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Someone Made a Playable Record Out of a Tortilla

You know, so you don’t have to.
Rachel Pick
New York, US

Evolution has granted humanity the brainpower to innovate, to use tools, to build beautiful and functional things. And behold, we have made a playable record from a tortilla.

The video was created in response to this video, in which someone put a tortilla on a turntable as a joke and piped in the Mexican Hat Dance, or "Jarabe Tapatío." Someone from Rapture Records decided they could do better, and actually laser-etched a tortilla (uncooked, flour) to play the same song at 78 rpm.

Understandably, the sound quality is not great, but you can still pick out the tune. The Rapture employee also made an Instructables how-to for those who want to try this at home, in case you have a laser cutter lying around and aren't worried about what playing a tortilla might do to the needle on your record player.

Rapture went on to make several more tortilla records, including the Macarena and "Puttin' On the Ritz," but they sound pretty much like loud white noise and don't come through as well as the Mexican Hat Dance.

As for the tortilla, the record's engineer says it's "edible, but tastes burnt." Good to know.