: the production or reproduction of audio characterized by an unpolished or rough sound quality
lo-fi
adjective
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Dread Central’s parent company, Epic Pictures, acquired Leone’s lo-fi horror film in 2017 ahead of their new label’s official launch the next year.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
Viewed from an especially merciless or purgatorial angle, certain strands of my life are little more than histories of lo-fi mendacity.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
Midnights once again showcased her effortless transition into moody and sultry lo-fi synth-pop and Tortured Poets may just go down as her most experimental album yet.
—Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
That’s partly because, after years of living in lo-fi and recording on a four-track machine, the band can now open the doors to prestigious studios with top-dollar equipment (alongside producer Alex Farrar).
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
Viewed from an especially merciless or purgatorial angle, certain strands of my life are little more than histories of lo-fi mendacity.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
Midnights once again showcased her effortless transition into moody and sultry lo-fi synth-pop and Tortured Poets may just go down as her most experimental album yet.
—Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
That’s partly because, after years of living in lo-fi and recording on a four-track machine, the band can now open the doors to prestigious studios with top-dollar equipment (alongside producer Alex Farrar).
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Lo-fi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lo-fi. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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