In the days of vinyl—that have been said to be long gone—the spiral grooves of a vinyl determines the sounds it makes when a needle plays it on a turntable.
However, Japanese designer Shinsuke Yamaji of Cutting Aurora Factory Plate has figured out a way to cut graphics on vinyl, so that the vinyl plays the music intended despite how it looks—according to designboom.
From lines and spirals to illustrations and other graphics, the innovative vinyl cutting method requires “sine waves and sound data files” to be translated and drawn onto it as grooves.
With the ability to create crazy or beautiful graphics onto vinyl, while keeping its original music the same—could this be hope, or a new ‘groove’ for analog music?
[via designboom]