During the heyday of cassette culture there were many international labels that released and distributed tapes in many styles. Even a partial list would be gigantic but I will begin by focusing on those labels that distributed many different artists work and not just an outlet for an individual artist.
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Kim Harten, Bliss Tapes and Aquamarine zine
25 March 2014For over 20 years, Kim Harten has been actively championing the international indie and home taping scene from her home in Great Britain. She also has been writing the Aquamarine zine for almost as long. Read about this important label owner and music enthusiast in a rare, full length interview.
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Trance Port Tapes
8 July 2013Barry Craig ran the Trance Port label from 1983 until his passing in 2011. Take a look at his label output and listen to some of his music and the compilation, “LA Mantra”.
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Birgit Gasser of the SDV Tontrager label, Germany.
2 April 2012Birgit Gasser of the SDV Tontrager label from Germany talks about running the label , her music and art, and reflections on the scene.
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Doomsday Transmissions/ The Ceiling
18 January 2012Interview and information about Jim DeJong who has been active in the Canadian scene for a long, long time.
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EE Tapes
24 September 2011Belgian label boss, Eriek Van Havere reveals the inner workings of this essential European imprint.
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IRRE Tapes
24 September 2011Matthias Lang takes us through the history of this important European tape label. Thanks to Siegmar Fricke for the translation assistance.
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Best Kept Secret
24 September 2011Alessandro Crestani details his involvement with his tape label.
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Insane Music
24 September 2011Belgian tape label run by Alain Neffe. Interviews by Veronica Vesicka and Johan Schlanbusch.
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Spilling Audio
24 September 2011The tape label run by Eric Hausmann. He discusses his releases and own music.
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Hypertonia
24 September 2011Label run by Jan R. Bruun from Norway. He discusses the label and more.
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Calypso Now
24 September 2011Essential Swiss label run by Rudi Tuscher. He speaks at length about his activities.
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Harsh Reality
24 September 2011Chris Phinney goes on the record about his essential underground label.
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Alternate Media
24 September 2011Label chief, Penga, discusses his operation.
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Mutant Cactus
24 September 2011Interview with Kevin Paisley who ran this Canadian underground label.
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Fragment
24 September 2011Clive Richards ran this UK label. Also see tapes on other labels he appeared on.
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Weed Music
24 September 2011Some cassette scans from this German label of the 80s and 90s. Thanks to Gaby for the images.
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Sound Of Pig
24 September 2011The seminal cassette label of the day run by Al Margolis. Al discusses the label and more.
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audiofile
24 September 2011Cover scans and interview with Carl Howard. See scans of audiofile tapes here.
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Illusion Production
24 September 2011Seminal French label released tapes by D.D.A.A., compilations and much more. Tony Coulter tells us about it.
