“Lofi” as it is understood nowadays is more about background music that aims not to be distracting when working/studying. Basically lofi == “lofi (to study to)”.
Trip-hop like Portishead does it, while it is “low fidelity” (as in it uses warm tones, crackling, record scratching, etc), it is not lofi, in the same way that Sabaton is Rock but not Rock&Roll.
I imagine doing homework undistracted while Unkle’s Warstories or Portishead’s Dummy are playing. Or how DJ Shadow would fit on the same shelf as this one tired anime girl with her studying hip-hop beats. It’s a bit of a stretch to put them together, if not for a dozen of neutral songs in their discographies.
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“Lofi” as it is understood nowadays is more about background music that aims not to be distracting when working/studying. Basically lofi == “lofi (to study to)”.
Trip-hop like Portishead does it, while it is “low fidelity” (as in it uses warm tones, crackling, record scratching, etc), it is not lofi, in the same way that Sabaton is Rock but not Rock&Roll.
I imagine doing homework undistracted while Unkle’s Warstories or Portishead’s Dummy are playing. Or how DJ Shadow would fit on the same shelf as this one tired anime girl with her studying hip-hop beats. It’s a bit of a stretch to put them together, if not for a dozen of neutral songs in their discographies.