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"accurate tapes" is the most accurate selection of inaccurate cassette tapes, found or recorded on different occasions and during various trips, played on a set of cassette players, through a set of multiple vintage PC speakers.

Cassette tapes come in two forms, either containing content as a pre-recorded cassette (Musicassette), or as a fully recordable "blank" cassette. Both forms have two sides and are reversible by the user. Each recorded tape refers to a certain time and place. As the play button is pressed, each cassette player transcribes differently the material recorded on tape into sound - generating errors in its own beautiful way. Each recording sounds differently on each speaker, sound waves confront themselves within the space. As a result of this combination, the amount of unexpected events should probably be described as just accurate.

One of the political uses of cassette tapes was the dissemination of sermons by the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini throughout Iran before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, in which Khomeini urged the overthrow of the regime of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. During the military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990) a "cassette culture" emerged where blacklisted music or music that was by other reasons not available as records was shared. Some pirate cassette producers created brands such as Cumbre y Cuatro that have in retrospect received praise for their contributions to popular music. Armed groups such as Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (FPMR) and the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) made use of cassettes to spread their messages. The idea behind "accurate tapes" does not refer to the events described. Cassette tapes used to serve as catalysts for social change, but not anymore. However...as John Cage famously said: "I'm sure that any idea one might get could be an idea that one could give up."

"accurate tapes" is the most accurate selection of inaccurate cassette tapes, found or recorded on different occasions and during various trips, played on a set of cassette players, through a set of multiple vintage PC speakers.