Cassette tapes and more
- New walkman from FiiOwww.musicradar.com Too cool for spool? FiiO has unveiled an ‘80s-style personal cassette player inspired by the original Sony Walkman
If you long for the days of real mixtapes, you could be in for a treat
Let's wait for the reviews to see if the transport is any good. It would be nice to have a decent quality new walkman on the market!
- ▶︎ Antipodes | SILENCE
> This album was created over the past few years by two artists in two different hemispheres who connected over a mutual love of music. The goal was to create a cohesive work from two different corners of the globe. The result is 'Antipodes'.
- Review: Environmental Music For The Multitasker
I bought this cassette tape last year, when it was released in November. From the artist:
>Environmental Music For The Multitasker is a slow cooked collection of eight songs. > >The first bits were created in 2020. But quarantine and other boring stuff resulted in the equivalent of a writers block. The tracks fell asleep on a harddrive. It wasn’t until Purlieu said "let’s do a tape" that I found the lost joy of noodling with sounds and the collected tracks were finished. > >Somewhere in the start the theme was ”no theme”. I think? Can’t really remember. > >Anyways I read some grumpy old guitar man saying all modern music (i guess post Toto) is just background noise for young people while doing something else. So there’s that truth and here are eight songs to ignore and have in the background.
The album has 8 meditative tracks that are perfect for a cloudy day with a hot beverage. While listen to the album sometimes it would catch me attention ("are those children noises?") and eventually it would drift to the background again.
Favorite song: Wide Field.
- The longest tape loop
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What happens when Hainbach meets LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER to break a record?
- Making a tape echo out of 4 players
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A cool video showing how to make a tape delay using 4 Walkmans.