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How to make extra-long, strange, and trippy tape loops inside a standard cassette

Lux Sparks-Pescovitz
Dec 15, 2024
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In 1973, Roland released the Space Echo, a tape delay machine that delivered that delivered a distinct repetitive, rhythmic, and psychedelic sound to the music of Lee Scratch Perry, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Kurt Cobain, Jack White, Radiohead, and so many more. Reel-to-reel tape loops date back to the musiq…

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