Artist Invents Record Player to Listen to Music From Tree Rings

It’s common knowledge that tree rings provide insight to the Earth’s history, but now they can also provide music.

Artist Bartholomaus Traubeck invented a record player that reads the texture and color variations of a cross section of a tree trunk and interprets them as music. Each tree has its own unique rings, and, therefore, its own unique song hidden inside, opening the door for a whole new music industry: tree music.

The music found in the tree trunks has a beautiful, almost classical air to it.

Watch Traubeck’s video to listen to the eerie sound: