too much for my budget right now but jeez that record playing mini car sounds cool as fuck! not to mention the lineup of peeps on it! that is one seriously all star studded roster of talent....whoever curated this thing knew exactly what they were doin!

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A portable record player with over 100 minutes of sound on 5 12” vinyl record picture discs and 2 CDs

Visionaire 53. SOUND will consist of five 12-inch vinyl records, imprinted with images (picture discs), containing approximately 100 minutes of sound content featuring audio experiments, unreleased songs, samples, and spoken word pieces. The 5 records are packaged inside a domed case that also houses a custom-made MINI Clubman “Vinyl Killer” Record Player: a battery-operated toy car containing speakers and a needle. As the little car drives along the record’s groove, it plays each track, acting as a fully portable record player and sound system. The issue also includes 2 CD’s with all the sound content, and a booklet of credits and instructions. Sound is a limited edition of 4,000 numbered copies and retails for a starting price of $250. However SOUND is included in a standard subscription to Visionaire at no additional cost.

Contributors include:
Musicians David Byrne, U2, Michael Stipe, Courtney Love, Laurie Anderson, Cat Power, Adrock, Lee Ranaldo, Antony & the Johnsons, Thurston Moore & Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Malcolm McLaren, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian, Andrew WK, Danger Mouse; Artists Yoko Ono, Cerith Wyn Evans, Helmut Lang, Christian Marclay, Doug Aitken, Robert Wilson, Gary Hill, Sylvie Fleury, Vito Acconci, Mariko Mori, Carl Michael Von Hausswolff; Bands The Knife, Littl’ans, Unkle, Animal Collective, SunnO))), Gang Gang Dance; DJ’s Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), miss kittin, Trevor Jackson, Towa Tei, Nigo, Hiroshi Fujiwara; Fashion designers Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen, Stefano Pilati; and many more...

Orders ship in December 2007 in time for the winter gift giving season.





Subscribe to VISIONAIRE starting with 53. SOUND
$675 + shipping
(subject to availability)

sounds good. They had the record playing car at Giant Robot a while back, it looked cool but I wouldn't risk playing any good records with it.

the car is bad. don't use it it will fuck up your records.

Yeah the car is really bad, only plays 33 1/2, and sounds like butt, plus even if you are strictly using it for digging, the thing is hard to get accurate sound out of because of the lame speakers and because the car is moving around it sounds as if its fading in and out as it goes around. looks cool on a record though, i'll give it that.

what kind of music does karl lagerfield make? sounds like the record to play with the car then....

Oh lord that vampire makes music? Run away! Run away!

Yeah, I've seen one working. Tinny as all hell.
and they're a great way to butcher your record collection!
Cool novelty.

"Vinyl killer" is right. Who buys this crap??

well, irregardless of the car thingy, the package itself looks pretty killer...it seems to have most of the major players on the art music scene, even gang gang dance! animal collective, the knife, mcclaren (WTF is he up to?), anderson, moore, catpower, antony, sakamoto, sylvian, dangermouse, ono, and byrne would be one fantastic compilation in my eyes

Would love to see the artwork on the picture discs. Packaging looks nice.

Mmmm...
Picture discs....

yeah great line up! but don't usethe car!