iTunes has Nothing on Chocolate Vinyl

Could there be two more disparate ideas or words than chocolate and vinyl? It’d be difficult to think of two. And yet, when you see Breakbot’s newly released album, By Your Side, you gotta give it to ‘em, pressing the album onto a chocolate record is pretty rad. For obvious reasons they only made 120 of these.

Now, I am a lover of music and books, and so it warms my heart seeing these types of innovative moves towards keeping tangible versions of these mediums alive in an ever increasingly digital world. I’m no Luddite, but I do think pushing the envelope with creative, new ideas that can’t be replicated digitally is a good thing for all of us, as it forces us to interact with the medium in a more real way; hell, you could eat the record if you wanted. So, unless something like what Wonka invented with Wonkavision ever comes about, I’d say score one for the lover of records and tangible objects with this new album.

Also, a little advice from me- ALWAYS listen to your chocolate vinyl before you eat it.

Check out this video of the making of Breakbot’s chocolate record, By Your Side.

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