Built for people who are tired of algorithms deciding what they listen to. I Only Listen To Vinyl is a curated portal of vinyl-only DJ sets - underground genres, human selection, no recommendations. The app pairs a retro Technics 1200 turntable-inspired UI with YouTube-powered playback, giving the feeling of digging through a record crate on the web. Playlists are hand-curated by BRONSON.
I Only Listen To Vinyl
Overview
Live App
Features
- Vintage Technics 1200 turntable-inspired UI - tactile, not digital
- YouTube-powered playlist player with authentic vinyl aesthetic
- Six curated genre playlists: House, Techno, Disco, Dub Techno, Deep House & Techno, Hardgroove
- Draggable, resizable windows for player and info panels
- Vinyl-inspired visual effects and UI elements throughout
- Media controls styled after professional audio equipment
Tooling
React 18
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Framer Motion
Radix UI
Express.js
YouTube Data API v3
TanStack Query
Vite
Railway
Claude Code
Process
- Noticed vinyl-only DJ sets on YouTube had a loyal following but no dedicated home
- Designed around the physicality of vinyl - the UI should feel retro and tactile, not like a streaming app
- Built the full stack app with Claude Code from spec to deployment
- Deployed to Railway, embedded live into portfolio via iframe
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