This Is Why Cassette Tapes Will Never Die
In his history music history book 'High Bias', Marc Masters argues that cassette tapes will never die because they never really went away in the first place.
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In his history music history book 'High Bias', Marc Masters argues that cassette tapes will never die because they never really went away in the first place.
The peculiar technology of the lo-fi, crappy cassette tape exemplifies the inherent contradictions of popular music better than any other medium.
Night after night, they excavated space and warped time. And fans didn’t have to miss a note.
Two new books explore the history of the tape and how it helped spread hip-hop, thrash metal and experimental music around the world one mixtape at a time
El Alfa, music writer Marc Masters, Union Stage’s Shrek-themed dance, a visual arts celebration of hip-hop, and photos by Fred Zafran.