Analogue Tape Classification by Visual Artist Neck
Analogue Tape Classification
There was some time that all music was provided through the analogue tape. In fact, wikipedia suggests that “British record labels began releasing compact cassettes in October 1967, and they exploded as a mass-market medium after the first Walkman, the TPS-L2, went on sale on 1 July 1979, as cassettes provided portability, which vinyl records could not“.
Like the recycled art ideas, an older article that depicts work created through VHS tapes, this analogue tape article depicts similar things. Depicts in a sense the music of the eighties. “Like the transistor radio in the 1950s and 1960s, the portable CD player in the 1990s, and the MP3 player in the 2000s, the Walkman defined the portable music market for the decade of the ’80s, with cassette sales overtaking those of LPs“.
Visual Artist Neck
Neck is a graphic designer and graffiti artist from Germany. In addition, he has a diverse portfolio of work including graffiti and online and offline design. “There is a massive amount of inspiration, input and development to be derived from the force field existing between the movement and emotion conveyed in a wildstyle and the more reduced and somewhat clinical beauty of graphical layouts: this force field is the area in which I operate.” he explains.
One of his latest works regarding analogue tape can be found at tapedeck.org. Indeed, the work is ongoing and new tapes are added regularly. In this article, the blank analogue tapes are depicted. The result is impressive. Enjoy.
