Musician and entrepreneur Tom Vek is building a digital music player, but don’t call it retro
Tom Vek burst onto the scene in 2005 with his album We Have Sound, which garnered a solid 7.6 from the tastemakers of the day over at Pitchfork. His undeniably catchy brand of dancy indietronica landed him an appearance on The OC and placement on the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack. His follow-up, Leisure Seizure, had a lengthy gestation period, but arrived in 2011 to similar success, reaching No. 79 on the UK charts.
Vek has continued to release music at regular intervals over the last 15 years, dropping Newer Symbols in 2022. But in 2020 he started toying with this idea he had for a music player called Sleevenote. Inspired by vinyl packaging, it was his way of trying to bring some of the beauty and magic of cover art and liner notes to your digital audio. Securing parts, like square screens, proved difficult. Plus, the ...
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