L is for Lo Fi

Lo-fi refers to the way music is recorded and produced rather than to a specific type of music. The following is stolen from Wikipedia.

Lo-fi (from the term "low fidelity") is lower quality of sound recordings than the usual standard for modern music. The qualities of lo-fi are usually achieved by either degrading the quality of the recorded audio, or using certain equipment. Recent uses of the phrase have led to it becoming a genre, although it still remains as an aesthetic in music recording practice. Many lo-fi artists use inexpensive cassette tape recorders. The term was adopted by WFMU DJ William Berger who dedicated a half hour segment of his program to home recorded music throughout the late '80s under the name lo-fi.

I love to support independent artists, and thus, am a fan of lo-fi music in its many genres. The above tracks have a gentle, soothing quality overall. However, much underground metal could be considered lo-fi, and tends to be loud and aggressive.

~DJ Tempest~