20 Cassette Labels You Should Know
As far as categorizing and listing labels dedicated solely, or predominantly, to the distribution of artists through a cassette medium, you would be foolish to say that this list of 20 labels is anywhere near comprehensive, as there are hundreds upon hundreds of labels which try to develop the fan-base and necessary capitol to remain in business long enough to see their hard work pay off. My list of 20 cassette labels below is only scratching the surface of a much larger world and it is rapidly expanding. As much as they are available, I have placed Bandcamp/Spotify/website links to each of my recommended albums. Use these labels and Becker’s cassette choices as a jumping off point for the world of cassette distribution and obsession. And believe me, it becomes that sooner than you’d expect. The genre labels which I have listed are in no way meant to be completely representative of the label, as some of these labels run through half a dozen genres across dozens of albums. If you like any of the albums or labels listed, dig deeper and see for yourself why cassettes are more than just a hipster’s passing fad.
Recommended albums: Some Ember – Hotel of Lost Light, Window Twins – Wish
Recommended albums: Junior Pande – Tape Two, Ali Helnwein – Strange Creations
Recommended albums: Lutomysl – Lutomysl, Wulkanaz – HNI (repress coming soon)
Recommended albums: Magic Jake and the Power Crystals – Magic Jake and the Power Crystals, Gap Dream – Gap Dream
Recommended albums: Teeel – University Heights, Patchwork – Changes
Recommended albums: Pop Singles – All Gone, Lazy Magnet – Crystal Cassette
Recommended albums: Bastian Void – Fluorescent Bells, Detainee – Vital Organs
Recommended albums: Tabor Mountain – Tabor Mountain, Lusitania – Third Cassette
Recommended albums: April In the Orange – In the Mirror Under the Moon, Believer/Law – Foxhole Prayers/The Task At Hand
Recommended albums: Yung Life – Yung Life, JSHIH – Interval
Recommended albums: Julie Byrne – Julie Byrne, Sea Priest – The Tower
Recommended albums: Virgin Blood – Cupidity, Harmoos/Lovebrrd – split
Recommended albums: Them Savages/northAMERICANS – Qualivid, Motherboy – Motherboy
Recommended albums: James Apollo – Little War, Little Less, Meridians – Meridians
Recommended albums: Blanket Truth – Urban Wildlife, Le Almeida – Pre Ambulatorio
Recommended albums: Ciro Madd – Sleeping in the Rough Sea, Top Surprise – Everything Must Go
Recommended albums: Diva – Moon Moods, EMV – Resolutions
Recommended albums: Dead Bugs – Soft Drugs, Spectral Being – Ritualistic Burning
Recommended albums: Chris Roberts – Transmission, Infinite Third – Isolationism
Recommended albums: Les Halles/Magnetophonique – split, Albino Deers – Albino Deers
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