Unlocking the Groove: The Synaesthetics of Experimental Turntablism and Vinyl Sculpture

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Disc Design
R.I.P. Haymann

Paper design for vinyl record.
1983

"This is a design for an endless random play record. It allows the ballistics of the stylus action to create music by the disc medium itself. The sound material would be flute, voice, and drum cut onto the disc in segments. Realization of a pressable master would require the combination of a finer computerdesign interfaced to direct a disc master lathe with variable motion cutting head.

Once pressed the disc could be played by any turntable. Each turntable woudl track differently by its minute difference in skating action.

The design is based upon my work at Sterling Sound mastering studios with Robert Ludwig and CBS Records studios with Daniel Lentz. Graphic by Jujana Easterly." - R.I.P. Haymann (in Extended Play [cat.], New York, 1988)

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