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391
391 was an early 1980s experimental music project releasing cassettes through independent labels and DIY channels.
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391 was an experimental music project active during the early 1980s, operating within the underground cassette culture that defined the era's DIY ethos. The project released three cassette recordings between 1981 and 1984, beginning with the self-released Soundtracts in 1981, followed by No Easy Way Out on the Fashionable Trousers label the same year, and concluding with View from Hear on Image Factory in 1984. The group's output reflects the industrial and experimental sensibilities prevalent in early 1980s underground music scenes, where cassette tapes served as the primary medium for distribution among avant-garde and noise-oriented artists. While specific details about 391's musical composition and aesthetic approach remain limited in mainstream documentation, their consistent output across multiple independent labels suggests active engagement with the period's experimental underground networks. Their releases represent an important document of the cassette-based experimental music landscape that influenced subsequent generations of industrial and noise practitioners.