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‘Sign’ of the times: How Ace of Base became ‘90s pop sensations from a cassette malfunction

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‘Sign’ of the times: How Ace of Base became ‘90s pop sensations from a cassette malfunction

It was the ultimate “Sign.” That’s exactly what happened when Ace of Base’s demo tape got stuck in the car cassette player of the late pioneering Swedish producer Denniz Pop. As a result of that fateful foul-up, the song that would end up on repeat for weeks was “Mr. Ace,” an early title of “All … Read more

Gen Z buying vintage cassette tapes en masse — but doesn’t know how to play them: ‘I struggled’

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Gen Z buying vintage cassette tapes en masse — but doesn’t know how to play them: ‘I struggled’

The streaming generation is trading Spotify for cassette tapes. But despite Gen Z’s obsession with all things vintage — from flip phones to Y2K fashion reboots like Ed Hardy and Von Dutch — the integration of retro technologies is difficult even for the tech savants. “I struggled a little bit,” 26-year-old Amy Campbell, who purchased Kacey … Read more