Massive Attack, makers the seminal hit “Teardrop” on the 1998 album Mezzanine, are celebrating the 20th anniversary the album in a wildly distinctive trend.
Earlier this yr, the group introduced that they’d encoded their album inside DNA – now, that DNA has been made into an aerosol spray paint can. Still with us?
According to a press launch, a restricted quantity spray cans will comprise the DNA encoded audio inside matt black paint and every can will comprise roughly a million copies the album.
Dr. Robert Grass Zurich’s TurboBeads firm defined the advanced course of incorporating DNA into spray paint. “This digital bitstream the album (0s and 1s) was first translated to 901,065 DNA sequences (A, C, T and Gs), every 105 characters lengthy,” famous Grass. “The 901,065 particular person sequences had been then chemically synthesised leading to an artificial DNA pattern, which totally represents the digital bitstream the album.” The DNA sequences had been then saved in “artificial glass fossils,” which had been in flip added to the spray cans.
It doesn’t appear doable right now for the album to be performed again any yet-existing medium, however regardless, it’s one hell a collector’s merchandise.
Releasing the album in a sprig paint can can also be a reference to earlier this yr that Massive Attack’s Robert ‘3D’ Del Naja was in reality nameless graffiti artist Banksy.