vinylkey Launches First-Of-Its-Kind NFT LP With Special Edition Of Moses Sumney's Live From Blackalachia

Hand-Pressed LP From Sumney With Exclusive Visual Pattern Includes Video NFT Plus Scannable Chip Embedded In Vinyl To Register Proof Of Ownership On The Ethereum Blockchain

vinylkey Auction Announced At Sumney's Art Basel Installation Via Foundation: https://foundation.app/@moses/~/113025

Vinylkey - the next level in collectible vinyl - has announced the first-ever album release to take place as a physical LP linked with an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain, bridging the gap between the traditional and digital marketplaces as never before. Spearheaded by the creative collective at Asheville, North Carolina's Citizen Vinyl, vinylkey has partnered with Moses Sumney - the groundbreaking musician and multi-disciplinary storyteller - to bring this truly state-of-the-art technology to life for the first time. With each vinylkey release, music fans will receive an LP featuring a distinctive visual pattern, embedded with a uniquely ID'd NFC chip to be saved immutably on the Ethereum blockchain. Sumney will help launch vinylkey in conjunction with his upcoming new album Live From Blackalachia, of which he has hand-pressed one NFC-embedded LP at Citizen Vinyl to be released with an exclusive visual NFT entitled "Assembly #1."

The NFT auction for "Live From Blackalachia: Assembly" from vinylkey and Moses Sumney is announced in conjunction with Sumney's installation at the Pérez Art Museum Miami for Art Basel. The auction will launch on Foundation, and Live From Blackalachia will be released December 10 via Sumney's own Tuntum record label. Visit the auction site via Foundation here: https://foundation.app/@moses/~/113025

vinylkey is the newest innovation from the team behind Citizen Vinyl: the record press facility, analog recording studio, farm to table café and bar, performance space and record shop established in the historic former headquarters of Asheville, North Carolina's Citizen-Times newspaper. Led by CEO and founder Gar Ragland - a New England Conservatory-educated musician and longtime producer formerly based out of Asheville's revered Echo Mountain Studios - vinylkey has been established with a mission to benefit musicians and their fans above all. For artists, vinylkey serves as a tool for continued royalties and fan connection with NFT owners; and for music fans it provides a unique form of collectible equipped with enduring proof of authenticity and ownership. Learn more about vinylkey here: https://vinylkey.com/