Low fidelity is a music or production quality in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate stylistic choice.
A minimal bedroom studio set-up with 1980s–1990s equipment
The Beach Boys (pictured in 1967) recorded albums at Brian Wilson's home studio from 1967 to 1972.
R. Stevie Moore (pictured in 2011) is frequently referred to as the "godfather" of home recording.
Calvin Johnson (pictured c. 2000s), founder of K Records and co-founder of Beat Happening
Post-noise is a 21st century music genre and scene related to hypnagogic pop, new-age and hauntology. The term was featured in writer David Keenan's 2009 article Childhood's End in issue 306 of the Br
James Ferraro (pictured in 2012) and Spencer Clark's noise group the Skaters formed in 2004.
Ariel Pink performing in 2007