A Bafta-winning band are making sweet music after a Fife baker made them a playable chocolate seven-inch single.
Found, part of the East Neuk’s musical Fence Collective, teamed up with Fisher and Donaldson of Cupar for their latest release.
Comprising Tommy Perman, Ziggy Campbell and Kev Sim, the band also recorded a music video to accompany the song at the bakery’s Ceres Road factory.
Tommy and Ziggy visited the bakery to hear the record being played for the first time. Although a bit scratchy, their song Anti-Climb Paint could be heard clearly.
Baker Ben Milne made the record using around 50% cocoa solids however, it will be remixed to 70% cocoa solids for fans.
It is understood the record also plays better after being stored in the fridge.
“It’s very good, for a chocolate record,” said Tommy. “You can potentially play it about 10 times, but I think the idea is to eat them it’s the ultimate consumer product.”
Hungry fans can also eat the label and sleeve, which are made from edible paper.
The project came about after Found decided to turn a friend’s bizarre dream that the band had made a music video at the bakery into a reality.
Ben then set about trying to work out how to use chocolate instead of vinyl, at first experimenting by pouring chocolate on to an MC Hammer single and peeling it off, only to find the end product played backwards.
However it was “chocs away” after Found had a record template made.
In 2009 the band won the interactive Scottish BAFTA for their robot Cybraphon, which was linked to the internet and played different music depending on how much attention it was getting online.
Cybraphon Demo Song (The Balkan Bazaar) from Cybraphon on Vimeo.