Streams of chill, endless hip-hop beats set to visuals of animated characters have taken over YouTube, beloved by millions of users who listen to these videos while working or trying to fall asleep.

Dion Lewis was trying to make the best out of a difficult situation. Last August, when a storm left his Chicago neighborhood without electricity for a week, he improvised. Lewis had recently created a ...

Lo-Fi Player, a new project out of Google Magenta, wants to help people play around with music creation -- no experience necessary. Lo-Fi Player is a pixelated, 2D virtual room that runs in a web ...

Music has long been recognized for its ability to influence emotions and cognitive function. But for individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD ...

Lo-fi music, a genre crafted from mellow, repetitive beats, has boomed during the pandemic. “The basic idea is this: the wordless music peppered with nostalgic sounds like the ‘sizzle’ of a vinyl ...

Kids are home, offices are shuttered, and the news is a parade of horrors. That makes the pandemic the perfect recipe for stress and lack of productivity. It also makes it the perfect time for lo-fi ...

A new Google Magenta project (created by an intern!) lets you mix lo-fi, hip-hop music tracks to build a custom music room in your browser, with no musical ability required. Magenta is designed to use ...

When Bill Streeter organized the first Lo-Fi Cherokee event, he wasn’t sure if the format would work or if he would ever pursue the event again. However, since 2012 it has been an annual staple of the ...

Music has long been recognized for its ability to influence emotions and cognitive function. But for individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD ...