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What Is Lo-fi?
A Brief History of Lo-fi Music
3 Characteristics of Lo-fi Music
4 Notable Lo-fi Music Artists
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What Is Lo-fi?
Lo-fi, or lofi, refers to a recording with less than professional or flawed sound quality. “Lo-fi” is short for “low fidelity,” and initially referred to a low-quality recording with audible imperfections, such as background noise or performance mistakes, recorded with inexpensive equipment—the opposite of high fidelity or hi-fi production. In the 1980s and 1990s, lo-fi was regarded as a more authentic-sounding form of music production than professional methods. Many punk, indie rock, and hip-hop artists pursued a lo-fi aesthetic for economic and artistic reasons.