Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A recording technique in which a sound or message is deliberately recorded backwards in a track that is meant to be played forwards.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

back +‎ masking

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word backmasking.

Examples

  • April 4th, 2007 at 9: 31 pm its not an actual sumbliminal message as in a line or speech thats played in reverse as u guys that are saying "just sounds like jibberish" … its called backmasking … someone recording them talking or singing or rapping, and then adding it to the song backwards in a lower volume so its not heard wen played forwards … i should kno … ive done it a couple times in my music to jus to see wat it sounded like … and now for my opinion on the video … its totally fake … DJ Dangermouse chopped n screwed it from a couple of different verses from Jay-Z's songs … he even openly admitted it that Jay-Z had nothing to do with the backmasking of that time …

    jeffmilner.com jason martin 2008

  • Hey, I hope most of you do realize that many of the so called backmasking is really what is called a phonetical reversal.

    jeffmilner.com 2008

  • Hey, I hope most of you do realize that many of the so called backmasking is really what is called a phonetical reversal.

    jeffmilner.com 2008

  • Hey, I hope most of you do realize that many of the so called backmasking is really what is called a phonetical reversal.

    jeffmilner.com 2008

  • Hey, I hope most of you do realize that many of the so called backmasking is really what is called a phonetical reversal.

    jeffmilner.com 2008

  • Hey, I hope most of you do realize that many of the so called backmasking is really what is called a phonetical reversal.

    jeffmilner.com 2008

  • Hey, I hope most of you do realize that many of the so called backmasking is really what is called a phonetical reversal.

    jeffmilner.com 2008

  • Hey, I hope most of you do realize that many of the so called backmasking is really what is called a phonetical reversal.

    jeffmilner.com 2008

  • Hey, I hope most of you do realize that many of the so called backmasking is really what is called a phonetical reversal.

    jeffmilner.com 2008

  • But beyond unforgettable songs and legendary live shows, Led Zeppelin broadcast a powerful message to fans who were tuned in to their music at a particular frequency -- one far more subversive than the Satanic messages the band was accused of "backmasking" into "Stairway to Heaven": Bring the soul of the West and Islam together, it told us, and you can produce a musical force powerful enough to break through the barricade dividing the two civilizations.

    Mark Levine: How Led Zeppelin Broke Through the Walls Between Islam and the West 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.