num_pages: 256
description: Since the 1990s thousands of individuals have embraced the zine revolution and DIY music-making. Amy Spencer champions the unsung heroes and heroines of the lo-fi scene. A first comprehensive study of lo-fi culture and DIY production of records, CDs, zines within the alternative scene-including interviews with leading musicians, writers and promoters. The book focuses on the lo-fi movements of the UK and US, and across the globe, introducing the various communities who adopted the DIY ethic, the 1950s beat movement, Riot Grrrl, Queercore and Social Activism. Amy Spencer is a former zine-writer and record-label founder, current member of promotions collective 'The Bakery' and a key player in the establishment of Ladyfest, the UK's fastest-growing women's arts festival.
language: English
title: DIY: The Rise of Lo-fi Culture
titlecomplete: DIY: The Rise of Lo-fi Culture
genres: Music, History, Art, Nonfiction, Cultural Studies
ratings_count: 154
publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd