Having an old-fashioned quality, as if recorded with primitive equipment.
However annoying JC is, he can't be accused of not knowing the score, so to speak. Lo-fi makes Norah Jones look like Esperanza Spalding.
Album Of The Day: Wesenyeleh Mebreku, “Resonance of Time (የጊዜ ቃና)." Applying Casio keyboards to traditional Ethiopian folk, this lo-fi curio from 1986 is fresher than ever.
Low-fidelity music — deliberately rough or low-quality production. Originally a critical descriptor; became a genre marker for bedroom recording, then for the lo-fi hip-hop / chill-beats YouTube scene.
"Lo-fi beats to study to."
Lo-fi means: Low-fidelity music - deliberately rough or low-quality production. Originally a critical descriptor; became a genre marker for bedroom recording, then for the lo-fi hip-hop / chill-beats YouTube. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
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Giovanni Gentile just fought me over petitioning to replace the national anthem with a lo-fi remix! I swear to God, I will riot!
lo-fi means: Low-fidelity music - deliberately rough or low-quality production. Originally a critical descriptor; became a genre marker for bedroom recording, then for the lo-fi hip-hop /. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“However annoying JC is, he can't be accused of not knowing the score, so to speak. Lo-fi makes Norah Jones look like Esperanza Spalding.”
“Album Of The Day: Wesenyeleh Mebreku, “Resonance of Time (የጊዜ ቃና)." Applying Casio keyboards to traditional Ethiopian folk, this lo-fi curio from 1986 is fresher than ever.”
“Giovanni Gentile just fought me over petitioning to replace the national anthem with a lo-fi remix! I swear to God, I will riot!”
“G & M - Scarborough Fair [Netherlands, Folk, Lo-fi] (19??) found a demo tape of a Dutch folk duo containing haunting Simon & Garfunkel covers https://redd.it/ddosuk https://youtu.be/RqsD9Sb4FP4”
“Ezra Pound just fought me over petitioning to replace the national anthem with a lo-fi remix! I am livid!”
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Having an old-fashioned quality, as if recorded with primitive equipment.
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Having a rough quality, not musically smooth and refined.
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Recorded at home with makeshift tools.
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; custom built.