Jeff Mills' vinyl and CD hybrid disc unites young and old

Whether you like it old school or new, techno DJ/producer Jeff Mills has the disc for you. Manufactured by Optimal Media using tech it introduced a few years back, the disc features a 5-inch vinyl pressing on one side and a digital CD on the other. But for $35, it had better ship with an adapter to keep it centered on the turntable's spindle (unlike the picture above). If the vinyl/CD hybrid isn't kooky enough for your experimental tastes then why not consider sharing your talent on Optimal Media's scratch and sniff discs -- why should the stench of stale beer mixed with gastric acid be limited to your live shows?

Vinyl record and CD hybrid disc unites young and old

[SlimSpaceman Posted Jun 17th 2010 5:30AM]

I like.

[Cy Starkman Posted Jun 17th 2010 5:32AM]

For a moment there I thought it was an article about Jeff minter and some lamatron action

alas

[geekthree Posted Jun 17th 2010 5:47AM]

This is full of win

[msw141 Posted Jun 17th 2010 5:55AM]

Combining two dead formats to create a new viable format? Maybe if they tried it on 8-track/BetaMax.

[cashclientel Posted Jun 17th 2010 6:15AM]

@msw141 This = the next big thing.

You heard it here first!

Forget those 128GB flash chips a few posts down, they aren't going anywhere.

[tad604 Posted Jun 17th 2010 7:22AM]

@msw141 vinyl is hardly dead. It will probably out live cd. Jeff Mills is overrated. His mixing is fairly sloppy.

/Derek May, Carl Craig, Kevin Saunderson FTW.

[frankcarmody Posted Jun 17th 2010 5:57AM]

Jeff Mills - The Bells

In the top 5 techno tracks of all time. Hasn't dated over all these years. Big ups!

[tad604 Posted Jun 17th 2010 7:25AM]

@frankcarmody any good techno is never dated. It's the modern era equivalent of Jazz.

[TheAmazingWJV Posted Jun 17th 2010 8:12AM]

@tad604 Fully agreed. It's abstract enough to stand the test of time.
And The Bells is a prime example.

[dubprocess Posted Jun 17th 2010 6:02AM]

U guys get brownie pointS for even mentioning an innovator/futurist in Detroit techno

[DoubleEBrandonB Posted Jun 17th 2010 8:38AM]

I have a Mars Volta single like this. The adapter is just foam and the quality of the vinyl is shit. This is a gimmick, this is no SACD/CD combo.

[Khav Posted Jun 17th 2010 12:34PM]

@DoubleEBrandonB "the quality of the vinyl is shit"

They tried to warn you by writing "The Mars Volta" on the cover. You really have no one to blame but yourself.

[Bahumbug Posted Jun 17th 2010 8:44AM]

If I've ever seen a crap cover that looked like some cheap photoshop whackjob, its this. Hope the sound is better...

[moonbase2 Posted Jun 17th 2010 9:21AM]

@Bahumbug
Everyone knows that if the cover art doesn't meet your visual standards, the album must be crap. BTW it's Photoshop "hack-job" not "whackjob".

[El Guano Posted Jun 17th 2010 9:25AM]

Is CD the hot new technology of the day?

[modularlife Posted Jun 17th 2010 8:13PM]

Anytime the tonearm has to track that close to the spindle it's going to sound really bad. I love vinyl: can't stand vinyl when it's offered as nothing more than a novelty.