Photo of the day: Dakou Generation — RADII
TIL Western music traveled to China in the 80s through these cracked cassette tapes. Once discarded as trash, and shipped to China's black market from abroad, they were purposefully destroyed by labels
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Photo of the day: Dakou Generation — RADII
WATCH: Stories Behind Dakou, China's Semi-Illegal '90s Music Imports —
Mixtape: Dakou
Cut-out (recording industry) - Wikipedia
The Lives of Dakou in China: From Waste to Nostalgia
Tape Junkies on X: "Job Lot Of 26 Music Cassette Tapes - Mostly 80s Indie https://t.co/CIOOvJL0ga https://t.co/MDYXIGbBp9" / X
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Why do these tapes have chunks cut out of their cases? : r/cassetteculture
