{"title":"DATs, MiniDiscs and the Self-Idiomatic Archive","authors":"Michael T. Bullock","doi":"10.1162/LMJ_a_01008","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The author discusses recent efforts to archive his personal catalog of live recordings on Digital Audio Tape (DAT) and MiniDisc and the challenges that arise in returning to these once popular, now defunct formats. The materialized history represented by the objects puts pressure on the memories of what they contain.","PeriodicalId":42662,"journal":{"name":"LEONARDO MUSIC JOURNAL","volume":"1 1","pages":"45-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1162/LMJ_a_01008","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"LEONARDO MUSIC JOURNAL","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1162/LMJ_a_01008","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The author discusses recent efforts to archive his personal catalog of live recordings on Digital Audio Tape (DAT) and MiniDisc and the challenges that arise in returning to these once popular, now defunct formats. The materialized history represented by the objects puts pressure on the memories of what they contain.
期刊介绍:
Leonardo Music Journal (LMJ), is the companion annual journal to Leonardo. LMJ is devoted to aesthetic and technical issues in contemporary music and the sonic arts. Each thematic issue features artists/writers from around the world, representing a wide range of stylistic viewpoints. Each volume includes the latest offering from the LMJ CD series—an exciting sampling of works chosen by a guest curator and accompanied by notes from the composers and performers. Institutional subscribers to Leonardo receive LMJ as part of a yearly subscription.