DIY: The Rise of Lo-fi Culture - Softcover

Spencer, Amy

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9780714531052: DIY: The Rise of Lo-fi Culture

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714531057 ISBN 13: 9780714531052

Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2005

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Since the 1990s thousands of individuals have embraced the zine revolution and DIY music-making. Amy Spencer champions the unsung heroes and heroines of the lo-fi scene.

A first comprehensive study of lo-fi culture and DIY production of records, CDs, zines within the alternative scene-including interviews with leading musicians, writers and promoters. The book focuses on the lo-fi movements of the UK and US, and across the globe, introducing the various communities who adopted the DIY ethic, the 1950s beat movement, Riot Grrrl, Queercore and Social Activism.

Amy Spencer is a former zine-writer and record-label founder, current member of promotions collective 'The Bakery' and a key player in the establishment of Ladyfest, the UK's fastest-growing women's arts festival.

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About the Author:

Amy Spencer is co-founder of the creative collective The Bakery and a promoter of various music and arts events in London. She is currently launching a monthly club night for the band Electrelane. As well as working on her PhD about literary representations of London, she is a volunteer at the Museum of Immigration and Diversity in Spitalfields.

Review:

Spencer subverts high-gloss culture with her do-it-yourself guide for anarchistic amateurs of music and literature who just wanna have fun. -- The Times, 25 June 2005

[A] wide-ranging...account of why "home-made" publications and musical recordings have become so popular since the 1990s -- Independent On Sunday, 17 April 2005

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