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Tomorrow on Cassette - by Benjamin Duester (Hardcover)

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  • Growing sales numbers for cassette tapes in the Global North since the early 2010s have led mass media outlets to repeatedly proclaim a tape revival.
  • About the Author: Benjamin Duester is a cultural sociologist interested in the intersection of popular music, material culture and political ecology.
  • 248 Pages
  • Music, Recording & Reproduction

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Growing sales numbers for cassette tapes in the Global North since the early 2010s have led mass media outlets to repeatedly proclaim a tape revival.

Yet, the grassroots projects of devotees in niche punk, noise and hip-hop DIY music scenes have continuously upheld the unique material benefits of cassettes while wider society considered them a relic of bygone times. Contrasting the popular notion of current cassette use being a mere side effect of the blazing interest in the vinyl record, this book argues that the lasting embrace of tapes is based on complex cultural, economic and material factors that shape cassettes as hybrid artefacts of music in the new media age.

Drawing on interviews with 85 experts active in DIY music cultures as independent record shop operators, musicians, event promoters, fans and collectors across Japan, Australia and the United States, Tomorrow on Cassette presents a seminal exploration of how the cassette tape's significance as a tool for material expression, creativity and sociality perseveres in the 21st-century.



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"Tapes Forever! Obsolete Never! With Tomorrow on Cassette, Duester sends the audiocassette tape reeling into the future of physical sound media, while keeping an ear to the deep reverberations of its undergrounds, past and present." --David Novak, Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara, USA, and is author of Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation

"Ben Duester debunks the revivalist discourse surrounding cassettes by reminding us how they've persisted not just in language classes, prisons, or religious ministries but countless DIY music scenes. At the same time, Duester shows how the format has taken on a surprising new cast in the digital mediascape, valued not just as an attractive container for a download code but precisely for its noisy charm, stubborn temporality, and exclusive demand on the listener's attention. This is the most complete account yet published of the cassette's postmillennial resonance." --Rob Drew, Professor of Communication, Saginaw Valley State University, USA, and is author of Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable




About the Author



Benjamin Duester is a cultural sociologist interested in the intersection of popular music, material culture and political ecology. He is an ERC-fellow in musicology at Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany, and a co-founder of the international skate research network SSHRED (Skateboarding, Sustainability, Health Research and Environmental Design) for which he co-convenes the SSHRED seminar series.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.1 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 248
Genre: Music
Sub-Genre: Recording & Reproduction
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Hardcover
Author: Benjamin Duester
Language: English
Street Date: June 12, 2025
TCIN: 1007042700
UPC: 9798765105948
Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-5501
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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