{"product_id":"electronic-cottage","title":"Electronic Cottage – Hal McGee","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA complete run of \u003cem\u003eElectronic Cottage International Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e in one hardcover volume\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eElectronic Cottage\u003c\/em\u003e is a 468-page hardcover compilation of all six issues of \u003cem\u003eElectronic Cottage International Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published between 1989 and 1991. Edited by Hal McGee and published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/korm-plastics\" title=\"Browse all titles published by Korm Plastics\"\u003eKorm Plastics\u003c\/a\u003e, the book collects the full run of one of the more substantial print documents to emerge from the cassette culture and DIY home recording scene of that period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat the magazine documented\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe six issues covered a broad range of material: practical articles on home recording, profiles of artists and independent labels, scene discussion, and the ongoing debates that shaped the hometaper community. That range is part of what gives the volume its value as a primary source. \u003cem\u003eElectronic Cottage International Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e was not an observer of the underground music press from outside — it was produced from within the networks it described, and that proximity is legible throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pages show how participants in pre-internet music communities communicated, circulated work, and maintained contact across distances through mail-based exchange and tape trading. As a collected document, the material holds together as a record of how a decentralised culture organised and represented itself in print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eEdition and context\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume carries a foreword by Jerry Kranitz and design by Studio Bertin. It sits within the broader \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books-sound-culture\" title=\"Explore our music books and sound culture catalogue\"\u003eMusic Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue at Lokator100 — alongside other publications concerned with experimental music, independent publishing, and sound culture history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Korm Plastics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53820984164698,"sku":"HM-ELECTRONICCOTTAGE-KP","price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/electronic-cottage-cover.jpg?v=1773671895","url":"https:\/\/lokator100.store\/products\/electronic-cottage","provider":"Lokator100","version":"1.0","type":"link"}