True. But nobody hass ever been able to explain to me exactly why Lo-Fi is automatically better then hi-fi. It's not like it's more exciting or more interesting or anything. More like a gimmick than anything else.
No, of course it's not automatically better ! I like very much some hi-fi records too: they can be just as tense as low-fi records (ex: the Nightfly by Donald Fagen). I suppose Lo-fi suits some records better: Is This It (The Strokes) for example. And lo-fi looks good on Exile.
True. But nobody hass ever been able to explain to me exactly why Lo-Fi is automatically better then hi-fi. It's not like it's more exciting or more interesting or anything. More like a gimmick than anything else.
Lo-fi has its application. It can make the music seem more spontaneous and "real", like you're right there at the moment of creation, at the moment of epiphany, at the surge of creativity, before it was repeated and polished into something perhaps less spontaneous and revelatory. But artists that do full justice to this effect are in the minority for sure. _________________ Best Classical Best Films Best Paintings
Lo-fi has its application. It can make the music seem more spontaneous and "real", like you're right there at the moment of creation, at the moment of epiphany, at the surge of creativity, before it was repeated and polished into something perhaps less spontaneous and revelatory. But artists that do full justice to this effect are in the minority for sure.
And I'll second this. Also, sometimes it's not a gimmick, just making the best out of whatever recording materials the artist had at the time.
Lo-fi has its application. It can make the music seem more spontaneous and "real", like you're right there at the moment of creation, at the moment of epiphany, at the surge of creativity, before it was repeated and polished into something perhaps less spontaneous and revelatory. But artists that do full justice to this effect are in the minority for sure.
And I'll second this. Also, sometimes it's not a gimmick, just making the best out of whatever recording materials the artist had at the time.
But isn't hi-fi supposed to reflect the real sound, the one we could hear in the studio ? So in that sense, lo-fi is indeed more some production artefact, I think.
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This is musical austerity + lo-fi recording.
