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 […]
Orca, Attack! – You Won’t Remember This [Cassingle #29]
Read some reviews: the Quietus, Vital Weekly and Further.
Cruel Diagonals – Carapace [Cassingle #14]
“‘Carapace’ and ‘Oneiric Amplitude’ (Side B, bonus track) are tracks composed entirely from my voice. Here, I’m exploring themes of the subconscious, namely the dream state and its ability to communicate vital shifts within our healing before our conscious mind becomes aware of them”, says Megan Mitchell. She composes unsettling, ethereal music under the alias […]
Cassingle #6: moduS ponY [SPT08]
I first came across modus pony’s music on a split tape released by Cologne’s Strategic Tape Reserve. His genre-spanning, intricate guitar/bass/synth arrangements immediately stood out (of course next to the artist behind VLK, whom we’ll welcome soon as part of this cassingle series too). Because of its complexity, “Systemmetry/2Systemmetry” could be perceived as a concept […]
Cassingle #5 – German Army [SPT07]
German Army is a two piece (DT and GT) from the San Gabriel Valley, California, USA. Raised on Sydney Possuelo and Paulo Freire, their catalog seeks to critique US imperialism and nationalism. Their frequent and consistently outstanding releases have established them as one of the most present groups in the international tape scene in recent […]
Cassingle #4 – qualchan. [SPT06]
Fourth release of our cassette single series. qualchan. is a native american multi-disciplinary artist residing deep in the heart of cascadia. they describe their work as a reimagining of americana filtered through the tropes of new age, focusing primarily on living through the anthropocene. they call this wave now age, & are the only member […]
Cassingle #3 – Harald Sack Ziegler [SPT05]
25 Artists. 25 C-5 (that’s 2:30 per side) cassettes with two tracks (exclusive B-side). Strictly limited to 10 hand-dubbed copies each. Custom design. superpolar Taïps proudly presents the third release of its Cassette Single series. superpolar.org/2020/10/20/the-spt-cassingle-series/ The number of his entries on discogs is 49 – in reality there are innumerable and probably half of them […]
Cassingle #1: Tiger Village [SPT03]
25 Artists. 25 C-5 (that’s 2:30 per side) cassettes with two tracks. Exclusive B-sides. Strictly limited to 10 hand-dubbed copies each. Custom design. superpolar Taïps presents the first release of its Cassette Single series. The original thought behind the music of Tiger Village was to make music that is missing a core component of composition, […]