I came across this today: the 1-bit symphony by Tristan Perch. A brief description of the project is below, as well as a video which features both the music itself as well as an interview.

Tristan Perich’s 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case like his first circuit album (1-Bit Music 2004-05), 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally “performs” its music live when turned on. A complete electronic circuit—programmed by the artist and assembled by hand—plays the music through a headphone jack mounted into the case itself. The project is set to be released on Cantaloupe Music on August 24, 2010.

Much like my first post on this blog though, what interested me most was the fact that everything is housed within the CD case, even the headphone jack! I think it’s very impressive, but maybe it’s just a designer thing…