*Podcast: ONLY GIRLS OF 17 CAN HEAR UP TO 16.000 HERTZ <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/extra/wim-langenhoff/capsula>. A short history of the audio cassette. Curated by Felix Kubin*
On the origins of the cassette format with former Philips employee Wim Langenhoff. http://rwm.macba.cat/en/extra/wim-langenhoff/capsula As a former employee at Dutch electronics conglomerate Philips, Wim Langenhoff was involved in the development of the audio cassette. He was also a member of The New Electric Chamber Music Ensemble, an Eindhoven-based artists’ collective that became notorious in the region for their anarchic performances in the late sixties. The cassette tape played a vital role for the pre-digital generation, providing an inexpensive way to record directly from the radio or vinyls and to create mixtapes for friends and lovers. As a side effect, it also triggered the emergence of an underground cassette scene.
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