High bias : the distorted history of the cassette tape / Marc Masters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masters, Marc, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Audiocassettes--Social aspects.

Audiocassettes.

Music--History and criticism.

Music.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Marc Masters explores the surprising ups and downs of the cassette tape's journey through international music culture, showing us the cultural impact of cassettes on music listening, music portability, and music making itself. Winding through early hip-hop tape trading, the deeply personal act of making a mixtape, and even contemporary composers who use cassettes to create musique concrète compositions, this book chronicles the resilient do-it-yourself spirit of cassettes through conversations with scene-setters coupled with deep explorations into music history. More than just the most comprehensive history of how cassettes have changed music, this is also a vivid tribute to a format that refuses to fade away"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Killing music: the rise of the cassette tape

Creating music: how cassettes helped launch movements

Cassettes underground: an international network of tape artists

The tape traders: recording and sharing live music on cassette

The tape hunters: traveling the globe to unearth history on cassette

The tape makers: the culture of personal mixtapes

Tape's not dead: the cassette comeback.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469675985

1469675986

OCLC:

1371653374