FEATURED ARCHIVE:
NYC UNDERGROUND CASSETTE ARCHIVES (80’s-90’s)
The availability of the cassette medium effectively decentralized the music industry. This archive captures a movement led by founders who bypassed traditional gatekeepers to establish a radical DIY infrastructure.
These tapes represent the pivotal shift from costly analog tape reels to the portable, high-saturation world of the bedroom studio. In this space, the medium itself became a symbol of creative autonomy. The recordings housed here are the sonic blueprints of that era: raw, ungated, and built to survive.
“WHAT CAME BEFORE” Curated by Raz Mesinai
1970’S-80’S PUNK / NO WAVE / INDUSTRIAL
1970’S-80’S PUBLIC ACCESS / GUERRILLA MEDIA
1970’S-1980’S B-BOY/B-GIRL CULTURE / GRAFFITI & BREAKDANCE
1980’S-1990’S HIPHOP / HOUSE / FREESTYLE
1970’S-1990’S UNDERGROUND CLUB CULTURE
1980’s-1990’S UNDERGROUND CASSETTE PRODUCTIONS
1990’s-2000 SUB DUB / EXPERIMENTAL SOUND SYSTEM CULTURE
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