Label
audiofile Tapes
audiofile Tapes was a US-based experimental music label from 1984 to 1998, known for its unique cassette releases and diverse soundscapes.
About
audiofile Tapes, a crucible of the curious, thrived in the United States from 1984 to 1998, manifesting its vision almost exclusively through the cassette format. A repository of 151 releases, it presented a fractal landscape of experimental sound, where artists like Nomuzic and Alien Planetscapes charted courses through ambient soundscapes, lo-fi tape corrosion, and the liminal spaces of found audio. The catalog sculpted a sonic terrain that was both raw and refined, full of conceptual audacity. Nomuzic's "Goonz - You Wanna Hug Widdat?" (1997) and Alien Planetscapes' "The Lost Missile Outtakes" series exemplify this exploratory ethos, their titles alone hinting at the playful yet probing nature of the work. "Ne Quid Nimis" by Luster, released in 1996, is a diary of tentative ambient drafts — a process-driven exploration that invites the listener into its unfolding. Each release, a sculptural entity, was anchored in the tactile experience of cassette listening, a format preference that underscored the label's commitment to the materiality of sound. By 1998, "Bypass" by Dang encapsulated the label's trajectory, a key example of their sonic evolution. The label's brief foray into magazine formats with three releases suggests an interdisciplinary ambition, yet it was the cassette that remained audiofile Tapes' true medium. These tapes were more than vessels; they were process-driven artifacts, each one a unique expression of the artists' auditory visions.
Catalog
115 total
Offhand
Process Of Improvisation
Old Bottles
Ritual Effect
From Hell To Politics
The Obsolete Man
Flatlined Live at Gateway
Bypass
Lagomorph
Ne Quid Nimis (A Diary Of Tentative Ambient Drafts)
Compiled Wounds
So Fine
Radio Special Vol X
The Conspiracy
Imagottadavoltage
White Hawk Atomic
A Tale Of Two Kitties
Postal Sound Surgery
Notes About The Man
Mugged by Life
Space Trip
Who's Next On This
News You Can Choose
Phantasieen
Seeking Release
The Psychedlic Journey
Seattle
Live Bootleg From Switzerland
Unrelated Landscape
The Yukki Dance
Goonz
Brain Salad
Back In The Alley
The Many Teeth Of God
The Inner Chamber
Tro Noyce
The Moon
Outlet
Duets For Bass
Opening Remarks
It Takes Time To Do Nothing
Abduction Of Mind
Surface Tension
Another Image on the Screen
Lovers Of Libra
Worth Less Than Ideas
This Is Daddy Shaving
Visitor Parking
Secret Swines
L'Odyssée Du Lieutenant Caramel
NKVD
Widening Lain
The Man of Steal
Anodized
Wolfmusik
Space Age
Every New Dead Ghost
Live Electronic Music
The Divine Principle
Doug Michael & The Outer Darkness
Ssaxophones
A Whole New Groove
Wilding & You Make My Swamp Thing
Theme From A Non-Existing Film
Istania
The Greenhouse Effect, Pt. 1+2
of Morningside
Songs Of Resignation
Inside Down
Failure Parade
An Act of Reason
si L'amour et une corvee
Gray Test Hits
Motion P. Music
1st Transmission
Wand Inside Jar
You Never Know
Where it's at 88
Bledisiba
Purity Of Essence
Vanishing Spheres
Valborgunmassoäfton
Tales of the Yeti
Sings
Church of the Insane
A Little Treatise On Morals
The Hall Of Gates
Solid, Liquid, Light
Catalyst
Urban Sensitivity
Apples Big! China Doll
Shadow Play
Black Sun (The Live Recordings Of Body Without Organs)
Halls
Red Shift 4
Being
Exchange Of Force
Bob Hope's Fruit Loop Special
In /Divi /Dualism
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Artists
People
- Carl Howard — ran Audiofile Tapes


