album art and music: re-forging the bond at an elemental level
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Elements by Drowning Susan Where is memorable album art? How can cloud based digital archives place music within the artwork, as a vessel? The death of music as a physical medium may have killed creative artwork accompaniment, but only for a time. Drowning Susan has breathed new life into the idea of album art and its ties to the music. In what may be a first, the band has issued its most recent release as an interactive pdf. “Elements” is a three album/113 song instrumental collection released as a virtual poster and interactive Periodic Table of Elements, literally re-forging the bond between music and album artwork. The release is intended to be shared widely and provide a launching pad to the web presence it holds across multiple platforms and devices. Digital alchemy allows one to navigate to the 3 full streaming and downloadable albums or use the elemental table as a keyboard, turning your click on individual elements into a stream or downlTRANSCRIPT
