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Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:13 pm
by effetebomb
deathbomb arc is my favorite label, and they have a bunch of cassette releases. cassettes are def getting big for diy'ers and noise music. i like cassettes a lot. my bands first release was a yellow cassette with red print. one of my favorite releases of 2008 was the graphitti island/pens/male bonding cassette split. cassettes are the future of retro. they are fun because they are a physical object you have to interact with in the same way that vinyl is fun (i estimate very few people buying vinyl these days are actual audiophiles, and the rest are into it for the retro apeal, the fun packaging, and the physical interaction). cds/mp3s have very little physical interaction, in my opinion.

there are bands doing releases on 1.44MB floppy disks too. there is enough space for one mp3 around a minute long. I released a set of four 1.44MB floppies, each one a noise remix of a destiny's child single.

Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:13 pm
by less_cunning
IDK. i was trying to think of a cassette-only label. those are becoming rarer. i think Deathbomb Arc puts out CD-Rs and vinyl as well.

Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:47 pm
by androidpopjr
I heard Beck is recording a version of Sonic Youth's Sister album and it will only be released on cassette. Nostalgia wise, it's a pretty slick idea.

Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:38 pm
by effetebomb
less_cunning wrote:IDK. i was trying to think of a cassette-only label. those are becoming rarer. i think Deathbomb Arc puts out CD-Rs and vinyl as well.


they do, and regular CDs too. but i think at least a third of their catalog is cassettes.

Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:43 pm
by less_cunning
effetebomb wrote:
less_cunning wrote:IDK. i was trying to think of a cassette-only label. those are becoming rarer. i think Deathbomb Arc puts out CD-Rs and vinyl as well.


they do, and regular CDs too. but i think at least a third of their catalog is cassettes.


i just thinking about how like even a couple of years ago there used to be TAPE ONLY labels, as well as CD-R ONLY labels: i think it is these DIY & experimental labels that have made it "cool" for "indie" labels to put out tapes this year.

Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:39 pm
by effetebomb
exactley

Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:39 pm
by orangeespoom
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Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:43 pm
by letsgocoyote
I love 3" cd-rs.


weepop.net

they release everything on 3" (or 7" vinyl).

i want to start a 3" label

Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:47 pm
by Nychthemeron
IDEA: A few of us pitch in and make an ILF Mixtape of our own songs? :wow what a fantastic idea you have there:

Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:39 am
by orangeespoom
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Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:14 am
by Dexterecus
effetebomb wrote:there are bands doing releases on 1.44MB floppy disks too. there is enough space for one mp3 around a minute long. I released a set of four 1.44MB floppies, each one a noise remix of a destiny's child single.


You, good sir, are awesome. Is that set still avaliable?

Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:54 am
by letsgocoyote
and ILF mixtape would be cool. but only if it was really a tape.

Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:33 am
by Caesar
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Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:10 pm
by effetebomb
Dexterecus wrote:
effetebomb wrote:there are bands doing releases on 1.44MB floppy disks too. there is enough space for one mp3 around a minute long. I released a set of four 1.44MB floppies, each one a noise remix of a destiny's child single.


You, good sir, are awesome. Is that set still avaliable?


i can make them. they take a long time to write each disk, so i only made the first 4 sets (out of 16, they are numbered).

more info here

just send me something back when you get it

PM me your address

Re: Cassettes/Cassette Labels

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:39 am
by orangeespoom
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