fascinating deep dive into modern cassette mechs!

"The only cassette mechanism being made" myth BUSTED!

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Very limited copies of the new GULL EP Zugunruhe now available for PWYW on Lagom's website. 100% of proceeds after shipping & fees will be donated to the Central Virginia Community Support Fund to aid Virginians facing separation, detention, and legal uncertainty. secure.actblue.com/donate/ccfre...

died laughing hearing the packaging breakdown for the mmouth tape hahahaha 😭 so many great tracks this ep, very excited to be among such great company! also eagerly awaiting that nub calendar...

Tabs Out Cassette Podcast@tabsout.bsky.social · 3mo ago

EPISODE 216 😠 MATT FRANCO 🤡 FAYGOPHILIAC 👄 MMOUTH 🧝 DORIATH 👹 REAPER'S GONG 💀 JAKE ACOSTA 💩 (((((((SHIT))))))) 🌌 HEAVAN THAT BENDS ABOVE 🥅 SKYNET 🐺 PAN AMERIKAN NATIVE FRONT 😖 COLLAPSING www.tabsout.com/episodes/epi...

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

A State of Breaks has received its annual update! ~9 hours of the best breaks from the past year. Fast & slow, hard & soft, any & all genres I came across during 2025. Links to stream can be found on Lagom’s website (in bio).

for your holiday reading pleasure: i wrote about why i’m getting back into tapes, and what we’ve lost by letting ourselves get addicted to platforms built around surveillance and instant gratification. 🎶 @404media.co

Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes

In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.

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Funds dried up from Bandcamp Friday? How about a free album to add to your collection? Check out GULL's new EP, Zugunruhe! Four tracks of experimental downtempo, industrial, and art pop. Scroll down for samples and Bandcamp codes! More streaming/download links on lagomaudiovisual.org.

Leaving Spotify can be difficult, that’s why we had @janus.bsky.social put together this guide to find a more sustainable way to release, discover, and listen to music so you can kick Spotify for good 😜 touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/how-to-ditch...

How To Ditch Spotify and Support Music in the Age of AI Slop

There’s no shortage of reasons to quit Spotify in 2025. Artists and fans have been departing the platform in droves because they’re fed up with the company paying artists virtually nothing, using algo...

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Thank you to everyone who got a copy of the mmouth tape! With your contributions, we were able to raise $115 to donate to the Central Virginia Community Support Fund in an effort to offer aid to individuals and families in the wake of the ongoing havoc being wrought in our streets and communities.

A limited number of copies of the mmouth - MMOUTH 01 tapes are now available for purchase on our website, lagomaudiovisual.org! 100% of the proceeds after shipping & fees will be donated to the Central Virginia Community Support Fund (more info below ⬇️).

It’s Cassette Week 2025! ⟦⊛⊑⊒⊛⟧ This annual week-long event is hosted by Tapehead City and brings together fans, artists, labels, and shops in our shared love of tape! We’re excited to be joining in this year’s celebration by releasing mmouth's MMOUTH 01 on cassette for the very first time.

Subvert is launching this fall. Before we get there, we want to give an early look at what’s being built. Subvert Members get first access to explore the alpha stage platform later this month.

Safety in organizing means more than showing up—it means protecting our data too. 📱✨ Step One: Turn Off Your Phone is a new Guide to Activist #DigitalSecurity hosted by @fightforthefuture.org, created by organizers to help communities stay safer against surveillance & risk. 🔗 buff.ly/0ShhpyW

Copyright is a form of policing. It’s inherently rooted in censorship and surveillance. Historically, copyright accelerates consolidation of power and extracts creativity for profit. If we use copyright to fight AI, it consolidates power further. A future where everything is licensed? No thx

Thunderfoot—the eponymous debut from VA-based hardcore solo act—is out now! A pummeling EP jam-packed with four instrumental tracks of crushing beatdown grooves and nu metal leads. Scroll down for excerpts, more info, and Bandcamp codes! Links to stream/download on lagomaudiovisual.org.

𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟯𝗧𝗛 ⫝   ⫝  ⫝    ⫝ 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥: 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘵 (𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘺𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘺)

20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it. The law only ever serves capital.

Please Follow the Official Guardian Account@guardian-world-rss.bsky.social · 3y ago

‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says

MMOUTH 01 :: the haunting debut EP from mmouth :: OUT NOW! A collection of songs that are often dark, wrought with pain and grief—though featuring many moments of sublime, transcendental beauty, as well. ꧴ï꧳ Scroll down to read more! Links to stream/download on lagomaudiovisual.org.

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Before listening to a tape, turn it upside down and hold it under your nose. Now smell inside the shell. If you detect any unpleasant odors, send the tape back WITHOUT putting it in your deck. The tape is probably bad.

A State of Breaks—our annual playlist featuring the best new breakbeats—has officially been updated! Featuring over 8 hours of music in a wide variety of styles, moods, and tempos, all released in the past year. Links to stream in bio!

BLACK FRIDAY FLASHBACK! 🛍️ Archives are the gift that keeps on giving. And our present to you on #BlackFriday is this early ’90s Kmart holiday shopping tape packed with sales announcements & nostalgia. Listen here: 🎧 archive.org/details/Kmar... #shopping #holidays

Broken Alias - FM in the B4 Full-color UV printed shells housed in double-side printed O-cards. Released in 2020, limited to 20 copies. lagomaudiovisual.bandcamp.com/album/fm-in-...

Lagom Audio/Visual is a publisher of copyright-free music and visual art. Since 2016, Lagom has been dedicated to curating a catalog of Creative Commons works and fostering an environment of open access, distribution, adaptation, and collaboration. All works freely available at lagomaudiovisual.org!