Tag: Discman

Before algorithms curated our feelings, there was the Discman and a blank CD (or a borrowed cassette). This piece explores the intimate craft of mix-making for portable CD players - the choices, the risks, the secret language of track order - and shares the reader stories that explain why those discs still feel like love letters.

A surprising wave of millennials are rediscovering the Discman. This article explores the cultural forces - nostalgia, resistance to streaming, tactile ritual and aesthetic - driving the portable CD player’s comeback and what it tells us about music, memory and attention in the digital age.