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previous artist: kent tankred		there are 3 titles featuring tape in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: tarab

$17.46

back in stock as of
july 21st, 2008

first in stock on
june 4th, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
guitar-themed
folk
digital-musics
field-recordings

häpna (sweden) #h.42 cd

tape “luminarium” compact disc

beams
moth wings
fingers
reperto
mystery mutiny
dripstone
altamira
parade
illuminations
beams out

may 2008 release ; the new (not a reissue !!!) fourth album by swedish trio tape ...

häpna press release...

tape
“luminarum”
häpna h.42, cd
10 tracks, 42 minutes
release date: may 7, 2008

"dreaming the same dreams, not knowing of each other. invoking old times at new places, side by side, not knowing of each other. longing for yearning; light of dawn and midday sun. a world which lets itself be sensed, not known; the first light of your rosy-fingered youth; birches and concrete, touch and go. the new album by swedish group tape is a luminarium of sound where past and present merge at the speed of light."tape is the trio of andreas berthling, johan berthling and tomas hallonsten from stockholm, sweden. this is their fourth album and it was recorded in their summa studio in stockholm.

bio:
swedish trio tape was set up in 2000 by brothers andreas and johan berthling with tomas hallonsten. taking cues both from pop, experimentalism, and minimalism their sound has become recognized internationally and is clearly something of its own. their first album opera was released on the häpna imprint (which johan is a co-owner of) in 2002. working intuitive, all by themselves, they created mini symphonies out of electronic sounds paired with a stunning melodic lyricism. with an array of electronic and acoustic instruments at hand they recorded at a small stone barn on the island of öland, east of sweden. 2003 saw the release of milieu, recorded at the very same barn. these recordings had a more arranged feeling and a clear pop sensibility in some parts. in 2005 they went to cologne to have marcus schmickler produce and record their third album rideau. this was done in his piethopraxis studio in cologne and his involvement left traces; an almost architectonical approach was taken and some of the intimacy that characterized the first two albums were replaced by a harder edge.

in 2006 they collaborated with japanese duo tenniscoats on their album tan–tan therapy (häpna 2007). the same year they recorded in tokyo with japanese quartet minamo, which resulted in the record birds of a feather (headz 2007).

in the years, their touring has taken them to places like japan, taiwan, usa and most parts of europe.

$35.37

new to stock as of
april 21st, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
digital-musics
folk

minority (czech republic) #min 21 lp

tape “milieu plus” double long playing record set

oak player
sponge chorus
star skid
crippled tree
augustan chateau
edisto
spruce horns
golden twig
rocked root
long bell
root tattoo
switchboard fog

april 2008 release ; an extremely well-done czech reissue of tape’s “breakthrough” album as a double yellow-vinyl lp in a full gatefold sleeve ...

ps ; yes, i know it’s expensive; international customers please keep in mind that the lion’s share of the cost ... & ultimately the price includes shipping costs from the czech republic to the u.s. - you might be better off finding a copy on the continent ... others ; if you love this music as much as i do you’ll want to discover it here anew (as i’m glad i did) - something of a high-water mark in the digital-era post-rock age ; the berthlings’ impeccable production absolutely sings on vinyl ...

minority press release...

tape - milieu plus 2lp

line-up:

andreas berthling / johan berthling / tomas hallonsten

banjo, violin, guitar, synthesizer, computer, organ, harmonium, accordion, harmonica, trumpet, field recordings, percussion, concrete sounds, vibraphone, glockenspiel, chinese flute, alto recorder, piano, melodica

guests:
magnus granberg - alt saxophone (4,7)
staffan johansson - lapsteel guitar (2,8)

played, recorded and mixed by tape at öland and in stockholm summer & autumn of 2003.
mastered by henrik jonsson at polar studios and masters of audio.
cover by klas augustsson. photos by ann sofie börjesson.

limited edition of 500 handnumbered copies on clear yellow vinyl.

$19.49

new to stock as of
december 3rd, 2008

threads:
digital-musics
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-composition

spekk (japan) #kk 005 cd

“small melodies” compact disc

my electric laddy land - ultra milkmaids
for a pulse or two - sogar
sunnyside suns & sounds - tomoyoshi date
for nicholas - taylor deupree
the latter - hervé boghossian
film - aen
village - naph
star skid - tape
thirsty boots - oren ambarchi
beautiful losers - fenton
finale - rdl
inside/outside - anderegg
between - mondii
small melody (für richard) - stephan mathieu

2005 release ; a compilation of “warm, tender and calm” pieces by the likes of oren ambarchi, stephan mathieu, tape, brendon anderegg (1/2 of mountains), taylor deupree, and a wave of contemporary japanese laptop/sound-artists, mostly friendly with spekk label-owner mondii, of whom i was largely unaware until now (some of the better pieces on the disc come from the lesser-knowns actually) ...

back in the salad days of the early digital music days these sorts of themed comps were in much wider supply ; glad to hear something like from a contemporary perspective ...

spekk press release...

cat# kk005
title: small melodies
artist: v.a
time: 63’53"
format: cd

text by nao sugimoto

this is the first compilation album from spekk compiled by the label owner mondii. each of the artists were asked to compose a track with their interpretations of "small melodies" with keywords like warm, tender and calm. it was meant to present diversity of minimal-style music in a peaceful "harmonic" way. and it was a coincidence that both taylor deupree & stephan mathieu created a track dedicated to their child.

the first half of the album is the more "digital" side and the last half more "analog" side encompassing laptop digital processing to field recording materials (for instance, naph's track is only made out of frequencies within the wind/air) to band oriented materials.

participants delivers these great pieces of music from various continents including usa, sweden, france, germany, australia and japan showing slight relationships between each other which kind of gives us a warm feeling of unity within this ongoing global minimalist scene. it was also my intention to present that nowadays, there are not much differences between the outputs from more digital background artists and more band oriented musicians due to their methods of composing (technology) and interests and such. evidently, more and more rock labels will release digital processed music and bands will use digital softwares, electronic artists will become more aware of small sounds and warmth of the nature. i take this positive!

14 exclusive tracks / total time 63'53" / artwork in silver-leafing print

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