Soundary

Prism Exhilarated, the third cassette release from sampletronic producer -otron, marks a world first: the debut music release made using Soundary's Prysm unique duplication system.

Soundary created 50 Prism Exhilarated cassettes in total, with one — the so-called "copy zero", which shares no unique sonic elements with the rest of the edition — being set aside to be used for the digital download.

Each tape is presented in a deep transparent red shell with full two-colour on-body print and hand-numbered J-card. This limited edition of 49 cassettes will never be re-produced: one gone, Prism Exhilarated will be gone.

To accompany his 2016 EP ROBOT, electronic artist Dorian Zoyd planned a special physical release: tin toy robots containing the music of the release in high quality alongside exclusive bonus material, all accessible by USB.

Soundary produced 20 ROBOT robots for Dorian, in blue and orange, each delivered in a custom-stamped tissue-lined box. They present certainly a physical companion to a digital release never seen before.

Embodying a next-generation record medium known as the open outcome record, Futures EP is a two-track music release for iPhone, designed to present a different sonic outcome every time it is played.

In both tracks, a custom-coded AVPlayer audio system swaps different musical elements between plays. This approach allows each track to have trillions of possible renditions.

Futures EP made up the centrepiece of Adam Jansch's PhD research into the open outcome record, which featured a number of other media works whose formats presented something truly unique.