I don't quite understand the hating going on, especially given the video description on YouTube - which is easy enough to click through to - says clearly "This video is an overview of the Universal Record, an art project of Jesse England." So. Art project.
As a work of art, trying to analyse what people like about vinyl (he mentions altars) and if that's tied to motion as much as physicality, it's got merit and is quite interesting. It'd sit nicely alongside other electronic and digital installations I've seen.
Even if that weren't the case I think that, as a self-built toy or a first-draft proof of concept, it's neat, and far better than I could do. It's certainly elevator-pitch-worthy, and pointlessness never got in the way of audiophile technologies that people already pay hundreds or thousands of pounds on.
(Am I being too nice?)
(, Mon 13 Apr 2015, 17:05, Share, Reply)