Record Breaking Music

Despite the growth of digital media, it seems that many people are rediscovering the joy of vinyl music. However, one Japanese artist is deconstructing this trend (literally) by tearing his record collection to shreds…

Getting Physical With Sound

Yuri Suzuki presented an exhibition in Tokyo based on alternative turntable and vinyl constructions. He is consciously reacting against the virtualisation of music by embracing and repurposing the unique physicality of vinyl, with its clear connection between the medium, the player and the reproduced sound.

‘with the lost (sic) of their physicality, objects become virtual existences. the reason why I have a feeling of uneasiness towards sound recorded in a digital format,
is because the digital data of sound is nothing more than a virtual copy of
the existing original’