Unlike turntables, which have become increasingly high-tech thanks to the “vinyl revival” of the last 20 years, almost all cassette players in current production rely on the same, basic tape mechanism from Taiwan, Richardson explains.
Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and CharliXCX are among artists who’ve released new music on cassette, fuelled by Gen Z’s apparently insatiable appetite for nostalgia and clunky devices long since sent to landfill. .
A wave of nostalgia hit hard in 2016 with the debut of Stranger Things, taking us back to the ’80s, including the cassette tape ... Rewinding to my teenage years, I credit cassettes with giving me a voice on paper ... Cassette has a very specific sound.
A viral Instagram clip showing a collection of old Hindi film and music cassettes has sparked nostalgia, taking users back to the cassette era of the 1990s....
In late January 2011, Cairo sounded different. Chants rolled through Tahrir Square, repeated until their rhythms stuck in our heads. Cardboard signs were written, crossed out, and rewritten as events unfolded ... Visit the site and log in/register to read.