'Old Lost Tape'

I really wonder how many of you actually had a pleasure to listen to an ordinary cassette tape. See, in that sound system, one had to listen to several songs before turning the tape to the other side and repeat the process. There was no direct access to the song like there is today. During fast-forwarding and rewinding there was always a slight chance that the player will 'eat' the tape. If that happened, one needed a pencil to hand wind the tape back inside but the quality was never the same again. There was also a procedure of cleaning the 'head' of the player with ear cotton buds soaked in alcohol, what would ensure better sound if done every month or two. If you wanted to copy a tape you'd need a jack and two players with inputs and outputs. These were quite rare in the early eighties. But, we managed... If nothing else, we'd just set one to play the music and the other one to record the sound and leave the room, so there would be no additional sounds. :D

The tape tower in the picture was hanging from the ceiling as a decoration, bringing back all the memories that I've just shared with you. It appears to be an extension of the house as if growing out of it. This illusion is present because I kept the flow of the vertical lines aligned with the house's lines. Without doing this, the photo wouldn't have that orderly feeling which it has now. If the tape tower was slanted, the unity would disappear and with it the value, too.

I took time to catch the perfect angle of the sun in the window of the reflected house. And, there we have it right there on the right side. This is a single exposure and nothing was composited in Photoshop.

The colour scheme fits well with the presented idea. The blues and yellows helped with a bit of green add a slightly 'thicker' feeling to the already presented contrast. I wouldn't mind the tape tower being just a little bit more visible but this is how it came out. Or not at all, on the second look. I like it a bit 'ghostly' appearing.

Hm... Now that I think... I must have listened to my last tape back in... Mmm... '95, '96? When did the CD come out? I still remember 'The Velvet Underground' tape which some evil character nicked from my car, together with the tape player, after opening the trunk with a crowbar... In Prague. :D

Enjoy! :)

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