Bob Dylan has teamed up with T Bone Burnett to re-record a collection of his songs in high quality audio to launch the latter’s new analogue audio format, Ionic Originals.Yes, you read that right, after decades of innovation in digital music, is it not time for a new analogue format?
Surely if the vinyl revival tells us anything, it’s that music fans want the opportunity to sell all their vinyl and replace it with something else that looks quite similar to vinyl.
But definitely sounds better, according to Burnett.“It is archival quality”, he says of the new format. “It is future proof.
It is one of one. Not only is an Ionic Original the equivalent of a painting, it is a painting. It is lacquer painted onto an aluminium disc, with a spiral etched into it by music.
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