Analog Truth. Timeless Lore.

Waxlore Papers

Defining the technical wisdom, ethical commitments, and ritual practices required for analog persistence & epistemic stewardship in the Synthetocene.

Archival Bias
WX-WP-2026-06
Material Economics

Acoustic Erasure: Class, Capital, and the Material Bias of the Sound Archive

The historical sound archive reflects manufacturing and playback economics rather than early recorded performance. How abrasive shellac, worn needles, and commercial noise removal enforce archival silence.

Taxonomy
WX-WP-2026-05
Archival Standard

Standardizing the Dead Wax: A Unified Taxonomy for Phonographic Matrix Data

A three-tiered hierarchical metadata framework designed to categorize phonographic matrix data across all major pressing-plant traditions, solving the "Matrix Gap."

Analysis
WX-WP-2026-04
Psychoacoustics

The Stochastic Resonance of the Groove: Why Vinyl's Flaws Sound Like Home

What audiophiles term "warmth" is the psychoacoustic recognition of human-compatible error.

Archive
WX-WP-2026-03
Distributed Physicality

The Sovereign Groove: Distributed Physicality and the Preservation of Audio Heritage in the Post-Ownership Era

The phonograph record as a countervailing model of distributed physicality against fragile centralized archives.

Protocol
WX-WP-2026-02
Protocol Integration

Waxlore as the Analog Layer: Integration of Analog Sound Recordings into the Myceloom Protocol (MCP‑1)

Integration of Analog Sound Recordings into the Myceloom Protocol (MCP-1).

Waxlore
WX-WP-2026-01
Foundational Neologism

Waxlore: Defining a Culture of Epistemic Stewardship and Analog Persistence

Identifies the linguistic gap in our engagement with high-latency media and introduces the term 'Waxlore' as a cultural movement.