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Mid-1980s GE and Maxell cassette player advertising was next-level
In a post-apocalyptic dystopian nightmare, handsome models will find the oppression with their … GE cassette players. Look, it all makes some kind of 1985 sense. This is exactly how people do not feel about their smartphone in 2024. I don’t know exactly what the GE marketing department was doing in the mid-80s – let’s […]
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Maxell would like you to know that they still make audio cassette tapes
Memorex, Sony, TDK — most of the names once associated with selling blank compact cassettes to consumers have since discontinued production. But one holdout still making tapes is Maxell – and their social media manager does not what you to forget it.
Peter Kirn - September 25, 2023
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Unlocking unimaginable sounds with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop now has its own cover band. Arturia have done a new documentary on England’s proudest home for electronic sound, the legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Founded in 1958, the laboratory had the wildly ambitious mission of producing any sound any BBC program might ask for – foley to sci-fi. That of course […]
Peter Kirn - June 5, 2017
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Listen to some gorgeous ambient music coming out on tapes
Peter Kirn - May 31, 2017
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Step inside the mystical sound world of Circular Ruins
Peter Kirn - March 22, 2017
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Look inside the world of cassette tape culture in this short film
Peter Kirn - December 1, 2016
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You Haven’t Heard of 30drop, But You Should Hear This New LP [Techno]
Peter Kirn - January 14, 2015
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