{"product_id":"tomorrow-on-cassette-benjamin-duester-9798765105931","title":"Tomorrow on Cassette: Tape Jams in the New Media Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrowing sales numbers for cassette tapes in the Global North since the early 2010s have led mass media outlets to repeatedly proclaim a tape revival.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet, the grassroots projects of devotees in niche punk, noise and hip-hop DIY music scenes have continuously upheld the unique material benefits of cassettes while wider society considered them a relic of bygone times. Contrasting the popular notion of current cassette use being a mere side effect of the blazing interest in the vinyl record, this book argues that the lasting embrace of tapes is based on complex cultural, economic and material factors that shape cassettes as hybrid artefacts of music in the new media age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on interviews with 85 experts active in DIY music cultures as independent record shop operators, musicians, event promoters, fans and collectors across Japan, Australia and the United States, \u003ci\u003eTomorrow on Cassette\u003c\/i\u003e presents a seminal exploration of how the cassette tape's significance as a tool for material expression, creativity and sociality perseveres in the 21st-century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Duester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765105931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Benjamin Duester","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454341427455,"sku":"9798765105931","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3b848f0-106b-4a2e-b3fc-918285d8c992.jpg?v=1777305632","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tomorrow-on-cassette-benjamin-duester-9798765105931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}