Tape Culture in Ottawa

 

It's hard to believe they've made it this long... but the tape celebrated its 50th birthday this year -- at the same time Sony marked the occasion by killing their cassette player production this month.

 

But in some scenes, cassette culture is alive and well... and even seeing a resurgence.

 

Bandwidth intern Juanita Bawagan went to check out one of those scenes -- an album release party for an Ottawa record label that releases their music exclusively on tape. Click below to hear her mini-documentary, which aired on Bandwidth on Dec. 22nd.