What
I understand based upon the Bandcamp description and listening to this is that
these are a collection of audio samples that came from radio stations in India,
as Phoebe Little visited there, and there are some of her own sounds mixed in
as well, which gives it that sort of personal touch.
When
I was a kid growing up, before I even had a double tape deck, I used to make
mixed tapes by recording songs off of the radio. If I haven’t said it before, I’m still
ashamed to admit that a lot of the songs I remember recording back then were U2
(and at the time, I’d record something like four or five U2 songs in a row and
not realize they were all U2), but that is my past. If I could go into my parents attic and find
a box with my old cassettes in it (Some do still exist up there) and I could
find some of these older cassettes I made as a kid, recording songs off of the
radio it would be nostalgic for me.
Hearing
this cassette reminds me of that, but it also makes me think about what a great
concept is, and it is one that I’d never heard of someone doing before-- but
what a great way to sort of immortalize your vacation to another country. I’ve
never been outside of the United States, but one day I will do something of
this nature myself and I only hope it can be half as good.
This
also gets me thinking about what other ways we could capture the moments of our
lives with cassettes. I don’t have any
specific ideas right now to share, but it’s definitely got me thinking and
thinking is always a good thing.
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