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TapeTronic: Hacking Tape Decks To Create Music

TapeTronic: Hacking Tape Decks To Create Music

By Dan Gould on February 11, 2010

TapeTronic

Using a hybrid mixture of modified tape decks and various home-brewed effects Alexis Malbert creates music using archaic technology.

Also known as TapeTronic, Malbert scratches and manipulates cassette tapes in his custom players, creating an rough but modern sound.

Watch TapeTronic perform in Paris last year:

[via Today and Tomorrow]

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