handmade and handnumbered limited edition high-bias cassette tape . includes violet poison remix. warning: contains blood and sharp objects

sue zukis inaugural recorded document the we are all very anxious tape is in our opinion one of the most innovative audio expeditions that has resonated with us. boldly defying and deconstructing conventional genre tropes we arent being bias by saying that either. this is a genuinely sincere perspective. the key to sue zukis music is her vocals where she misanthropically preaches the records themes of psychological alienation and despair, trapped within an augmented virtual reality. whilst trapped and unable to properly function inside this distorted simulation there are the bewildering sounds of a thousand voices and every conversation unhealthily looping inside yourre mind, through the echo chamber. manifesting into a bleak neurotic obsession and feelings of inadequacy, a desperate plea, blinded and fatigued by the unnerving glare of the computer screen, processing too much information and not knowing if the human interactions youre experiencing are genuine or artificial.

what is music? is it some warped set or a never before heard radio station, or two televisions being broadcast and received simultaneously?

dark entries is honored to release a 4-track ep by red axes, the prolific production duo of dori sadovnik and niv arzi from tel aviv. the pair were raised on a diet of post-punk, new-wave, and italo-disco at fogged out warehouse and basement parties. their own productions and remixes have appeared on labels such as i?m a clich?, correspondant, and hivern discs. ?nyx tape? features two new compositions backed with two edits from our catalog. first up is the slick electro anthem ?5 min? another collaboration with french-canadian born singer chlo? raunet aka c.a.r. followed by ?nyx tape? featuring charismatic singer-lyricist gina kikoine aka gina x, who reached out after hearing their remix of her classic single ?no gdm? that was a huge anthem on the tel aviv 80s underground scene. the track is an ecstatic dance to the rhythm in the darkness with gina?s ice cold teutonic spoken word taking creative inspiration from the jewish mourners? prayer ? the kaddish. on the b-side ?destination moon? by solid space from 1982 has been given a dancefloor makeover with moody synths and a haunting guitar line reminiscent of an adrian sherwood dub. closing this ep is a hypnotic edit of ?la machine ? r?ver? by french bedroom synth freaks x-ray pop from 1984 slowed down to a 4/4 groove that takes the original to outer space and back. all songs have been mastered for vinyl by george horn at fantasy studios in berkeley. the ep is housed in a custom made jacket that features an original collage by eloise leigh representing nyx, the greek goddess of the night. each copy included a postcard with notes and lyrics.

warehouse find ! mjazz presents rawtrachs is a 17-minute ride of beats, bass, noise and rawness. there is an obvious influence of jungle break beats and a f**k off attitude to formulaic music. the music represents freedom from the formula, freedom from restrictions, and most of all the freedom to connect with the universe via intuitive experiments with sounds. this release is limited to 30 cassettes – the cassettes are blue in a yellow case with a handcrafted cover – each of these covers are different (no two covers are the same). the cassette cases are then packaged up in an extra case which is hand sprayed with the mjazz seal of approval – super limited handcrafted packaging! this music is unapologetic and unadulterated – no watered down for the masses business!

ltd tape / cassette ...
first release of the french hip-hop producer matth sanju on alelah!

us producer d’marc cantu needs little introduction in the world of acid house and techno. since the late 2000s he’s been serving us quality musical output on labels like crème organization, m>o>s recordings, nation, altered moods or spectral sound, just to name a few. as well as his solo productions, he’s also one half of 2am/fm unit, alongside tadd mullinix (jtc / dabrye).
using a selection of hardware tools and analogue machines, his rugged sound draws on house, techno, acid, electro and hip hop and features crafty studio skills, knowing sampling and lovable raw aesthetics, defining his own sound that became known as jakbeat.
his latest offering for little beat different is, well, rather different in comparison to his usual club oriented output. it’s not as focused on straightforward dancefloor bangers, (although they are present here too), but features more experimental pieces, suitable for home listening purposes. totalling almost 38 minutes in length, this project has more of an album feel to it than a 12”.

mysterious duo new frames blends the experimental side of early 90 s idm & techno with modern day production. heavy banging beats paired with intricate melodies and great arrangements. top notch music right here, don t sleep...

italian producer pearl river sound has been crafting his unique blend of experimental electronics and banging acid for the last couple of years. on his debut tape for new york haunted he drops 4 red hot tracks that will make your ears pop. dancefloor acid with enough twists to keep you awake in the middle of the night...

limited edition of 100 pro-dubbed c45 white cassettes with 4 panel double-sided j-card artwork.

we’re pleased to announce our latest project and second limb to let’s go swimming, vowel sounds, a series of cassette releases exploring unconventional approaches to production and sound. for our first release we welcome keef winter to the family with his project “handyman”.

sticky ground bring the hard hitting, high octane techno bizz straight to tape with flmm. drills so hard it ll break your deck!

wah wah 45s are very proud to announce their first foray into the format of the future-retro fan – the cassette. and who better to deliver our debut release on this cult medium, than our very own electronic beat makers and hip hop nerds, paper tiger. over the last four years, the leeds and london based crew have been quietly pasting together some of the more interesting and subversive off-cuts and live interludes that were recorded around their two lp releases.

das neue album von mark forster in der kogong-edition als doppel-vinyl im klappcover, cd inklusive.

panatype co-founder, bernard baum, serves up “after”: nine ambient & leftfield tracks making up a sublime half-hour that will have you hooked.

peter croce has been making some noise lately with his rocksteady disco party and record label, and here he brings his burgeoning rework sensibilities to rnt with a varied pack of revisions straight from detroit! on the ecstatic uptempo face-melting tip, we have spirit dance and get up and boogie, either of which are sure to burn down any disco. then there s the hard-working, grown-ass groove of proletariat blues, and made in china, a beautiful slow-burner for those early evening spins or late-night comedowns.

ignorance defeating pleasure rave

ltd to 50 copies ,
the ambientist hurled oneself into adventures with his own 90 s interpretation of ambient, leftfield, breakbeat and uk electronica.
for fans of traumprinz or rising sun
file under:
ambient, breakbeat, deep house, drum n bass, leftfield, new age, jungle

this is the third volume of random numbers split series. a cross-section of the italian experimental scene in 5 volumes. each artist is assigned to one side of a c50 tape, in which express his music without compromises. volume 3 is entrusted to somec and von tesla. somec gives us 20 minutes of raw recordings of a mythical machine, a buchla 208, which stops its technology to the 70s. all recorded live with the aid of a computer. in less technical terms, napolis work can be summarized in a handful of eccentric hallucinations – pretentious recreations for quirky programmers – polished fiction. nwh2o is a long journey through interstellar landscapes and claustrophobic extraterrestrial rhythms, transmissions from other times and places. von tesla presents a more romantic vision of his world, divided into a triptych, touch / enter / flesh. dreaming representation of a meeting, where the romantic tones are obfuscated by a drop of lsd, which changes the colors, shapes and volumes. a slow movement toward the transformation of the body, an approach to transhumanism that mingles technology in the body, a genesis of tetzuo (the man of steel / tetzuo shima) of the years 10.

volume number four of random numbers split series is released. a cross section of the best italian experimental artists, released in 5 volumes. each artist has been given the space of a single side c50 cassette, in which they could express their music freely, without compromise. volume 2 is entrusted to healing force project and massimo carozzi. this volume is dedicated to complex textures and mental voyages, soundscapes and rhythmic illusions. healing force project describes his work whit this words: “this session is my own and personal view of a hypothetical live that i would propose. made for the “embrace” series on sequencias (label from brooklyn), my goal was to start from an industrial groove with a sharp and rough step at the same time. during the listening, the primary elements gradually fade away, giving way to jazzy and broken rhythms structures. many samples, especially sax and trumpet, create sick textures and an apparent state of perpetual mental trip. “ massimo carozzi’s side consists of seventeen sound miniatures composed and assembled from recordings made between 2010 and 2016 in various parts of europe using a small portable modular system and a digital recorder. credits: mastered by francesco brini at spectrum mastering & vinyl artwork by emanuele luppino c+p 2017 random numbers

the fifth and final volume of random numbers split series is released. a split of the most experimental italian scene in 5 volume. to each artist is assigned a side of a c50 cassette, in which to let the music speak without compromises. volume 5 is entrusted to attilio novellino and collin mckelvey. the latest issue of the split series wants to be a bridge to future random numbers publications. in this case the two artists involved instead of dividing the two sides of the cassette decided to merge their productions into a collaboration. started in 2014, the collaboration between attilio novellino and collin mckelvey produced two albums: hypehunt and me&#768,,taphisiques cannibales. sons of the same approach, shared by similar sound sources and similar compositional techniques, the two works find in the different suggestions around which they are made, the specificity that allows them to grasp its essence, autonomous and complementary at the same time.

2 x 45 minutes of exclusive material. a battlemix of 25 previously unreleased untold productions backed with a special, studio-recorded live pa by duckett. professionally dubbed and printed tape.

as the head of berlin s eminently respected oye records, it s no surprise markus -delfonic- lindner would come correct with the edit heat for his first outing on razor-n-tape. the record starts out smooth and summery with the flow, a club-ready rework of an underground jamaican disco classic, followed by the furious afro-boogie stomp of -spf.- on the b-side an extended percussion jam builds ferociously and finally drops into a lovely lesser-known revamp of a killer disco anthem. music is love indeed!

coming hot off his rather expansive cognitive dissonance 2x12inch for love notes, and also an ep for axetrax, tape_hiss herein continues his impressive run. on jacob s ladder, the artist pushes his emotionally wrought sound over cooking percussion and bubbling acid undertones. maspeth ave is quite honestly the nastiest bassline we have heard on a deep house track in some time, sure to cause spontaneous bass face in the listener. life as an echo uses soaring chords and synths to prove its point, and forests of my mind finishes the ep off with a pitch bending chord that pushes the track right along. yet another extremely cohesive, emotionally charged effort from this artist.

sonder: the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. -- introducing the new ambient tape series from banoffee pies records you don’t remember how you got home and now you re waking up again. the alarm won’t stop ringing, and the person on the radio won’t stop talking, you re opening your phone while your brain is busy, and it’s burning right into you, stinging all over the parts of your mind that you cannot reach. so you arrive here, because your thoughts are piling up, and falling over, and crashing round your head and you want to take the swirling mess and hold it outside of you. repeat machine.

psychedelic nimbly gentrification escape

tram planet records is proud to premiere the first ever release from knoxville, tn electro producer dialectic sines. ben has been navigating the swampy tennessee underground for the better part of last decade, where he honed his production and dj skills. the tracks on this tape represent ben’s best work from the past 5 years and are not to be missed for fans of classic electro.

lobster theremin’s tape series launches with a super special live recording cassette from minimal violence. a roaring, scorched acid live set recorded at east london’s the pickle factory on their s/s 2017 tour of europe.
liquidic acid envelopes blistering drum patterns with analogue instruments bleeding together in a mass of frenetic energy. considered live elements crushed and launched in the most brutal of fashions.

takef heads the second release of young toulouse-based collective shawarma records, with a club-smashing tape. strong beats throb through a melt of acid lines and trance-inspired fxs, this one is a deathfloor killing machine.

following on many ace 12-releases, dego (4hero) & kaidi tatham release their debut album for theo parrish’s sound signature label. tip!
. 16 tracks displaying the duo s signature sound, carrying elements of jazz-funk, boogie, house and broken beat and featuring collaborations by the likes of mr. mensah, nadine charles, sarina leah, yelfris valdes, ray carless, wayne francis.

just jack are back with more fire, this time from brooklyns tape hiss. synth heavy, acid led grooves are the order of the day on the 3 originals, with panoramabar s massimilliano pagliara providing some serious dance floor heat on the remix.

rnt welcomes dusty digger extraordinaires al-tone, with a superlative set of rare edit gold! known for their eponymous rework series, al tone (aka al bumz and tone b. nimble) come hot out of the gate with feelin irie a gritty afro boogie stomper, before moving into the uptempo soul of simone manuel. flip the disc over for the guitar and clavinet-driven groove of groovin, and then they take us home with the theo-esque looped sax and falsetto gallup of wishes. from obscurity to eternity in 4 masterful reworks!

originally released in 1991 as a limited run of 100 self distributed cassette tapes. the 5 tracks touch upon ambient, dub, house and balearic styles and show an ambition to create timeless music in the vein of william orbit, ultramarine and the orb. 25 years later these songs finally reach a wider audience....on cassette, again....for now.

forthright nifty gourmet smasher

a dusty tape of six tracks unearthed beneath the pinkman broken dreams division. nothing is known about this unnameable artist apart from his sound. a legion of hiss marches across the cassette, a blighted beat bites into lancing synthlines that bellow and writhe in their pitiful attempt to escape. strings are left to howl in turmoil in tracks born out of a crude joke and wry smile. mick wills offers no condolences, the stuttgart man lashing away any humanity with his embittered edit. found in the pit, made for the pit. *** digital download code included ***

rnt welcomes upstart londoner cody currie into the roster with the groove-heavy movin smoke ep. a precociously well-developed production talent, the young producer puts his penchant for deep house sample-scapes on full display here. from the blissful lilt of the title track to the creatively crafted jazz funk of infinity i & ii through to the b-side bangers make love and magic city, this record is a beautiful listen from beginning to end.

very limited 12 version! this is a musical production in memory of the roots of dancehall. all songs are produced on the mpc 2500 in combination with several analog soundfx. original 80s casiotones and self-made synthesizers are used a lot! keep the handmade touch alive and treat music with all its facettes. this album is meant to spread love and give strength to the people. one love
musicians:
ruff i - vocals
windshadow - mpc2500
david dub - keys

obake ep is a circular journey within a constantly shape-morphing, ghostly and sub-oscillating environment crafted by japanese musician tetsumasa okumura for arboretum first release on tape.

toulouse-based dj verset zero released his new ep sacrificium through amok tapes. the envisioned art-concept continues unfolding a religious storyline with a statement ingrained in a sombre and sinister industrial sound. he will be performing a hybrid live set at the dada temple 2017 in paris on the 10th of february. further tour dates should be announced shortly.

there s no compromise, with anesthesia the third release on nurse and latest from japanese maestro tomohiko sagae where he aims to numb your pain, bringing together his own mutant brand of techno and the harsh noise so many of his fellow countrymen are revered for. procaine #1 is pure noise with screams of metal grinding against metal and the relentless chaos of a 21st century working dockyard. procaine #2 where an explosive barrage of abrasive textures is underpinned by a brutal rhythmic intensity. tetracaine almost blows itself to pieces with rumbling bass, scoured heavy mechanics and industrial drones. finally lidocaine distorted and break beaten, is a monster born out of heavy duty avionics. disorientating, fierce, an assault on your senses.

antipodal movements reflects the connection between two australian producers straight out of melbourne, and paris, the hometown of ville nouvelle. yardley and river yarra display eight summer joints on this lush split-tape. international feelings and a beautiful artwork from aliyah a. hussain to complete the recipe.

schuttle makes a sublime and sludgy debut with this cassette for paris/peckham label, panatype. all of the tracks are made using astronomical data in some way, a passion for the young newcastle-based producer over the years that he was putting the release together. predominantly a beatless record, and certainly intended to be listed to as a whole, schuttle uses the art of the loop to provide the listener with “an inner peace in outer space”

nyc stalwart and international superstar jacques renault joins brooklyn cohorts for a 4 track ep of superior edit stylings! on the a side cold blooded sources a classic, focusing on a hypnotic and rhythmic pattern for a solid 6 minutes before exploding into exuberant soul, while get down is a loose and greasy funk stomper. on the flip, dream machine is disco sampled perfection, chopped and sliced with evident love. finally, that sound takes us home with its thunderous drums, slap bass, and a tasteful peppering of soulful vocals.

emerging through storm-like waves of distortion, opener ‘alpha’ sets the scene for this beguiling cassette release, with melodies rising out of — and then descending back into — the chaos. ‘3000 years’ takes vocal samples as a starting point, before melting into layer upon layer of delay, after which ‘confounded’ picks up the pace with its heavily distorted beats and the side then closes to the sound of a distant choir burning in acidic ambience in the shape of ‘fruitless clicking’. the nightmarish, malfunctioning machinery vibes continue onto the second side, with the more dance oor-friendly ‘strange conversations’ and ‘the brink’ bookended by the two-part ambient epic ‘pale blue dot’. dark, glitchy, and at times outright uncomfortable — perfectly suited to the cassette format.

first anniversary re-press of bokeh versions long sold out 2nd release. glacial dancehall is the slowest dancehall mixtape ever heard. culled from his private 7inch archives, each side figures dancehall mutations, pitched and screwed by jay glass dubs hardware acceleration. jay glass dubs is an exercise of style by artist dimitris papadatos focusing on a counter-factual historical approach of dub music, stripped down to its basic drum/bass/vox/effects form.

glacial dancehall returns a two-headed excursion ofversions, samples + sirens chopped and screwed into oblivion bytime cowandlow jack. tasked with followingjay glass dubs first volume ofglacial dancehall(of march 2016) each artist served up a half hour side of ruff slow jams, bolstered with additional production and totalling 15 full blown edits. paris low jack can be found splitting time between on modern love, l.i.e.s. and the trilogy tapes as well as running his own editions gravats imprint with jean carval. westmoreland, ja, home to time cow - maybe better known as one of the key players in the equiknoxx crew, responsible for some of the island s crucial 21st century riddims. their watershedbird sound power on dds provides a weird manchester linkage that connects him to low jack via the modern love hotbed.

upfront (white label) promo copies ! strictly limited

three is truly the magic number on this special rsd release from razor-n-tape, with a trio of groovy tracks by nashville-based magic in threes. the original version of beatin tha breaks is an easy-breezy affair dripping with soulful guitars and harmonies, freddie joachim s brings his signature smooth and rhythmic sound on his remix, and the fouk mix rounds out the triptych with a touch of uptempo housey deepness.

2017 repress, standard cover , black vinyl