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lofi as a genre

Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 11:43 pm
by SampleScience
Or maybe I should call it lofi electronics? Does it exist in the first place? And if it exist, can you give me artist/band names who create this genre of music?

I like lofi electronic music from ultra unknown bands, so I'm curious to know if there's more "exposed" artists in that genre.

Thanks! :)

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 12:40 am
by noby
I wouldn't qualify "lofi" as a genre. It's merely a production methodology (similar to "indie", or "electronic") that usually results in a certain type of sound, but it's still much too broad especially if used on its own. It does work sometimes as a pre- or post-fix to a recognizable genre name, for an example lofi rock (which I feel is a bit ambiguous still).

Anyway, if you can zoom in on what you're more precisely looking for, I'm happy to help. :)

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 12:00 pm
by mono
Do you mean stuff like .tape. or Yuichiro Fujimoto?
If you like industrial, as in Throbbing Gristle industrial, Diseño Corbusier (before someone gave them a sequencer, although that still was pretty good) and especially early Esplendor Geométrico are pretty lo-fi (later EG is even better but it's better recorded...)
There is also plenty of lo-fi-ish industrial ambient stuff, pretty well known...

Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 10:56 pm
by pianoforte
Searching by tag on various music sites always helps:

http://www.last.fm/tag/lofi
http://www.last.fm/tag/lo-fi
http://bandcamp.com/tag/lofi
http://bandcamp.com/tag/lo-fi

and, if you have some time to look at an exhaustive list: http://rateyourmusic.com/rgenre/

Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 11:27 pm
by The Telepathic Kid
and I was ready to talk about Waxahatchee, Guided By Voices and Pavement.

fuck.

Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 1:12 pm
by Cupz
reverb as a genre

Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 9:29 pm
by var (x)

Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 11:43 pm
by Fireal420
check out


omega one - the lo fi chronicles


great album

Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 1:51 pm
by var (x)