.... Through a focus on shellac, it decenters North American narratives about the development of sound reproduction technology, showing how South Asian knowledge, labor, and environments were profoundly involved, even if they were only rarely acknowledged in mediated musical experiences. Indeed, in an age...

..., these singers were able to employ vocal techniques that had previously been ineffective to project more intimate sounds than those possible using acoustic recording. This greatly enhanced their vocal styles. In a similar manner, Gaye's reliance on technological developments was central to his ballads work...