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direct to beer.
an ethnographic cylinder project.
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direct to wax
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the first recording media was the edison wax cylinder.
shortly after launching his phonograph in late 1890 many people bought these machines.
catching exotic voices and sounds:
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direct to beer
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direct to beer goes into same direction
like all the ethnologist in 19th century going to foreign countries cutting untouched tribes into edison cylinders.
i wanted to do the same.nowadays on well crowded places. asking people for their voice. they can drink the beer.
i can keep the recording..
what a deal.
what an archive....
return home with a fantastic archive of engraved beercans.wow
sound on cylinder is the oldest recording medium and it looks like that it will become the most durable.
so aluminum cylinders may preserve for ever....
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a closer look
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see the grooves recorded into the aluminum
i used an old lateral recording head from the 40ies and steel needles to cut
the original edison cylinders are vertical recorded
but with lateral recording i got constant cutting force and there is no
danger that i can cut through the can.because the can is full of beer during recording.
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