ON RECORD works on a phone: left thumb walks, right thumb looks, tap anything. Turn the sound on: every room has its own song.

WASD walk, SHIFT hurry, mouse to look, click anything, M for sound, Z for binoculars, N or WAY OUT for a line on the floor to the next room, [ and ] for the previous and next room, R for a random room, K to skate.
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A walkable gallery by MLow

ON RECORD

Drop the needle anywhere

The streets, the stoops and the clubs are New York's. The records belong to the people who made them. The people are ours. Step onto the turntable in the record store and the whole shop turns round you. Stand on the photographer's mark on Jones Street and the snow stops for a square picture, then walk on and somebody takes your arm. Walk left and right in front of the tenement on St. Marks Place and the tenants change. Chop the corner of Ludlow Street on a sampler. Push the silver clouds, peel the banana slowly and sit three minutes for a screen test. Survive the pit on the Bowery while the flyers rewrite themselves behind your back. Keep the break going on two turntables in the Bronx until the room goes off. Hold still on East 126th Street and fifty seven musicians pose. Walk to the point of the Vanguard and the trio swells, and so do you. Rub the stump at the Apollo before you take the stage, or meet the Sandman. Then look straight up the Chelsea stairwell.

The record store: the floor in the middle is a turntable, ON RECORD: New York on Wax by MLow — The record store: the floor in the middle is a turntable

Jones Street in the snow: stand where the photographer stood, ON RECORD: New York on Wax by MLow — Jones Street in the snow: stand where the photographer stood

96 and 98 St. Marks Place: pull the sleeve and the tenants change, ON RECORD: New York on Wax by MLow — 96 and 98 St. Marks Place: pull the sleeve and the tenants change

Ludlow and Rivington: a sampler that chops the corner, ON RECORD: New York on Wax by MLow — Ludlow and Rivington: a sampler that chops the corner

The silver loft: push the clouds, peel slowly, ON RECORD: New York on Wax by MLow — The silver loft: push the clouds, peel slowly

315 Bowery: the pit, and the flyers that will not sit still, ON RECORD: New York on Wax by MLow — 315 Bowery: the pit, and the flyers that will not sit still

1520 Sedgwick Avenue: two copies of one record and a break that never ends, ON RECORD: New York on Wax by MLow — 1520 Sedgwick Avenue: two copies of one record and a break that never ends

East 126th Street: hold still and everybody poses, ON RECORD: New York on Wax by MLow — East 126th Street: hold still and everybody poses

178 Seventh Avenue South: walk to the point of the wedge, ON RECORD: New York on Wax by MLow — 178 Seventh Avenue South: walk to the point of the wedge

253 West 125th Street: rub the stump, then take the stage, ON RECORD: New York on Wax by MLow — 253 West 125th Street: rub the stump, then take the stage

222 West 23rd Street: rent paid in paintings, twelve floors up, ON RECORD: New York on Wax by MLow — 222 West 23rd Street: rent paid in paintings, twelve floors up