The opto-musical agglomerate is the pairing of British musician Dan Hayhurst (media devices, electronic instruments) and New Zealand animator Reuben Sutherland (video zoetrope turntable, animation, optix). In Fact, Form Foam isn't only a record with music on it, it's also a movie on your turntable. It's simple: To see the video content, direct a bright lamp at the record as it plays and then film the surface of the record as it spins. The camera will need to shoot progressively at a very high shutter speed with a frame rate of 25fps. Alternatively, view the disc under a strobe flashing 25 times per second. This makes listening to Form Foam on headphones something like watching a 3D movie without the glasses on. But even without Sutherland's visual input, the record has an immersive feel. Sculpture's music is fantastical and absurd, like being plonked down on the set of a particularly wonky Jeunet film. It's gooey and dense, overflowing with seemingly random sequences of musical code, dislocated samples and woolly drums.
