For some, the sound of rustling plastic Lego bricks as someone combs through a bin looking for the piece they need is like nails on a blackboard. To others, it is as satisfying as a Mozart symphony. If you’re in that latter group, Lego has one playlist with white noise made of plastic bricks you can play in the background if you are too busy to build.
The brick sounds do not accompany an orchestra or any instrumentation whatsoever. All seven songs – each for 30 minutes – show that Lego is used and played in different ways. For example, the track ‘It All Clicks’ features Lego elements interconnected, while ‘The Waterfall’ features thousands of bricks that are simply poured onto thousands of other bricks. Lego promises that the playlist will be available for free on 15 different streaming platforms, including Apple Music (although we have a hard time finding it there at the moment), Google Music, and Spotify, which you can access below, or stream directly through your browser.
The album is part of a recent effort by Lego to encourage AFOLS (Adult Fans of Lego) to embrace their passion for building toys that are traditionally seen as something for children. In addition to new lines that focus on architecture, modeling, and even new sets that let you building flowers The toy maker has also redesigned some examples of plastic bricks of the packaging to appear more mature with minimal graphics and subdued color themes. And let’s not pretend someone is buying his five year old an $ 800 Millennium Falcon and expecting to patiently assemble all 7,541 parts.