Die Kölner Band Schmitz & Niebuhr hat ein wahnwitziges Progrock-Doppel-Konzeptalbum mit dem Titel “Porz 1975” aufgenommen. Porz? Heute größter Stadtbezirk der Millionenstadt Köln, bis 1975 eigenständige Stadt, in der die MusikerInnen aufwuchsen und teils wieder leben. Dogma: Nur Instrumente – elektronisch, elektrisch und akustisch – die 1975 bereits existierten, wurden eingesetzt. Ein Stück für jeden […]
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superpolar Taïps is a small label focusing on experimental pop music released on limited edition cassette albums, EPs and singles. superpolar Taïps is artist-run & non-commercial. Explore our releases here below or on Bandcamp.
STICHFLAMME BARNICK – now available
Stichflamme Dormagen (“Ihre Meinung ist uns wichtig“) and Robin Barnick (“Sinusoidal Frequency Oscillations“& SPT24 “Grawaved“) are back with a stunning new electroacoustic release, recorded and produced for superpolar Taïps somewhere between Remagen, Niederkassel, Berlin and Cologne. Old machines and objects doing their thing and starting to sing. Stichflamme Barnick by STICHFLAMME BARNICK More by Stichflamme […]
Hualun / bleed Air split cassette & digital
… or buy directly for 10€ + shipping 2.35€ (Germany), 4.50€ (Europe) or 5:00 (worldwide). “The music is both atmospheric and aggressive, although the bleeping strikes me as more ambient than kosmische. Either way, a cool tape.”Byron Coley in The Wire 475, September 2023 GhostEP / Dead Man (split) by bleed Air / Hualun（花伦） — […]
Out now: moduS ponY – Fleeced of their Wares
Fleeced of their Wares by moduS ponY “Cologne/LA cassette label superpolar Taïps released the wonderful ‘Fleeced of their Wares’ by moduS ponY who sounds like a wibbly, very minimal Lambchop… with no singing.” — Neil Mason, Moonbuilding Mag, Issue Four, 2023 “There’s this shed out in the desert. They keep breaking in and taking stuff. […]
674.fm: FUNKT sessions – superpolar Taïps / bleed Air
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 16:00-18:00 CEST, Dirk Specht (Therapeutische Hörgruppe, Miniklon) and Georg Dietzler (artist, curator, gerngesehen.de) welcomed bleed Air, i.e., well … me, the guy who runs the superpolar Taïps label and also produces music as bleed Air, to FUNKT Sessions on Cologne, Germany’s 674.fm for a two hour live broadcast. As part of […]
Perkins & Federwisch …something known as music
…something known as music by Perkins & Federwisch Perkins and Federwisch are an electronic pop duo inspired by other electronic pop duos, such as Modern Talking and Captain & Tennille. After a brief foray into educational audio systems, on their third studio album the pair return to entertainment music, specifically sentimental ballads and pop standards. […]
Hotline / Weltempfanger [Cassingle #34] by Ball Geographie]
Hotline / Weltempfanger (Cassingle #34) by Ball Geographie (Translated from the German original, see below) For the Cassingle Series, Ball Geographie contributes two tracks from an abandoned 90ies project which were rearranged and recorded especially for the superpolar Taïps label. Originally, they were part of a two-hour prog-rock musical dealing with the cultural history of […]
Xqui feat. Mat Smith – All The T-Shirts I Wore In Lockdown in cooperation with Mortality Tables
A unique cooperation with Mat Smith’s Mortality Tables imprint and outsider electronic artist Xqui in context of the now ending cassingle series. All The T-Shirts I Wore In Lockdown [Cassingle #35] by Xqui Concept Notes by Mat Smith: “On March 19th 2020, the company I worked for asked me to work from home with immediate […]
O.H.E. [action] b/w R.I.FF. [minox] (Cassingle #33)
Multidisciplinary artist Andreas Gogol first caught our attention with his stunning vocal performances on Guido Möbius‘s album ‘Gebirge’ (Karaoke Kalk, 2009), even if he had been present in the experimental music scene way longer, for example with his album ‘Gorymaaz’, released on A-Musik in 2005. On this cassette single, Gogol appears under the YOCKO O.NE […]
Soundtrack and Marine (Cassingle #31) by Goodparley x Shreddies
Goodparley (Oli Richards) is a formerly Cardiff now London (UK) based musician. His sounds are largely based around improvised ambient guitar loops and textures, manipulated in real-time using various modulating effects to create inherently experimental soundscapes. Shreddies is the alias and solo project of Welsh musician, Josh Dickins. He also runs the cassette label New […]
Wholely Moley (Cassingle #32) by Von Heuser
While A side Wholely Molely has a rather friendly, almost Stereolab-esque key, the B-side shows the abysses of a Covid Lockdown with its dark, rumbling facets. Two very diverse sides of Ambient. Wholely Moley (Cassingle #32) by Von Heuser View this post on Instagram A post shared by superpolar Taïps (@superpolar_taips) More Von Heuser: vonheuser.bandcamp.com
Kaput Magazine Premieres Video Clip ‘Chayyam’ from Guido Möbius’s forthcoming cassette album on superpolar Taïps
Watch below (and read a short interview with Guido at kaput-mag.com (in German)):
Petridisch – Etudes Vol. 1
Very happy to welcome Petridisch to the superpolar Taïps artist roster. Besides his musical output, Thor is known for running the fish prints label and his involvement in Ilya S’s I Heart Noise ihrtn.net (until 2020). Both are an intrinsic part of the Boston underground. I sincerely hope that you will be as captivated by Petridisch’s (anti-)etudes as much […]
LLWCHほこり – AURՈսկի
LLWCHほこり says: 15 slushwave interpretations of Carnedd Aur’s greatest hits, to further examine a long-held belief that everything sounds better when it’s slowed down. Original material recorded between 2019 and 2022 and released via superpolar Taïps, Wormhole World and Exotic Spresm. These versions created June 2022, after everyone else had gone to bed. This compilation […]
Die Lehre vom Großen Rad
Fellow Cologne tape label Strategic Tape Reserve kindly welcomes SPT artists Schmitz & Niebuhr to their Learning by Listening series. Thank you! Die Lehre vom Großen Rad (Learning by Listening Vol. 8) by Schmitz & Niebuhr & Lothringer
Orca, Attack! – You Won’t Remember This [Cassingle #29]
Read some reviews: the Quietus, Vital Weekly and Further.
Now available: Therapeutische Hörgruppe – Dance Tilt / Trance Tilt [Cassingle #28]
“the saturation, the saturation is short at the bottom and crooked at the top.”
Hualun（花伦）- Dawn [Cassingle #27]
superpolar Taïps is very happy to welcome Hualun to the cassingle series. While they modestly call themselves ‘a rock band from China since 2004’, their oeuvre offers so much more. Multiple influences from Krautrock, Minimal and Experimental form the mesmerising soundscapes you can listen to on this cassette single, but also on their other releases. […]
WCR Dark Train C19#87 – bleed Air/superpolar Taïps Mix – 06-12-21
With huge thanks to Dark Train host Kate Bosworth for the invite! Kate Bosworth / Dark Train f5point6 – Charting Unknown Constellations Ffion – Lights That Burn Twice As Bright Lisa Bella Donna – (Excerpt) Atagahi, of the Great Smoky Mountains Kindly Spoken Thieves – Rheostat Ordnance Survey – Connolly Station December 1962 bleed Air […]
Ffion – Lights That Burn Twice As Bright [Cassingle #26]
“Two pieces of music inspired by the many cloud formations and skylines I’ve seen from my home in West Yorkshire. Everything I see here is almost in slow motion and the birds seem to be carrying a great weight as they fly.” Yorkshire, UK based composer Thomas Ragsdale produces under his own name, but also […]