About this project
SPIN showing love here!
Hypebeast write-up!
Great shout-out from Sundance here!
Awesome write-up in Better Taste Than Sorry!
Our first write-up here! Thanks EVR!
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We're almost there gang! To say thanks for all of your generous pledges, Seth and I will be rewarding one lucky backer, chosen at random, with the amazing handmade sterling silver cassette necklace you see here, lovingly donated by KT McK!
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A few months ago, the term cassette tape was taken out of the Oxford English Dictionary.
It may seem ironic, then, that the cassette has experienced a quiet comeback over the last few years, as independent labels issuing tape-only releases have begun popping up around the world.
What better excuse to take a look back at this beloved musical format?
As recorded sound continues its love affair with the downloadable, ethereal digital file, the tangible artefact is quickly becoming a thing of the past.
Help us celebrate the A Side, the B Side, the mixtape, and the whole of cassette culture by supporting Cassette: A Documentary. We'll look at all parts of popular culture influenced by the cassette, including hip-hop and B-Boy culture, indie rock, home recording, and beyond.
We've already conducted a number of interviews in the UK, and with your support we'll be able to speak to manufacturers, musicians, and historians around the world. Along the way, we'll stop in Zimbabwe to cover the recent boom in cassette culture there.
Please support if you can, and visit cassettemovie.com for updates! Thanks!
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Extra Special thanks to Damien Jurado, David Bazan, and The Crocodiles for helping out on this project!
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Want to learn more about the cassette tape comeback? Here are a few interesting links:
Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/22/cassette-tapes-removal-from-dictionary_n_932107.html
BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8441839.stm
CNN:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/BUSINESS/06/07/cassette.culture.zimbabwe/index.html
And here's a TDK interview of Nas that we love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_gyVfQeHPw
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A limited-edition, signed and numbered 11x17" CASSETTE poster, a custom-made mixtape and all previous awards.
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An Associate Producer credit in the film, 2 additional screening tickets, and all previous rewards, with an alternate CASSETTE poster listing film credits, with your name among the producers.
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Zack Taylor has a background in documentary photography, and has been living in the UK for the past year, where he has been expanding his craft to include filmmaking. Interested primarily in found people and their stories, Zack has photographed subjects as diverse as Mormon Ex-Convicts, the decay of Coney Island, and Las Vegas' Fremont Street.
Seth Smoot lives in New York City, where he is a busy commercial and editorial photographer. His list of clients includes: Capitol Records, Warner Bros. Records, Fox Searchlight, Esquire, Dazed & Confused, Barsuk Records, Oasis, Interpol, CITY Magazine, Anthropologie, and BBDO.
