Label
Geil/Ungeil Tapes
German underground cassette label from the 1980s specializing in experimental and industrial music with provocative artistic vision.
About
Geil/Ungeil Tapes was an underground German record label active during the 1980s, operating primarily as a cassette-based imprint during the formative years of industrial and experimental music. The label's name, translating to "Cool/Uncool Tapes," reflects its deliberately provocative and anti-establishment aesthetic. Based on the label's output between 1983 and 1986, Geil/Ungeil Tapes specialized in avant-garde and experimental releases that pushed stylistic boundaries, as evidenced by titles like "Nuclear Rap Trat!" and the "Cannibal Kountry" project, which demonstrated the label's commitment to transgressive and confrontational artistic expression. The label favored cassette tape as its primary format, a common choice among independent European labels of the era, allowing for low-cost production and direct artist-to-listener distribution. While details about the label's founder and complete roster remain limited, Geil/Ungeil Tapes occupied an important niche within the underground experimental music community, serving as a platform for avant-garde artists working outside mainstream commercial structures.
