#physicalmedia

THE RED KINGDOM (PART 1)

READ PART 2 HERE/BUY THE ZINE HERE

signal // NOISE — cassette test run (x20)

Delivery this morning: the first physical batch of signal // NOISE cassettes arrived — and they feel like the album finally has a body.

Black/white sandwich shells: Side A = white (signal) / Side B = black (noise). Same tape, two readings. Flip it and the system reconfigures.

What I love about this run is how the concept isn’t printed on afterwards — it’s baked into the object language:

On-body printing (terminal typography, dashed boxes, tiny system labels)

“DIGITAL LEFT << / ANALOGUE RIGHT >>” mapped onto the cassette itself

Track titles as data artifacts (0x… strings, misreads, caption faults, drift notes)

A blunt strapline hiding in plain sight: Input ≠ Comprehension

A typed “ABOUT THIS ALBUM” insert that finally says the quiet part out loud: visual-first listening, one ear gone digital (CI), one ear staying analogue (HA), captions arriving late — AI + field recordings used as prosthetics, not replacements.

Updated the BluRay shelf!

With the help of my friend and fellow commentator, Leafy, we put together this yesterday.

Just finished alphabetising it.

MUSIC + VISUAL ART

Blaque Album / Single covers, the range 😮‍💨💖

A lot of late 90s/early 2000s girlbands were really good at doing this thing of having creative, visually pleasing artwork for music that was as smooth as jazz — although Blaque’s music spanned genres including RnB, rap and pop. Thinking about how the audio-visual combination allows the artist to create a world of their own and invite others into it, especially with physical media like CDs and vinyl, it’s like having a piece of their universe, in yours. It’s like, “These are the people in this world, this is how they dress, and this is how they express!”

Blaque’s fun fashion, playful beauty looks and futuristic graphics combined with their diverse discography really creates an eclectic world full of intrigue.

There’s so many examples artists creating mini worlds through cool covers + good music, looking forward to exploring this more!

Old zine! Might need some touch-ups and then it will be available for printing :-)

I want all of our zines to be free!! So just credit us and share it how you like.

Comment for credit or removal!! Since it's quite old I don't remember where are the original images from mostly :-(

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