{"product_id":"marc-masters-high-bias-the-distorted-history-of-the-cassette-tape-book","title":"MARC MASTERS - HIGH BIAS: THE DISTORTED HISTORY OF THE CASSETTE TAPE (BOOK)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBOOK, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR + COMPANION CASSETTE = BUNDLE.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The cassette tape was a revolution. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle changed music history. Make your own tapes! Trade them with friends! Tape over the ones you don't like! The cassette tape upended pop culture, creating movements and uniting communities. Marc Masters explores the disruptive history and influence of cassettes in his book \"High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape,\" charting the journey from the invention of the cassette in the early 1960s to its Walkman-led domination in the 1980s, from decline at the hands of compact discs to resurgence among independent music-makers. And he reveals how for so many, tapes meant \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan id=\"package_description_1\" class=\"peekaboo-text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003efreedom–to create, to invent, to connect.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarc Masters is a music journalist whose work has appeared in NPR, the Washington Post, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and Bandcamp Daily. He is author of No Wave.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"peekaboo-text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHERE'S WHAT'S ON THE CASSETTE:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"peekaboo-text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSIDE A: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: ALREADY DEAD \u003cbr\u003e Artist: Cop Funeral \u003cbr\u003e Song: “Do Not Disturb” \u003cbr\u003e Written, recorded, \u0026amp; mixed by Josh Tabbia \u003cbr\u003e Mastered by Alex Borozan \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca rel=\"nofollow ugc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alreadydeadtapes.com\/\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\u003ewww.alreadydeadtapes.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: ASTRAL SPIRITS \u003cbr\u003e Artist: Matthew Lux’s Communication Arts Quartet \u003cbr\u003e Song: “Israels” \u003cbr\u003e Mike Patrick Avery - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, mellotron \u003cbr\u003e Ben Lamar Gay - cornet, electronics, melodica, percussion \u003cbr\u003e Jayve Montgomery - tenor sax, carinumpet, flute, samples, percussion \u003cbr\u003e Matthe - bass, synth, electric guitar, chirimia, percussion \u003cbr\u003e Originally released on the Astral Spirits cassette Contra\/Fact, Sept 2017 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/astralspirits.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003eastralspirits.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: CONSTELLATION TATSU \u003cbr\u003e Artist: White Poppy \u003cbr\u003e Song: “Daydreaming” \u003cbr\u003e Music by Crystal Dorval \u003cbr\u003e Originally released on the Constellation Tatsu cassette Drifters Gold, July 2013 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ctatsu.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003ectatsu.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: CRASH SYMBOLS \u003cbr\u003e Artist: Spiritczualic Enhancement Center \u003cbr\u003e Song: “You Name It, You Got It” \u003cbr\u003e Drums: Nicolas Sheikholeslami \/ Drum Processing: Dennis Schulze \/ Percussion: Faani \/ Bass: Etkin Çekin \/ Kanun: Yael Lavie \/ Guitar: Æladin \/ Synthesizer: Carl-J. Hoffman \/ Synthesizer: Alexander P. Jovanović \/ Keys \u0026amp; Vocals: Omri S. Shmulewitz \u003cbr\u003e Recorded on 16.02.2020 at RENÉE, Basel \u003cbr\u003e Production: Nicolas Sheikholeslami \u003cbr\u003e Mastering: Farshad Shokuhfar \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/crashsymbols.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003ecrashsymbols.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: EIDERDOWN \u003cbr\u003e Artist: Elkhorn \u003cbr\u003e Song: \"Glass Frog\" \u003cbr\u003e Elkhorn is Drew Gardner and Jesse Sheppard \u003cbr\u003e Jesse – 12 String guitar \u003cbr\u003e Drew – Frame Drum, Zither, Electric Guitar. \u003cbr\u003e Recorded and Mixed by Drew Gardner. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003eeiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: FORT EVIL FRUIT \u003cbr\u003e Artist: Eric Mingus and Catherine Sikora \u003cbr\u003e Song: “Soft Cage” \u003cbr\u003e Eric Mingus - guitar \u003cbr\u003e Catherine Sikora - soprano saxophone \u003cbr\u003e Composed by Eric Mingus\/ Sugnim Cire Sounds (SESAC) and Catherine Sikora\/ Sikoracat Music (BMI) \u003cbr\u003e Recorded by Rashaan Carter \u003cbr\u003e Recorded at the Looking Glass Arts residency, West Fulton, NY, on August 20th, 2022, while Eric was artist in residence \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fortevilfruit.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003efortevilfruit.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e SIDE B \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: GEOGRAPHIC NORTH \u003cbr\u003e Artist: Dania \u003cbr\u003e Song: “Whale Song” \u003cbr\u003e Composed, performed, produced by Dania \u003cbr\u003e Mixed by Dania \u0026amp; Rupert Clervaux \u003cbr\u003e Mastered by Rupert Clervaux \u003cbr\u003e Originally released on the Geographic North cassette Voz, August 2022 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/geographicnorth.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003egeographicnorth.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: HAUSU MOUNTAIN \u003cbr\u003e Artist: Moth Cock \u003cbr\u003e Song: “Finn McCool” \u003cbr\u003e Moth Cock is Doug Gent \u0026amp; Pat Modugno. \u003cbr\u003e Originally released on the Hausu Mountain cassette Whipped Stream and Other Earthly Delights, September 2022 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca rel=\"nofollow ugc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.HausuMountain.com\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\u003ewww.HausuMountain.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: MOON GLYPH \u003cbr\u003e Artist: Omni Gardens \u003cbr\u003e Song: “Oolong” \u003cbr\u003e Steve Rosborough – Music, Field Recordings \u0026amp; Artwork \u003cbr\u003e Originally released on the Moon Glyph cassette Moss King, September 2020 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca rel=\"nofollow ugc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moonglyph.com\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\u003ewww.moonglyph.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: NULL ZONE \u003cbr\u003e Artist: Michael Potter \u0026amp; sweetearthflying \u003cbr\u003e Song: \"Lathe Study #2\" \u003cbr\u003e Original recording by Michael Potter, deconstructed and remixed by sweetearthflying, Summer 2022 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nullzone.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003enullzone.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: ORANGE MILK \u003cbr\u003e Artist: Giant Claw \u003cbr\u003e Song: “Soft Channel 006” \u003cbr\u003e Music by Keith Rankin \u003cbr\u003e Originally released on the Orange Milk cassette Soft Channel, September 2017 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/giantclaw.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003egiantclaw.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Label: TYMBAL TAPES \u003cbr\u003e Artist: Tiny Tiny Tongues \u003cbr\u003e Song: “June Afternoon” \u003cbr\u003e David Moscovich, Joseph Jaros, Scott Scholz, T. H. Dixo - sounds \u003cbr\u003e Recorded at Think Tank House (Tymbal Tapes HQ) June 18, 2022 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tymbaltapes.bandcamp.com\/\"\u003etymbaltapes.bandcamp.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CONSIGNMENT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44284774678745,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/0858\/4864\/files\/IMG-1705.jpg?v=1700067194","url":"https:\/\/10000hzrecords.com\/products\/marc-masters-high-bias-the-distorted-history-of-the-cassette-tape-book","provider":"10,000 Hz Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}