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Tokyo-based DJ Daito Manabe has devised a unique use for a turntable: he hooked it up to a multiple-PowerBook rig so you can scratch 34 tracks of sound or sit back in a vibrating chaise longue. I asked Daito how this works, and responded in an email that reads a bit like a poetic riddle:

Chair for the silence consists of two elements. The first one is a chair that can provide 32 vibrations,the second is music of 34 tracks for touch and hearing. People can experience this by sitting in the chair and dropping the phonograph needle.

We can recognize pursuing sensual peculiarity, commonality and interaction between sounds and vibration by this chaise longue.

The vibrations from vibrators are from 5hz to 120hz, and sounds from headphone are from 5hz to 80hz.

34 tracks (2ch * 14) sound files are controlled by a signal from Ms.Pinky. It means people can scratch 34 tracks by one record.

More specs and images after the jump, if that still doesn't make sense . . .

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