Got Wood?

From the mind that brought you 3D printed records, comes the next craziest thing. Laser cut wooden records!

It seems Amanda Ghassaei (our scientist from the Stated) is building a bit of a reputation for finding crazy new materials to create records out of.

So what was her choice of song for her latest creation? 'Idioteque', another Radiohead track from their album 'Kid A' (2000). Yes, it seems that she is also a Radiohead fan and again, it wouldn't have been my first choice but hey, it's still pretty cool.

The quality is pretty rubbish, as you could probably expect from a piece of wood still worth checking out!

3D Printed Vinyl

I'm sure that everyone has now heard of the genius that is the 3D printer and it has been developed at the perfect time. The rebirth of vinyl. When Amanda Ghassaei (a scientist from the USA) realised this, she knew only one thing needed to be done. To develop the Worlds first playable, 3D printed record. The next logical step was to decide which song should grace the plastic; her choice? 'Everything In It's Right Place - Radiohead', The opening track to the album 'Kid A' (2000). Not my first choice but hey, if i ever win the lottery i'll buy a 3D printer and create my own mixtape!

Check out a short clip of the track below!

Blue Ice - Shout Out Loud

Swedish band Shout Out Loud really know how to invent a novelty and from the start this record is just dripping with excitement.

Rather than buying a record you bought a DIY kit consisting of a silicon mold, a bottle of distilled water and a set of instructions. But if successful, you could create the bands single, Blue Ice, on a thick block of playable ice!

Due to ice's tendency to melt you could only get one, very crude, play out of the record and only 10 kits were ever created in the first place making the single extremely rare. But due to peoples overwhelming curiosity to create the record, it is likely that there are in fact no complete kits left.

The other downside to this novelty was the risk that playing the record could potentially damage your record player. Chances are that the needle would be destroyed from the coarse ice and, as the ice melted, water could find it's way inside the player blowing the electrics.

Worth the risk? What do you think?

Check out the process below!

Playable & Edible! Chocolate Vinyl

By Your Side - BreakBot

Cover for the limited 'chocolate edition'. Unfortunately only the record itself is edible.

French DJ BreakBot might not have the following that The Beatles or The Rolling Stones have got but he has certainly matched, if not surpassed, them with marketing skill. Releasing his 2012 album  'By Your Side' on a limited edition chocolate record. Yes, 100% edible and 100% playable! Only 120 were ever produced and I would think that the nature of the record (being made of chocolate) would mean that you would only get limited plays out of it so there may only be a handful left but, lets be honest, you're not buying it to play!

See the record in action here!

Working Together - Chilly Gonzales

BreakBot wasn't only, and certainly not the first, artist to release a record on chocolate. In 2008 Chilly Gonzales released 100 copies of his single 'Working Together' on a 7" piece of deliciousness. However, fans soon realised that they could only get 4 or 5 plays before it turned to a crumbley mess and inevitably ruined the record player.

Not such an exciting cover by Gonzales.