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Created on: 13 Jan 2010
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'cassette culture' then and now.

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cassette culture kassettenkultur πολιτισμός κασετών cassette cultuur culture de cassette cultura del cassette...

For those interested in the bands and artists first active in the 'cassette culture' of the late 70s to early 90s in the US, UK and Europe and in the new generation of cassettists... take a look at this list of 101 of them:
http://www.rhizome.org/editorial/2868

This group is not about mix tapes.

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Keywords/tags:
cassette culture, home-taping, cassette label, post-punk, noise, EBM, industrial music, post-industrial music, minimal electronic, lo-fi, DIY culture, messthetics

A few links:
>> Wikipedia entry on Cassette Culture (a bit of a mess)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette_culture
>> Cassette Culture discussion list - Links page (Europe oriented list, but N. American participation and links)
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cassette_culture/links
>> Cassette Culture bulletin board (more N. America oriented)
http://www.cassetteculture.net/
>> 'Wild Planet' - 1983 article listing some of the best-known artists of the European Cassette Culture
http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/articles/wplanet.html
>> The Living Archive - 'Don Campau's personal history of cassette culture, home taping, underground music and radio from the early 1980s to the present.' (currently more N. America oriented but aiming for international coverage)
http://www.doncampau.com/livingarchive.htm
>> Huge image library of cassette-only releases at the site of VOD-Records, a label responsible for many high-quality reissues of cassette culture music.
http://www.vinyl-on-demand.com/Gallery_of_Record_Covers_%28appr__20_000_pics___scans_of_Record___Tape_Covers%29-2-80.htm

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ggr33nway wrote:
last month

Recent article on the current cassette scene http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7764-this-is-not-a-mixtape/

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mumbianmelodies wrote:
November 2011

http://vimeo.com/31676452 This product contains: nudity, strong language, mild peril, off-screen violence, puppet sex... Video made to accompany the new Cultural Amnesia album This Is Not Your Shape.

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MOTHER_FESTIVAL wrote:
September 2011

www.motherfestival.com/layers/THECASSETTE.html

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SlackDragon wrote:
July 2011

just uploaded over 75 free tracks to my artist page Velveeta Heartbreak

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SixShooterSam wrote:
March 2011

http://www.cicadashell.com Awesome Tapes

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tekhnologia wrote:
December 2010

"Exposition 05" in 1982 (on tape "Sensationnel No. 1" Illusion Production 1983): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kNoARaxKhY

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phr[o]zen wrote:
November 2010

anyone want to trade tape?

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SOLOMUSIKA wrote:
July 2010

Memories ^__^

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PLasmoEsmata wrote:
May 2010

DonCampau, http://www.dynamitevision.com/ is a good place to start for UK cassette culture, (70's onwards) and the label is still going...just. Wavis O'Shave is one of their artists who started on cassette and was played on John Peel's show early 80's.

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DonCampau wrote:
February 2010

I am looking for more writers for The Living Archive. You do not have to be an established author. I am looking for real people and real experiences in underground music and the tape trading community from 1980 to the present. I need additional help with perspectives on the European/ Australian/Japanese scene of the 1980s to mid 1990s. Check it out at: http://www.doncampau.com/livingarchive.htm What about a few paragraphs on your favorite trade or cassette artist of the time?

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