Label

Alternate Media Tapes

38 items · 1987

Alternate Media Tapes is an experimental music label from the late 1980s, known for its unique cassette releases and lo-fi soundscapes.

The BrotherhoodIsland SketchesInstallation MusicRadio Special Volume IIITotentanzCabdriver

About

In the twilight of the 1980s, Alternate Media Tapes emerged as a conduit for the exploratory and the esoteric, threading its way through the liminal spaces of sound from 1987 to 1992. This label's entire corpus was a devotion to the cassette format, a choice both tactile and philosophical, offering every release as a portable world of lo-fi textures and non-traditional structures. The catalog, a century of experimental artifacts, held the sonic imprints of artists like Dark Enigma, L.G. Mair Jr, and Viktimized Karcass, each contributing to this process-driven tapestry of auditory exploration. White Music 1987-92 by The Conspiracy encapsulated the label's ethos with its kaleidoscopic tape collage, while Penga's Installation Music transformed ambient soundscapes into sculptural forms. L.G. Mair Jr's Mediaevel Tales and The Final Procession wove narrative threads through fractured sound, and Dark Enigma's Visions Of Heaven And Hell and Revelation delved into aural chiaroscuro, blending field recordings with haunting drones. Alternate Media Tapes was a temporal node in the experimental underground, embracing imperfections and the organic evolution of sound. This was not music for the masses; it was an invitation to the curious, a call to those willing to traverse the boundaries of conventional listening. With 100 releases, the label's archive stands as a testament to a period of fervent creativity, a sculptural legacy etched in magnetic tape.

Catalog

38 total
The BrotherhoodThe BrotherhoodMazz · TapeIsland SketchesIsland SketchesTranceport · 1992 · TapeInstallation MusicInstallation MusicPenga · 1992 · TapeRadio Special Volume IIIRadio Special Volume IIIAlien Planetscapes · 1991 · TapeTotentanzTotentanzL.G. Mair Jr · 1991 · TapeCabdriverCabdriverAndreas Bick · 1991 · TapeVisions Of Heaven And HellVisions Of Heaven And HellDark Enigma · 1991 · TapeEvent HorizonEvent HorizonVarious · 1990 · TapeNewsrealNewsrealJohn Callaghan · 1990 · TapeDeep Thought QuitDeep Thought QuitStewart Robinson · 1990 · TapeSwinging The BluesSwinging The BluesTerrorplan · 1990 · TapeAbsolute AnimalAbsolute AnimalSphinx · 1990 · TapeStorming HeavenStorming HeavenAlan Martin And Tranceport · 1990 · TapeEarth, Fire, Water, AirEarth, Fire, Water, AirGerfried Feistritzer · 1990 · TapeDancing / Static (Comp)Dancing / Static (Comp)Alan Martin / Tranceport · 1990 · TapeThe Birmingham BasherThe Birmingham BasherLord Litter · 1990 · TapeNetwork Vol. 2Network Vol. 2Birmingham Experimetal Music Network · 1989 · TapePsychonautPsychonautMaz Mitrenke · 1989 · TapeSeeing EyeSeeing EyeStephen Purcell · 1989 · TapeEarthscapesEarthscapesEmmellar · 1989 · TapeTrans-SiberianTrans-SiberianMitch Rushton · 1989 · TapeAntithesisAntithesisDark Enigma · 1989 · TapeNetwork Vol. 1Network Vol. 1Birmingham Experimetal Music Network · 1989 · TapeEarthworksEarthworksMaz Mitrenke · 1989 · TapeClaustrophobiaClaustrophobiaDark Enigma · 1989 · TapeSunchipSunchipPenga · 1989 · TapeDisturbancesDisturbancesQuadraphase · 1989 · TapeElementsElementsMaz Mitrenke · 1989 · TapeSpoiled TeethSpoiled TeethAbortive Gasp · 1989 · TapeDreamscapesDreamscapesMaz Mitrenke · 1989 · TapeAlien LandscapesAlien LandscapesMitrenke & Valiant · 1989 · TapeX-ZoticaX-ZoticaQuadraphase · 1989 · TapeThe Bridges Of TimeThe Bridges Of TimeMitch Rushton · 1989 · TapeMusic From The BeastMusic From The BeastPenga · 1989 · TapeFoam Spins (One)Foam Spins (One)Sponge · 1989 · TapeImperfect Space JourneysImperfect Space JourneysJeff Carney · 1988 · TapeAbreactionAbreactionCephalic Index · 1988 · TapeHalos And HornsHalos And HornsMystery Hearsay · 1988 · Tape

Artists

Alternate Media Tapes · tape-mag