Described as having “that Dua Lipa vibe” by Printweek’s resident pop expert, news editor Richard Stuart-Turner, you can find the sample on Drupa’s YouTube channel.

But we wonder, have the Messe team missed a trick here, after Japanese collective Electronicos Fantasticos came to Overmatter’s attention.

The project reincarnates “old electrical appliances as new electromagnetic instruments, invents new ways to play music, and co-creates orchestras and festivals”.

One of its works, Barcoder, involves making music with printed barcodes and barcode scanners “connecting the scanned signal of a barcode scanner to a powered speaker directly” whereby the electric signal creates sound. Another, Barcodress/Barcodance involves playing a dress printed with barcode-like patterns – and as we know printed textiles are very on-trend at present.

While grooving to the resulting trippy beats, Overmatter could not help but wonder what Electronicos Fantasticos might achieve with a QR code, some stochastic screening, nano-scale dots, or a bit of dimensional print?

Worth making a note for Drupa 2028, Drupa team!