Repackaging the music experience with a modern revival of vinyl

Biosphere Records explores a reality where music data is made meaningful to the music listener, transforming individual sound preferences, listen time, mood, and other insights into a cherished personalized artifact.

This is an experiment to place music back into our hands: to touch, to explore, to feel, to reflect, and to remember. It was born from Spotify Wrapped’s cultural relevance in our current decade and my love for music. It is also an invitation for continued discourse on the gaps in humanity that rapid technological innovation leaves behind.

Role: CDO 😎️ (Personal project)

Skills: Research, Data Visualization, Graphic Design, Production

HOW IT WORKS

THE VINYL EXPERIENCE

Your music activity is modeled after the weather

Is your music sunny or stormy? Blue skies, or maybe a slight chance of rainfall? Find out in your annual report, which arrives every December at your doorstep.

Reveal detailed schematics, insights, and visualizations made from your data, for you.

1_ Exterior

Sleeve, front & back

Top 12 songs tracklist with relativity rankings
Listening activity summary includes demographic info, top terrain, and keystone species

2_ Inside

Vinyl, side A & B

12-inch semi-transparent LP

Center label, uniquely coded to your site and terrain data

3_ Behind the Vinyl

Report, with heatmap & schematics

A rich breakdown of your music ecosystem’s weather

4_ And More

Music ephemera

Hand-selected, custom-made music identity keepsakes
Varied contents

CLIMATOLOGY 101

Characterizing a music ecosystem

Biosphere Records maps your music activity to eight core climate factors: temperature, air pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, air quality, visibility, UV.

Thanks for stopping by!

My hope is that this experience inspires a truer conversation about what we love, what we’ve been through, and why. I’m still building out this case study, but please reach out if you have any feedback or thoughts to share🤍