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Airplane Mode's 'Amsterdam' goes beyond the music

State of the art of art. Airplane Mode, the group that includes well-known iOS designers — and past iMore contributors — Dave Wiskus and Joe Cieplinski, along with Anna Stefanic and Patrick Spencer, released their debut EP last week. What makes "Amsterdam" so interesting and cool from an Apple-perspective is the muti-faceted, multi-media way in which the group handled the release — music, ebook, podcast, and app. It was modern and relevant in a way the greater industry still struggles to be. Here's the gist: We have a new record out called "Amsterdam". It's a four-song EP about the time I moved to Amsterdam for a girl I liked. But there's a little more to it than that. "Amsterdam" is available on iTunes and Spotify and Amazon. We're also trying a new medium: iBooks. The book contains the same four studio tracks as the EP, but a new format allows us to go further; every song is a chapter, with the music, lyrics sheet, original demo, and stories that inspired the ...<br clear='all'/>

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