Thank you so very much, Techmoan, for putting indie DIY artists like us in the spotlight. Physical music formats like CDs, records, and cassettes will never be obsolete in our hearts. 🎶
@@GlasgowGallus Your comment is music to our ears, Glasgow. Thank you for the acknowledgment of the work that goes into being an indie musician. We are grateful for your follow. :)
Your band has one of the best names I’ve ever heard. I’m afraid I’m going to shamelessly steal it though as a humorous turn of phrase, e.g. ‘he didn’t reply, he just gave me one of his third degree gurns.’
It was Panasonic - anyone able to workout the model number? Edit: It was the Panasonic SA-PM50MD. Prices seem to fluctuate wildly, one in Japan (second hand) was £30, but won't ship to one in the US that was going for $600
This is an fine example of „treat others the way you wanted to be treated“. Thats why Mat gots so generous donations. He just treats all other so well and with lots of respect.
Today's companies could take a lesson from this gentleman. Looking at you Disney and lucasfilm. Respect goes a long way. Without respect, we reject. Thank you Matt for being a real gentleman
For me it would be "Movies on a disc?" This phrase somehow is the phrase that is stuck the most with a Techmoan voice. Also i'd subsequently sell it in any format thes is not a disc.
Given what friends preserving quadraphonic 8 tracks have told me, these 8 tracks will have needed a lot of work. The foam pad will have crumbled away, and the splice will need renewing before it comes undone. Some tapes need respooling (maybe these people just reject those since the tape content is irrelevant), and the lubricant that allows pulling from the reel centre may either need replacing or redistributing. 8 track is definitely not an archival format.
Back in the dim dark ages of the 80's when I first started working, there was a gentleman in the office who'd, every payday, make his way of to his favorite record store. About an hour later he'd return with several bags each containing a couple of LP records. I once asked him how many records he had, his reply has stayed with me all these years. It was "I don't know. What I do know is I've got several lifetimes worth of music and memories here. I'm going to continue to buy and listen to all this beautiful music until I die." That was very true back then and even more so today.
The kind people I’ve interacted with over the years of doing this, people like yourself are what help keep me going especially when things aren’t going so great elsewhere. .
First off, fab video man. I love seeing alternative and retro formats being used for releases . And second making Saturday mornings worth getting up for again. This channel has fast become a replacement for the Saturday morning TV I used to watch as a nipper. But for people who like weird/alternative/retro technologies. I'm sure i speak for many, its really helped get through some very difficult times.
@@FernieCanto 90s have had a minor resurgence this past decade already so I agree it needs another 10 years for a super cycle. But we can’t forget that during the late 90s there was a 70s throw back going on. So I wonder if we will get some mix of the two.
"First time I've ever had an influence on an album and very likely the last..." Matt, you have no idea what some of us are cooking up out here, fans of your videos!
Indeed. What a shame that most of those tracks sounded like, "we cannot impress anyone with the quality of our music, let's attract them with gimmicks such as releasing on obsolete formats."
The quality of the reel to reel always amazes me, so glad that there are enthusiasts keeping the format alive! Thanks Techmoan for another great video!
TechMoan's professional production quality shines through as usual - but I would like to add that I happened to like the music he was playing. Obviously the show was about the retro media formats, but I actually liked the music too. Never heard of those artists you mentioned... Need to check them out. Here is TechMoan not only doing a video on retro technology, but also (inadvertantly) promoting new music! Brilliant TechMoan! (real name Marius from, Warsaw, Poland)
"You can hate it all if you like. There is nothing much we can do about it, neither you, nor I". Techmoan, April 2021. That's how you do it. THAT'S how!
I wasn't even aware that I watched this in that fashion, but I do. Perhaps that's because I watch it on my phone, usually, which I carry on my person at all times. No need to sit down in a specific place at a given time. Wow, Pointer Sisters now--he's really trying to pique my nostalgia today ;-)
Same here, wake up with a coffee and some Matt. Sometimes BBC CLICK after, but that’s got very dull recently. We then let it auto play a bunch more videos and let the adverts play through all the way on the TV.... currently have the £1000 nixie clock playing. It’s good to have a routine to relax to on Saturday mornings now we don’t have morning cartoons and Tizwas
@@ReLive_Photos Probably boring to admit, but I was in the Swap Shop camp. Funny you mention the nixie clock, I happened across that vid last week, a beautiful bit of kit.
I've just realised that "synthwave" is the stuff I used to love back in the 80s! Duh. Anyway, thanks to this I've just bought the Candy Apple Blue and Synthwave 2 albums you demo'd and will keep an eye out for the Vogue Machine album as that seems to be one that isn't out yet. Cheers!
I for sure will check out the synthwave 2 album, sounds good so far. :D If you like synthwave here are some more artists suggestions for you (and others who like it.) (reaching from Popwave to Darkwave) Ace Marino AM 1984 At1980 Dance Witch the Dead 3FORCE The Bad Dreamers Cassetter Essenger FM-84 FM Attack Furry Weekend Gunship Jessie Frye Lost Years LeBrock The Midnight Moonrunner83 morgan willis PRIZM Robert Parker SCANDROID Signal Void Timecop1983 VHS Dreams WOLFCLUB etc....
Those metal cassettes sounded nice! I remember recording my own albums on chrome tape using either three-head AKAIs or Nakamichi. Usually from half-speed vinyl. Came out great, but then Mobile Fidelity came out with their half-speed mastered BASF chrome cassettes on Nakamichi recorders. Fantastic sound! Loved those things while driving in the 80's... Cool batch of media there.. Thanks for sharing! Stu
I really enjoy your videos and am appreciative of you featuring people the way you do. I tend to stop watching for awhile then binge all I miss. Thank you for working hard on each one.
You've become an A&R man haven't you? Seriously though, like or don't like isn't important - great to see people making music and sharing it in these formats, it's really entertaining and interesting. GOOD LUCK!
I lost a treasured CD once by leaving it in a machine. I was clearing out stuff for a car boot sale. I put the CD in a player to make sure the machine was OK, then forgot to take it out. I hope the recipient likes Mississippi Blues.
Before uni, I spent a year repairing TVs, videos and audio gear. All of it was shop returns (from Rumbelows). Stuff people had brought back for a refund, swapped because it was faulty etc. I think we must have acquired a dozen or so CDs that customers had left in the player, and countless VHS cassettes. No way to track the original owner. There's only so much you can do with half a dozen Brothers in Arms CDs mind you. Decent disc for using to test equipment though.
I bought a slightly scratched and dented Technics CD separate secondhand once and I suspected it might have been acquired and offloaded in a dubious manner. Had a CD inside: Trainspotting soundtrack, the disk was grubby as hell but played fine. I still have the CD player
Thanks for showing me the album This is Synthwave 2. I'm big fan of synthpop and synthwave music but today is hard to find fresh music like that. So when I saw this in your video I was just fascinated. Also I like Anders Jensen's music for which I learned from another youtuber - The 8-bit Guy. So thanks again to both of you.
Dead Media Tapes is great, I ordered a Begotten 8 track from him and it looks and sounds fantastic. That synthwave on type 4 tape is so cool, I want one.
Hey Clive. Just wanted to say that yes you definitely have helped the artists as I've now got a slew of new tracks to listen to from the Synthwave 2 album! Thanks very much!
I love physical releases from Bandcamp. Not only does the money go to independent artists and labels, but they're something very unique that will definitely fetch a high price as the years go by!
I really enjoyed this. I hope you can do this again. I always enjoy finding about new undiscovered music, plus all of these old formats is really cool.
See his last video uploaded. I can understand the problem, looking at the cassettes i pick up about one in 70 are metal of any time, the rest the cheapest Fe about
@@highpath4776 yeah, good point. I'm not even able to make good recordings because my equipment is sketchy as all hell. I seriously don't trust it to record anything.
Thanks for this video. I always love these videos because you get some great music to play on here. Also, I can vouch for Dead Media Tapes. I’d done a few orders with him and they’re always awesome stuff.
Great to see Tony from cassette comeback still in the business. He gave me a lot of good advices and now I'm playing music from a good Denon cassette player, and also listening to tapes from my 21 years old Peugeot 406
Its nice to see the old formats making a return. I sold and mostly gave away my original albums and cassettes. Even selling my high end stereo gear for a mid range CD setup. I know, I know and I have regretted it ever since. I have over compensated now by having a huge collection of original vinyl albums and I have started collecting cassettes and reel to reel tapes again. My daughter listens to her music either on a laptop or through 'Alexa' type gadgets. It's like chalk down a blackboard to me. Having a good hi fi setup and floor standing speakers, I am in stereo heaven. You can keep your ear pods and talking musical robots. I am happy in my time bubble.
I would like to thank you for teaching us about all these different "vintage" formats and showing yourself tinkering with broken players. As a matter of fact, I learned from the techniques you used to fix broken cassette players and successfully fixed my grandma's Walkman (yes, she still uses cassettes and we prefer it that way because digital devices are confusing for her and she gets stressed easily)! As per your videos, of course the belt had turned into sticky paste, so I replaced it with a rubber band (not everyone has spare Walkman belts on hand and my grandma was leaving for vacation the next day). Unfortunately the motor doesn't have as much torque as it used to so it sometimes gets stuck on really old tapes, but for the most part it works brilliantly!
Saturday morning is only Saturday morning with a new techmoan. Oh NO reel to reel - I spend my days looking at reel to reels available for sale (while in reality the thing thats stopping me is why? What would I use such an expensive thing for?) I’ve got my record player a nice ‘dual ‘ I refurbished myself my minidisc and ……. Well not yet a reel to reel . The quality of reel to reel is drawing me in ……. lol. Thanks David 🏴
Hello Techmoan, i know maybe you won't read this but you inspired me to get a cassette deck. first I got the Harman Kardon CD 491 but it didn't work and then I got the Yamaha KX 690 with Dolby S. It feels weird to have a deck that has most of the features your beautiful sony deck has, it is like having a deck from a famous person. Thank you!
If you really want to wow people, try using a flexible nib for calligraphy. It takes a lot (!!!) of practice, but it looks amazing. There are TH-cam videos that show how to do it.
Hate a Techmoan video? Impossible says I! These videos are the best part of my Saturday. Learn something new about a piece of kit or media format from before my time or during. It is almost always something on the fringe of my understanding/recollection but always well done.
That 8 track looks better than brand new ones did back in the day. And the joy of hearing a cassette without tons of tape hiss, I'd almost forgotten it could sound that good with decent tape. I still have two unused TDK MA-90s and two unused MA-XG 90s, and one of each is in the shrink wrap. I bought them just as I stopped using cassette, what a master stroke of planning.
The Pointer Sisters Break Out album is my favorite. I’ve never seen an 8 track version of that album. I would have bought it even though I don’t have a player nor do I need an 8 track. That was awesome to see
@@deadmediatapes Randy Crawford’s version is good. My favorite track is Telegraph Your Love and then Dance Electric. There isn’t one song on that album I don’t like.
Its just so great to see all these formats making a comeback! Still got lots of 12inch albums and singles from the 1980'S. Now I just need a decent deck to play them on. Looks like my wallet will suffer again! 😅 Been following your channel for a few years now and its getting better and better! Keep up the great content. Cheers 😁👌👏👏
Physical recorded media has always been about the novelty you can include with it for me. I remember the 1980s when the novelty picture disc ruled the collectors market and the great art work and sleeves you got with some albums. These guys are keeping that alive. Great stiff !
Until this video, I always thought that you're all about the recording/playback devices and technology, but here I learnt that you're also about the music!
Thank you so very much, Techmoan, for putting indie DIY artists like us in the spotlight. Physical music formats like CDs, records, and cassettes will never be obsolete in our hearts. 🎶
Guys, your music is quality, thank you for you're hard work and sharing your art. I'll follow you with interest. 👍🏴
@@GlasgowGallus Your comment is music to our ears, Glasgow. Thank you for the acknowledgment of the work that goes into being an indie musician. We are grateful for your follow. :)
I love the 80s vibe!
@@gtamasterize Glad to hear it! We are children of the 1980s.
Synthpop, and physical media, will always have a special place in my heart.
Hey, we're 1 of the bands featured on the 'Guitars of the Underground'. Really cool video thanks for playing us!
Your band has one of the best names I’ve ever heard. I’m afraid I’m going to shamelessly steal it though as a humorous turn of phrase, e.g. ‘he didn’t reply, he just gave me one of his third degree gurns.’
@@sprint955st Hahaha feel free to use it!
“That bloke in the rave was suffering 3rd degree gurns.”
15:57 "you can hate the whole thing if you want, it's already happened now"
Absolutely love this guy
Kind of meta.
I'm using this quote for every situation in my life from now on !
@@markloughtonUK it is surprisingly philosopical and not sophisticated. That's the best combination.
He has one of my all-time favorite channels. Not a know-it-all, not a hack, just a normal, intelligent guy who loves playing with gadgets!
That mini-disc compact stereo with the raising front panel for the CD was really cool!
That is awesome but expensive even if it was a Technics.
It is so cool. Looks like something you might see on the control panel of a starship.
Want!
Wish I had it back in the day
It was Panasonic - anyone able to workout the model number?
Edit: It was the Panasonic SA-PM50MD. Prices seem to fluctuate wildly, one in Japan (second hand) was £30, but won't ship to one in the US that was going for $600
This is an fine example of „treat others the way you wanted to be treated“. Thats why Mat gots so generous donations. He just treats all other so well and with lots of respect.
Today's companies could take a lesson from this gentleman. Looking at you Disney and lucasfilm. Respect goes a long way. Without respect, we reject. Thank you Matt for being a real gentleman
That's why I love watching his videos plus the soothing voice
If I ever have an album with a Techmoan inspired name, I'll name it, "Flippin 'eck". 🤣
Ah! Flippin' 'eck!!! 😂😂😂
I was thinking; "Reassuringly Nerdy" or "Impeccably Ironed Shirts"
That always reminds me of Mark and Lard. Very much a British thing. Quite how they got away with their stuff on BBC Radio 1 for so long, I don't know!
For me it would be "Movies on a disc?"
This phrase somehow is the phrase that is stuck the most with a Techmoan voice.
Also i'd subsequently sell it in any format thes is not a disc.
from the band "The Cassievers"
My new album "The Quiet Bits Are Quiet; The Loud Bits Are Loud" will be out for Christmas.
Krusty always mixes those two up.
Will it be on a metal tape?
In my head, I read that in the voice of John Peel...
I’ve got smashing hits cuz I don’t smash my bits
The quiet bits are where the loud bits should be, and the loud bits are where the quiet bits should be.
Rebuilding old 8 track tape cassettes and putting new music on them? That perfectly straddles the line between genius and insanity. I am blown away.
I'd always wonder what album had been in it the previous 45 years
@@dcan911 I just wish I had saved more from the skips when passing by them
Given what friends preserving quadraphonic 8 tracks have told me, these 8 tracks will have needed a lot of work. The foam pad will have crumbled away, and the splice will need renewing before it comes undone. Some tapes need respooling (maybe these people just reject those since the tape content is irrelevant), and the lubricant that allows pulling from the reel centre may either need replacing or redistributing. 8 track is definitely not an archival format.
Back in the dim dark ages of the 80's when I first started working, there was a gentleman in the office who'd, every payday, make his way of to his favorite record store. About an hour later he'd return with several bags each containing a couple of LP records. I once asked him how many records he had, his reply has stayed with me all these years. It was "I don't know. What I do know is I've got several lifetimes worth of music and memories here. I'm going to continue to buy and listen to all this beautiful music until I die." That was very true back then and even more so today.
Thanks for the videos Matt! You have helped me thru some tough times. I just wanted to say this keep up the good work you rock 🙂
The kind people I’ve interacted with over the years of doing this, people like yourself are what help keep me going especially when things aren’t going so great elsewhere. .
First off, fab video man. I love seeing alternative and retro formats being used for releases . And second making Saturday mornings worth getting up for again. This channel has fast become a replacement for the Saturday morning TV I used to watch as a nipper. But for people who like weird/alternative/retro technologies. I'm sure i speak for many, its really helped get through some very difficult times.
Techmoan's humility makes him all that more endearing.
I hope the 80s retro music thing never dies.
God you're telling me. I'm loving all these synthwave tracks, albums, and even the remixes of current music in that style.
Knowing how the cycles of nostalgia work, I'm sure that, in 10 years, we'll have 90's retro music instead.
@@FernieCanto 90s have had a minor resurgence this past decade already so I agree it needs another 10 years for a super cycle. But we can’t forget that during the late 90s there was a 70s throw back going on. So I wonder if we will get some mix of the two.
A cup of coffee and a new Techmoan video. This morning could have not started any better.
@@hawksights I didn't have a pizza yesterday, but I do have a pizza in the freezer and now I really want a pizza! LOL
Yes, sounds like saturday morning.
Same here. Saturday morning = Techmoan morning. Some day it bacame kind of a tradition. Aren't traditions nice?
Hope your coffee is in an Ember mug 😂
@@kevb1816 Don't tempt me! I want one so bad! LOL
Wait, why there is no dedicated video for this 14:27, this is the coolest CD player I've ever seen.
And it plays minidisk! I really want to know more now
Yes, I did a double take and had to check in the description to see what it was. Uber cool system.
Right? I've never wanted something so bad in my life.
I agree. I think it's a Japanese import. Hope Techmoan will make a video about it.
Yeah, that needs a vid. It's supervillain levels of cool.
"First time I've ever had an influence on an album and very likely the last..." Matt, you have no idea what some of us are cooking up out here, fans of your videos!
Can we all take a moment to appreciate the amount of time and effort Mat put in to present all of these albums on assorted players?
100% agreed!
This is pretty cool. New music on old formats, sure vinyl gets new releases, but reel-to-reel? How fascinating!
Indeed. What a shame that most of those tracks sounded like, "we cannot impress anyone with the quality of our music, let's attract them with gimmicks such as releasing on obsolete formats."
At least reel-to-reel is a *good* obsolete format! (if a bit fiddly)
Love the disclaimer at the end. "It's already happened now." 😀
Fabulous job on those 8track cartridges, I just found my old player, and metal cassettes too, I’m back in the 80’s
The quality of the reel to reel always amazes me, so glad that there are enthusiasts keeping the format alive! Thanks Techmoan for another great video!
TechMoan's professional production quality shines through as usual - but I would like to add that I happened to like the music he was playing. Obviously the show was about the retro media formats, but I actually liked the music too. Never heard of those artists you mentioned... Need to check them out. Here is TechMoan not only doing a video on retro technology, but also (inadvertantly) promoting new music! Brilliant TechMoan! (real name Marius from, Warsaw, Poland)
That achingly cool CD/MD player featured at the end is a Panasonic SA-PM50MD, which by the look of it was only released in Japan.
Such a cool design!
Unintentionally, the greatest thing I got out of this week's show is the urge to go listen to The Pointer Sisters' Automatic.
No way to control it...
Mission accomplished
I still confidently bump this song in the car.
"You can hate it all if you like. There is nothing much we can do about it, neither you, nor I".
Techmoan, April 2021.
That's how you do it. THAT'S how!
yeah that made me laugh and I had to rewatch that end bit a few times
Silly Techmoan is best Techmoan
Punk rock.
that Panasonic MD stereo system looks incredibly cool...
Love the cassette comeback plug, i loved that channel
It's so nice to have more options to shoot the middle finger towards the TH-cam Copyright when you can.
I'm with Mike! That Panasonic cd and mini-disc play was awesome.
This is fast becoming the contemporary version of 'Saturday morning pictures' that my little brother and I attended in the seventies.
Totally. Watch this every Saturday morning with the daughter over a bacon sandwich.
I wasn't even aware that I watched this in that fashion, but I do. Perhaps that's because I watch it on my phone, usually, which I carry on my person at all times. No need to sit down in a specific place at a given time.
Wow, Pointer Sisters now--he's really trying to pique my nostalgia today ;-)
Or my Saturday morning cartoons and, eventually, anime.
Same here, wake up with a coffee and some Matt. Sometimes BBC CLICK after, but that’s got very dull recently.
We then let it auto play a bunch more videos and let the adverts play through all the way on the TV.... currently have the £1000 nixie clock playing.
It’s good to have a routine to relax to on Saturday mornings now we don’t have morning cartoons and Tizwas
@@ReLive_Photos Probably boring to admit, but I was in the Swap Shop camp. Funny you mention the nixie clock, I happened across that vid last week, a beautiful bit of kit.
Ouch! Clever way of bringing new music to people, I really got a John Peel vibe here too. Beatiful!
I've just realised that "synthwave" is the stuff I used to love back in the 80s! Duh.
Anyway, thanks to this I've just bought the Candy Apple Blue and Synthwave 2 albums you demo'd and will keep an eye out for the Vogue Machine album as that seems to be one that isn't out yet.
Cheers!
I for sure will check out the synthwave 2 album, sounds good so far. :D
If you like synthwave here are some more artists suggestions for you (and others who like it.)
(reaching from Popwave to Darkwave)
Ace Marino
AM 1984
At1980
Dance Witch the Dead
3FORCE
The Bad Dreamers
Cassetter
Essenger
FM-84
FM Attack
Furry Weekend
Gunship
Jessie Frye
Lost Years
LeBrock
The Midnight
Moonrunner83
morgan willis
PRIZM
Robert Parker
SCANDROID
Signal Void
Timecop1983
VHS Dreams
WOLFCLUB
etc....
Synthwave is more like modern recreation of that kind of 80s music.
@@MrTechfreak95 you're forgetting Lazerhawk ;)
@@HoratioFitzbastard oh how could i... Thanks for mentioning. :D
Kavinsky
Looks like a few Easter egg mini disc players. Looking forward to learning all about them in future video.
That panasonic at the end was pretty amazing looking with the case sliding up and down to open the CD player.
Those metal cassettes sounded nice! I remember recording my own albums on chrome tape using either three-head AKAIs or Nakamichi. Usually from half-speed vinyl. Came out great, but then Mobile Fidelity came out with their half-speed mastered BASF chrome cassettes on Nakamichi recorders. Fantastic sound! Loved those things while driving in the 80's... Cool batch of media there.. Thanks for sharing! Stu
Thanks for another excellent video Matt 👍👍👍 Just purchased the two RMR albums, right up my street. Cheers Alan.
I really enjoy your videos and am appreciative of you featuring people the way you do. I tend to stop watching for awhile then binge all I miss. Thank you for working hard on each one.
You've become an A&R man haven't you? Seriously though, like or don't like isn't important - great to see people making music and sharing it in these formats, it's really entertaining and interesting. GOOD LUCK!
I have never seen a Panasonic SA-PM50MD before, that thing is awesome!
congrats on 1 million subs (I know i'm late on this). well done sir.
Isn't this the coolest video on the TH-cam at the moment? Amazing content!
I lost a treasured CD once by leaving it in a machine. I was clearing out stuff for a car boot sale. I put the CD in a player to make sure the machine was OK, then forgot to take it out. I hope the recipient likes Mississippi Blues.
I found a couple of CDs that way too. No blues though, sorry.
I found one that way too
unfortunately it was just Now That's What I Call Christmas vol. whatever
Before uni, I spent a year repairing TVs, videos and audio gear. All of it was shop returns (from Rumbelows). Stuff people had brought back for a refund, swapped because it was faulty etc. I think we must have acquired a dozen or so CDs that customers had left in the player, and countless VHS cassettes. No way to track the original owner. There's only so much you can do with half a dozen Brothers in Arms CDs mind you. Decent disc for using to test equipment though.
This makes me want to buy used wallets.
I bought a slightly scratched and dented Technics CD separate secondhand once and I suspected it might have been acquired and offloaded in a dubious manner. Had a CD inside: Trainspotting soundtrack, the disk was grubby as hell but played fine. I still have the CD player
Thanks for showing me the album This is Synthwave 2. I'm big fan of synthpop and synthwave music but today is hard to find fresh music like that. So when I saw this in your video I was just fascinated. Also I like Anders Jensen's music for which I learned from another youtuber - The 8-bit Guy. So thanks again to both of you.
Waiting to see if anybody releases their new album on Tefifon now LOL
Only on wire, the recording medium of true audiophiles.
Some of those music samples came through at higher quality than what I'm used to hearing. Pleasant surprise for my cans :)
Yay, The Pointer Sisters, I wasn't expecting that! Excellent, thanks!
The new music featured is good too.
It's the best
Good to hear some Synthwave music, one of the best Genre's of music alongside Trance.
Dead Media Tapes is great, I ordered a Begotten 8 track from him and it looks and sounds fantastic. That synthwave on type 4 tape is so cool, I want one.
Hey Clive. Just wanted to say that yes you definitely have helped the artists as I've now got a slew of new tracks to listen to from the Synthwave 2 album! Thanks very much!
I'll let Clive know. ;-)
14:27 wtf is that ! 😱 straight outta Bladerunner movie hifi
panasonic sa-pm50md, looks like a Japanese model, can't find one in the UK.
😲 I need one 🙄 and I can't find it on eBay 🤣
The wonderful thing about your channel is...it's loved by so many. It gives me a vicarious thrill to watch the subs number rise and rise. Brilliant!
I love physical releases from Bandcamp. Not only does the money go to independent artists and labels, but they're something very unique that will definitely fetch a high price as the years go by!
if only bandcamp's % + fees weren't that high...
I really love Skinshape's music, he has awesome stuff on Bandcamp, a lot of it autographed too.
Purchased a few techno vinyl releases on bandcamp recently. Nice physical copies and digital versions thrown in free...
@@yey5725 Soundcloud are doing some indie promotions and percentages to performers, dont know how well it compares.
@@yey5725 at least they have thing on the first Friday of every month (for now) that gives all of it to the artists.
Heyyy... beautiful way to start a Saturday morning. thank you so much techmoan.
Also I’m 36 seconds late
The handwritten letter itself is dead media. How very appropriate.
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh boy !!!!! have you got some sweet synthwave tracks there - absolutely jealous also about the sound quality uploaded :) just superb
I really enjoyed this. I hope you can do this again. I always enjoy finding about new undiscovered music, plus all of these old formats is really cool.
You are such an honorable man! ...Paid Promotion, lol. Always happy to be up around 1 or 2 am when a new video drops from you! Cheers !
This video prompted me to listen through my collection on my AKAI. As I already said, the weekend starts here.
I Enjoyed this! It's great to hear new original music!
Wait, cassette comeback is done? DAMN IT! I loved that channel.
See his last video uploaded. I can understand the problem, looking at the cassettes i pick up about one in 70 are metal of any time, the rest the cheapest Fe about
@@highpath4776 yeah, good point. I'm not even able to make good recordings because my equipment is sketchy as all hell. I seriously don't trust it to record anything.
Thanks for this video. I always love these videos because you get some great music to play on here. Also, I can vouch for Dead Media Tapes. I’d done a few orders with him and they’re always awesome stuff.
Thanks!
Great vid as always.
Thanks for the artist showcase too. Just got Vogue Machine on, right up my street!
Interesting stuff! I’ve bookmarked a couple of the companies mentioned here 🙂
Great to see Tony from cassette comeback still in the business. He gave me a lot of good advices and now I'm playing music from a good Denon cassette player, and also listening to tapes from my 21 years old Peugeot 406
Even through all the re encoding and compression that goes from analog to the final TH-cam video, the sound from that reel tapes feels warm and nice.
Cassette comeback cameo in a techmoan video! My day is complete...
Its nice to see the old formats making a return. I sold and mostly gave away my original albums and cassettes. Even selling my high end stereo gear for a mid range CD setup. I know, I know and I have regretted it ever since. I have over compensated now by having a huge collection of original vinyl albums and I have started collecting cassettes and reel to reel tapes again. My daughter listens to her music either on a laptop or through 'Alexa' type gadgets. It's like chalk down a blackboard to me. Having a good hi fi setup and floor standing speakers, I am in stereo heaven. You can keep your ear pods and talking musical robots. I am happy in my time bubble.
Thanks TechMoan! Your video was my highlight of the week!!! You are so honest, spontaneous and natural. Much appreciated!
I really wasn't expecting jazz spastiks on this channel. Massive respect.
I really appreciate that you can get into hiphop and funk and more experimental stuff, on top of being a huge audiophile and music tech history nerd.
I would like to thank you for teaching us about all these different "vintage" formats and showing yourself tinkering with broken players. As a matter of fact, I learned from the techniques you used to fix broken cassette players and successfully fixed my grandma's Walkman (yes, she still uses cassettes and we prefer it that way because digital devices are confusing for her and she gets stressed easily)! As per your videos, of course the belt had turned into sticky paste, so I replaced it with a rubber band (not everyone has spare Walkman belts on hand and my grandma was leaving for vacation the next day). Unfortunately the motor doesn't have as much torque as it used to so it sometimes gets stuck on really old tapes, but for the most part it works brilliantly!
Great stuff, you must have some fun trying to catalogue all your acquisitions, not to mention insure it all.
Saturday morning is only Saturday morning with a new techmoan. Oh NO reel to reel - I spend my days looking at reel to reels available for sale (while in reality the thing thats stopping me is why? What would I use such an expensive thing for?) I’ve got my record player a nice ‘dual ‘ I refurbished myself my minidisc and ……. Well not yet a reel to reel . The quality of reel to reel is drawing me in ……. lol. Thanks David 🏴
Really miss Tonys Cassete Comeback - channel. Been following him for years.
Hello Techmoan, i know maybe you won't read this but you inspired me to get a cassette deck. first I got the Harman Kardon CD 491 but it didn't work and then I got the Yamaha KX 690 with Dolby S. It feels weird to have a deck that has most of the features your beautiful sony deck has, it is like having a deck from a famous person. Thank you!
Wow. That handwritten letter so cool. If I ever have something cool to send imma learn some calligraphy to really wow the person lol.
Appropriately dead media.
If you really want to wow people, try using a flexible nib for calligraphy. It takes a lot (!!!) of practice, but it looks amazing. There are TH-cam videos that show how to do it.
@@aloysiussnailchaser272 ha
Thanks for introducing me to the Camera of Sound album and Jazz Spastics... absolutely love it! :D Will check out the other artists as well.
I love seeing that your TH-cam counter in the background continues to rise. Everybody should be subscribed to your channel.
That Panasonic machine is gorgeous, it wouldn't look out of place as a starship console
I really liked this albums, so much i will see if i can get some. :) Great content as allways.
Jazz Spastiks, some of my favourite producers, big influence on my own music! Great work guys
14:27 I’ve never wanted anything so badly in my life before. I NEED that amazing player
Hate a Techmoan video? Impossible says I! These videos are the best part of my Saturday. Learn something new about a piece of kit or media format from before my time or during. It is almost always something on the fringe of my understanding/recollection but always well done.
That 8 track looks better than brand new ones did back in the day. And the joy of hearing a cassette without tons of tape hiss, I'd almost forgotten it could sound that good with decent tape. I still have two unused TDK MA-90s and two unused MA-XG 90s, and one of each is in the shrink wrap. I bought them just as I stopped using cassette, what a master stroke of planning.
10:18 - I love how quiet Matt gets during the quiet vinyl explanation. Dunno if it was intentional, but he stops immediately after. 😂
The Pointer Sisters Break Out album is my favorite. I’ve never seen an 8 track version of that album. I would have bought it even though I don’t have a player nor do I need an 8 track. That was awesome to see
It's my favorite album. Thats why I sent it to him.
@@deadmediatapes I love that you combined the 1983 version with “Nightline” and the 1984 version with the remix of “I’m So Excited”.
@@jammerDNA my favorite song on the true version of the album, which was originally considered to be on Thriller. All hail Howe Rice
@@deadmediatapes Randy Crawford’s version is good. My favorite track is Telegraph Your Love and then Dance Electric. There isn’t one song on that album I don’t like.
Its just so great to see all these formats making a comeback! Still got lots of 12inch albums and singles from the 1980'S. Now I just need a decent deck to play them on. Looks like my wallet will suffer again! 😅 Been following your channel for a few years now and its getting better and better! Keep up the great content. Cheers 😁👌👏👏
So funny, the Jazz Spastiks connection! I love their music!! Very cool to hear about the connection to your work!! :D
Physical recorded media has always been about the novelty you can include with it for me. I remember the 1980s when the novelty picture disc ruled the collectors market and the great art work and sleeves you got with some albums. These guys are keeping that alive. Great stiff !
You lucky you, you! Thanks for sharing those nice formats and players!
"Tomorrow was better yesterday". True.
I was waiting for someone to mention that!!! Brilliant title!
Great content as usual very informative and fascinating! I do like that particular reel to reel wish I could get hold of one!
Really enjoy all your gadgets, feel like part virtual owner when you demonstrate them, thanks 😊
Until this video, I always thought that you're all about the recording/playback devices and technology, but here I learnt that you're also about the music!
Thank you Matt. Always new interesting music on your channel. this makes so much fun. Keep up the good work. Stay safe. Stay healthy.
Nice to see a release of new music on reel-to-reel tape.
Such a great video. Your followers are very generous sending awesome things to your channel.
Your video quality is really phenomenal. I can count the hairs in your beard!
Huh, it's rather fitting how Nathan wrote about dead media on a dead medium. Quite the style.
Wonderful stuff Techmoan! One of my favourite TH-camrs!
Great to see RMR featured here. I'm the RMR mastering engineer. :)