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Korean artist produces world’s first “live record” from live yeast cells
The South Korean-based electronics artist seeks to blend music with biology and has created what he literally claims is the world’s first “live recording” that can be listened to.
The American magazine “Rolling Stone” reported that artist Mikkel Huang, who makes music under the name “Scientists” and works as a scientist, revealed the first recording ever to be filled with live yeast cells, calling it “Signal EP”.
It reported that these cells leave a direct effect on the sound of the piece, and with the help of a custom hybrid Petri dish, Huang captures the vibrations and translates them into an audio form.
Finally, a reference was made to the “Signal IB” version of an installation at the Paradise Art Lab in Incheon, South Korea.
In a post on “Instagram”, the artist explained that the installation transports viewers to the world of yeast cells and invites them to “imagining the sound of the place and how biology can be used in music in the future”.
He said that there is a monument in the middle of the installation, something like a Petri dish and a vinyl disc, where yeast colonies are located inside the object, and above them on the upper surface, are a series of conical grooves that transmit audio signals.
A different method was used to produce the soundtrack from the traditional modern vinyl disc, with tracks etched onto the release, and he was able to produce a list of four songs.
Huang has previously said that he sees a biological future for electronic music that includes the discovery of vocal expression from living forms other than humans.
He wants to move from dance sites, which he considers essential spaces to enjoy music, to places such as exhibitions or galleries where music and sound can play a different role, where they can People listen, think and reflect on their environments, rather than the immediate interaction stimulated by spaces like dance clubs.
