan Jaye, through the mid-Atlantic storm while John and the crew narrate their dramatic story. -
LISTEN
to never-before-released demo tapes of several Lennon songs written while in Bermuda including "Woman," "(Just Like) Starting Over," "I'm Losing You," "(Just Like) Starting Over," "Nobody Told Me," and "Dear Yoko" for a remarkably rare peak John's songwriting process. -
EXPERIENCE
visual materials provided by Yoko Ono, including John's original hand-written lyric sheets and newly discovered photographs of John aboard the Megan Jaye. -
VISIT
the Forty Thieves Disco where John first heard the B-52's "Rock Lobster" - the song that convinced him that audiences were now ready for his musical collaboration with Yoko, and listen to original interviews with B-52 band members. -
CREATE
beautiful, interactive illustrations of John and Yoko as you listen to their creative back and forth over the phone and in their own words, which led to the couple's final collaboration: Double Fantasy: A Heart Play. -
EXPLORE
the virtual Botanical Garden and make a wish, using the iPad's microphone, planting a beautiful unique flower to be shared via #imaginenohunger, adding your voice to the fight against hunger and poverty. -
LEARN
how your purchase supports WhyHunger's efforts to combat hunger and poverty around the globe and meet our Imagine There's No Hunger partners on the ground in their communities.
About the App
The album app is directed by Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Michael Epstein ("LENNONNYC") and veteran digital artist Mark Thompson. Produced by Andrew Banks. The app's creative design and production is a collaboration between the interactive media studio Design I/O and the strategic design agency eyeball. The app is solely owned by WhyHunger.
Requires iOS 11.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
"Writing Double Fantasy was a very exciting time creatively for both John and me. I think the album app captures the
sense of discovery and the artistic dialogue that John and I shared at that time and provides a new way to
help us imagine a world without hunger."
-Yoko Ono Lennon
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