Monochrome
Hybrid release · Music minted on blockchain · Tezos · 2021

Monochrome is a hybrid music release composed of three tracks,
conceived and distributed as blockchain-native editions.
The project explores how electronic music can exist as a digital object,
where sound and image form a single system.
Rather than functioning as a conventional EP, Monochrome operates as a
set of autonomous sound pieces, each minted individually on the Tezos blockchain
during the early phase of the Hic et Nunc ecosystem.
Tracks
- Mimetic
- Antigravity
- Guyana
Visual system
Each track in Monochrome is paired with its own visual artwork:
a series of 3D renders created in Blender by Albert Zaragoza Gas.
The visuals function as sculptural counterparts to the music rather than illustrative covers.
The three pieces share the same geometric structure but are differentiated
through a strict monochromatic colour system:
blue, red and yellow.
Colour operates as a structural variable, not as decoration.
This visual constraint mirrors the reduced sonic palette of the compositions,
reinforcing the idea of limitation as a compositional tool.
Concept
The three compositions focus on texture, repetition and subtle variation.
The title Monochrome reflects a deliberate refusal of excess,
privileging coherence and internal logic over expansion.
By minting each track as an NFT, the release questions authorship,
ownership and distribution in digital music, treating each piece
as a collectible sound-and-image object rather than part of a fixed album structure.
Blockchain edition
All tracks were minted on Hic et Nunc (Tezos) as individual editions,
embedding the project within the early history of on-chain cultural experimentation.
The blockchain context is not an add-on, but an integral layer that defines
how the works circulate, are accessed and preserved.