{"id":3354,"date":"2026-08-08T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/musician-and-entrepreneur-tom-vek-is-building-a-digital-music-player-but-dont-call-it-retro\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:00:00","slug":"musician-and-entrepreneur-tom-vek-is-building-a-digital-music-player-but-dont-call-it-retro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/musician-and-entrepreneur-tom-vek-is-building-a-digital-music-player-but-dont-call-it-retro\/","title":{"rendered":"Musician and entrepreneur Tom Vek is building a digital music player, but don\u2019t call it retro"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tTom, we can\u2019t see your face. | Image: Tom Vek\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

Tom Vek burst onto the scene in 2005 with his album We Have Sound<\/em>, which garnered a solid 7.6<\/a> from the tastemakers of the day over at Pitchfork<\/em>. His undeniably catchy brand of dancy indietronica landed him an appearance on The OC<\/em> and placement on the Grand Theft Auto IV<\/em> soundtrack. His follow-up, Leisure Seizure<\/em>, had a lengthy gestation period, but arrived in 2011 to similar success, reaching No. 79 on the UK charts.<\/p>\n

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Vek has continued to release music at regular intervals over the last 15 years, dropping Newer Symbols<\/em> in 2022. But in 2020 he started toying with this idea he had for a music player called Sleevenote. Inspired by viny \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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