High Bias

Description

High Bias
by Marc Masters

ISBN: 9781469675985
Softcover, new
published: October 2023

Brief Description:
“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”–