Slow Blink: Tape Loop Weather Patterns

Proud DIY artist Amanda Haswell creates nostalgic analog compositions designed for physical objects

Tape loops were the hot thing in post-war academic art music.

Musique concrète inventor Pierre Schaeffer reportedly came up with the idea of splicing up magnetic tape to create loops of recorded sound. Éliane Radigue, Steve Reich and Karlheinz Stockhausen made heavy use of that technique, as did King Tubby, Brian Eno and John Lennon. Yes, that’s right. E…