Longjumping-Tea8008 t1_j00sy51 wrote on December 13, 2022 at 6:31 AM Reply to TIL Western music traveled to China in the 80s through these cracked cassette tapes. Once discarded as trash, and shipped to China's black market from abroad, they were purposefully destroyed by labels to prevent resales. And these tapes influenced a generation of musicians in China. by fangz_fabricated Some other sources on dakou tapes (cracked tapes/slashed tapes): The Lives of Dakou in China: From Waste to Nostalgia Chinese reggae scene you didn't know existed, a video about the Chinese reggae community in Yunnan, briefly mentioned how these cracked tapes inspired a whole generation of reggae musicians in the community. Permalink 10
Longjumping-Tea8008 t1_j00sy51 wrote
Reply to TIL Western music traveled to China in the 80s through these cracked cassette tapes. Once discarded as trash, and shipped to China's black market from abroad, they were purposefully destroyed by labels to prevent resales. And these tapes influenced a generation of musicians in China. by fangz_fabricated
Some other sources on dakou tapes (cracked tapes/slashed tapes):