Tape Hiss, Compression, and the Stubborn Materiality of Sonic Diaspora
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- Tuesday, 26 January 2016
In an article for Pitchfork, music critic Adam Ward reminisces about digital music files that sound as if they’re “being played through a payphone,” and calls the extreme compression of the low-quality MP3 “this generation’s vinyl crackle or skipping CD.”