What is Low-fi?
1.
(a) short for low fidelity sound recording ie not high fidelity
(b) chilled out, relaxed, quiet, lazy, mellow
(a) its pretty low-fi production on this track
(b) judging by how drunk I am, tomorrow will be pretty low-fi
2.
mellow, ordinary, quiet - but in a funky kind of way
How was your weekend? it was pretty low-fi
3.
Something creative made cheaply, independently or on a very low-budget.
Checkout my latest low-fi music video on youtube.
I've been playing around with a drum machine and some broken old toy instruments to create a very low-fi sound.
Low-fi means more inventiveness and less pressure.
I'm putting together a last minute low-fi multi-media gig for SXSW- you never know who might show up.
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4.
a life style of someone who fosters imperfection and renounces perfectionism due to personal blocks: like chronical laziness and conscious mediocrity.
a way of basing life and the products of actions around the content rather than the packaging.
un matched socks and stained trousers are very low-fi
