lo-fi

Meaning

1. adjective Having an old-fashioned quality, as if recorded with primitive equipment.
2. adjective Having a rough quality, not musically smooth and refined.

   cute-sounding lo-fi drum beats

3. adjective Recorded at home with makeshift tools.
4. noun A subgenre of hip-hop that includes traditional jazz elements and drum machine samples.
5. noun A subgenre of rock music characterized by minimal production, giving a raw and unsophisticated sound.

Similar words

low fidelity folky folkish low-pitched hauntological loungy folklike lullful oldskool folklorish

Word family

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