The Rhythm of Design/Clear Coloured Vinyl

Description

Sound fragments unfold across Zurich, making loss, memory, and cultural mutations physically and acoustically perceptible. In "The Rhythm of Design," the Zurich-based artist duo Michael Meier and Christoph Franz explore urban displacement and its impact on the local music scene.Focusing on six vanished or threatened venues, the artists collected materials on site—wood, metal, and other architectural elements—and, with the help of professional luthiers, transformed them into six musical instruments. Six artists and collectives linked to these spaces—Kalabrese, Tobibi Ferrari-Bienz, Rafal Skoczek, Lucien Badoux & Jeremy Sauter, Nicola Kazimir, and Dualism—each composed a piece for these venues, thus laying the groundwork for in situ performances in September 2025. Rather than being played as an ensemble, the works—ranging from experimental funk and punk to krautrock, noise, and drone—unfolded simultaneously, fragmented across space, at the original locations themselves. It was only through movement and listening across the city that the composition emerged as a whole. This work was created in collaboration with the City of Zurich and the Art in Public Space (KiöR) project.Eight months after the initial performances, the tracks are released by the Swiss publishing platform Präsens Editionen. The record—available as a limited edition colored vinyl with a special sleeve, as a digital album, and on streaming—transports the fragmented sounds of Zurich into a new form of collective memory, thus extending the work beyond its original locations into a lasting testament to urban transformation.Limited edition of 300 copies on transparent colored vinylSpecial sleeve with screen printing and detailed booklet, designed by the award-winning graphic design studio A Language, Melina Wilson, and Martin Stoecklin.