Influencer

A giant record player has turned a small traffic circle in the Swiss town of Lyss (located between Biel and Bern) into an inter­na­tio­nally renowned attrac­tion.

The initia­tors of the project were the neigh­boring concert orga­nizer KUFA and the entre­pre­neur Marc Gehri. The record player is ther­e­fore not only very suitable due to its round shape, it also creates a symbolic and witty proxi­mity to its surroun­dings.

LP of the week

The simp­lest ideas are often the best. The turn­table is as circular as a traffic circle and vinyl creates a coherent and emotional connec­tion to music in general and to the KUFA in parti­cular.

And yet it was a long way from the idea to imple­men­ta­tion. KUFA, the cons­truc­tion company Gehri Aarberg, the muni­ci­pa­lity of Lysss and the civil engi­nee­ring office needed four years of pati­ence to finally imple­ment their plans.

In addi­tion to plan­ning and appr­oval, the cons­truc­tion itself was not easy. Volun­teers spent a whole week atta­ching the 800 or so metal plates to the turn­table.