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Cassette tapes, chunky, clunky and joyful. Squeezing down on both play and record until the buttons crunched home. The reels whirring, as they spun, winding magnetic tape, threading through, side a to b, spool to spool. I would carry three or four of them at a time, at school. Loose among my notebooks and planners, they rattled around and picked up the smell of old apples left uneaten, fermenting at the bottom of my backpack. Pink Floyd, Nirvana, some Pixies and a dream of casting them aside for a click wheel iPod with the blue backlight. And now, I stick solely to mp3s and other such digital formats. Like the rest of the world, I have moved on. But, as convenient as they may be, mp3s won’t ever offer that same analogue charm.

So, feeling nostalgic, and inspired by the design of the Op1, I have started making a cassette player for the browser. This is what I have to offer so far by way of a throw back (if you are viewing this on mobile switch to landscape for the full experience!):

Hi, my name is Ewan. I make music, art and do a bit of programming too. I wanted to combine all that in a blog and so here we are! (More in the About page.)

This is my first ever post. I am sure all the standard hall marks are here: clumsiness, awkwardness and a idle approach to putting out posts… enjoy 😄 E