Hi-fi coffin for audiophiles provides a soundtrack to the afterlife

Sweden’s Catacombo Sound System is a funeral casket that eternally plays the deceased’s choice of tracks while they’re six feet under.

Sweden27 Jan 2014
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Weird Of The Week: This is part of a series of articles that looks at some of the most bizarre and niche business ideas we see here at Springwise.

Music lovers are fanatic enough that they would probably take their favorite albums to the grave with them. Taking this idea literally, Sweden's Catacombo Sound System is a funeral casket that eternally plays the deceased's choice of tracks while they're six feet under. Created by Pause Ljud & Bild, the system consists of three different parts. Firstly, users create an account through the online CataPlay platform, which connects to Spotify and enables customers to curate a playlist for their own coffin or get friends and family to choose the tracks when they're gone. The CataTomb is a 4G-enabled gravestone that…

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