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http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/08/31/uk-company-offers-to-press-dead-bodies-into-vinyl-records/
Youre going to die. Sorry if we scared you, but its the truth. You will one day (hopefully after a long, happy life) shuffle loose this mortal coil and head to heaven/hell/purgatory/nothingness/Valhalla, leaving a corpse behind for your family to bury or cremate and spread. Now, thanks to some creative folks at UK-based And Vinyly, you dont have to leave yet another potential zombie to deal with in the coming Zombie Apocalypse. Instead, you can become a piece of music history as a vinyl record (via Wired.co.uk).
And Vinyly was started by Jason Leach, who co-founded techno group/record label Subhead in the 1990s. Leach decided to try pressing dead people into vinyl albums because of his own increasingly personal realization regarding his own mortality, along with an incident with his grandfathers ashes, some wind, and a boat.
The process works the same way a normal record pressing does, except your ashes are sprinkled into the vinyl before its actually pressed. Once the disc has been finished, you can have your voice, your will, or your favorite tunes recorded onto the disc.
While the basic package (which comes in at a mere £2,000) will feature art work of your name and lifespan, you can also opt into the RIV (Rest In Vinyl) artwork package, where youll get custom artwork by contemporary oil painter James Hague. Or, you can get the Bespook Music option, where youll get a song written about you by The House of Fix. You can even pay to get your vinyl distributed globally. That would give taking Uncle Bob for a spin a whole new meaning.
If youre creepy enough to want this, head here for more details. Also, make sure to note who you want recorded on your album. Otherwise, were sure your parents will assume Nickelback.
Youre going to die. Sorry if we scared you, but its the truth. You will one day (hopefully after a long, happy life) shuffle loose this mortal coil and head to heaven/hell/purgatory/nothingness/Valhalla, leaving a corpse behind for your family to bury or cremate and spread. Now, thanks to some creative folks at UK-based And Vinyly, you dont have to leave yet another potential zombie to deal with in the coming Zombie Apocalypse. Instead, you can become a piece of music history as a vinyl record (via Wired.co.uk).
And Vinyly was started by Jason Leach, who co-founded techno group/record label Subhead in the 1990s. Leach decided to try pressing dead people into vinyl albums because of his own increasingly personal realization regarding his own mortality, along with an incident with his grandfathers ashes, some wind, and a boat.
The process works the same way a normal record pressing does, except your ashes are sprinkled into the vinyl before its actually pressed. Once the disc has been finished, you can have your voice, your will, or your favorite tunes recorded onto the disc.
While the basic package (which comes in at a mere £2,000) will feature art work of your name and lifespan, you can also opt into the RIV (Rest In Vinyl) artwork package, where youll get custom artwork by contemporary oil painter James Hague. Or, you can get the Bespook Music option, where youll get a song written about you by The House of Fix. You can even pay to get your vinyl distributed globally. That would give taking Uncle Bob for a spin a whole new meaning.
If youre creepy enough to want this, head here for more details. Also, make sure to note who you want recorded on your album. Otherwise, were sure your parents will assume Nickelback.