Sonic Fabric
Okay, this is about the coolest thing I’ve come across in ages. Sonic Fabric is the brainchild of Texas artist, Alyce Santoro. She makes fabric it by recording street musicians on subway platforms, bits of conversation, and noises on the street. She feeds the streams into a multitrack mixer, created an audio collage, and transfers it onto magnetic tape, which is then knitted together to form the fabric.
Because no finishing or backing has been added to the textile, you can still hear sounds from her mix by drawing the head of a reconfigured Walkman over the material’s surface.
Designed for both the residential and commercial markets, Sonic Fabric is available in five colors: copper, onyx, granite, amethyst, and cobalt. It can be ordered by the yard from Sonic Fabric’s site located here.
What could me more awesome? 
2 Responses to “Sonic Fabric”
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Posted by misterarthur on May 28th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Can I get something that plays “Smoke on the Water”?
Her stuff is great and good quality construction on the bags. The fabric is much softer than you’d think.
I sold some of her work at the Museum when she was part of an exhibit we did.
I wish that I had purchased a few pieces.