[motohagiography]

This Eno quote is the best part of the post, and better than the article. :) As someone who makes some lo-fi electronic music, it really is an expression of limits, where you create and release tension against those limits, and this is what makes it evocative.

Two tracks in particular I created use that sense of old familiarity to draw out memories, using melodic tools from minimalism (Part/Glass), reproducing 1970s blade runner synth sounds, and samples that will only be familiar to a very 'leet few ("requiem for a hacker"), and another that uses sub-bass harmonics just at the edge of what headphones will take to get into the listeners chest register ("sleeping dogs"). Not linking my stuff directly because it feels a bit opportunistic (they're on soundcloud), but lo-fi music is not just technical production mistakes, it's intended to share a direct experience of the moment.