Mastodawn

h/t to my friend Shaun in Romania who noticed that Electrecord (the former state-owned record label in Romania during communist times, now a for-profit company owning basically all Romanian music from the postwar era) deleted and is reposting all their back catalogue with AI enhanced / yassified versions of the 1970s artist photos. 🤦‍♀️archival malpractice

#Romania #AIslop #Electrecord #cimbalom

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🕵️old klezmers🎻Jan 7

really interesting and gets into the dark side of how Roma music was alternately exploited and repressed through different eras. as someone who collects Electrecord LPs (the state record label from Romania) it's a good reminder of how much was constrained and never recorded.

#Romania #folklore #Roma #Lautar #electrecord