…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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Carlos Perea Milla – tactile / distante [Cassingle #22]
CARLOS PEREA MILLA has been creating improvised ambient experiments under the moniker MELQUÍADES since 2016, using tapes, electronics, guitars, harps, field recordings and other sounds. His first two solo albums, ‘Keep A Seed’ and ‘Imaginary Soundscapes / A Map’ were released on CANIGOU RECORDS, the cassette label he has been running from London, Buenos Aires […]
Modelbau – Aether Aleatorica (C60)
Released 4 June on Tape and digital. An eerie radiophonic trip.
Zigra – Enif [Cassingle #19]
Fantastic Electronics, knob twiddling and meticulous glitching by Jamie Orlando (Delaware – USA).
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 […]