Label
Mental Hygiene Cassettes
Underground cassette label specializing in experimental and industrial music during the 1980s.
About
Mental Hygiene Cassettes was an underground record label active during the 1980s, operating primarily within the experimental and industrial music community. The label's catalog demonstrates a commitment to the cassette format, releasing material during an era when tape remained a vital medium for avant-garde and DIY music production. The label's output from 1987 included releases such as "Kingdom Come," "Hic et ubique uno animo," and a split release, alongside later material including "Selected Recordings Human Head Transplant," suggesting the label maintained operations into subsequent decades. The choice of the "Mental Hygiene" name reflects the provocative, conceptually-driven aesthetic common to experimental music labels of the period. While specific details about the label's geographic base and founding circumstances remain limited in available documentation, the cassette-centric release strategy aligns with broader underground music distribution practices of the era, when independent labels leveraged the affordability and accessibility of tape technology to reach niche audiences. Mental Hygiene Cassettes contributed to the broader experimental and industrial underground through its support of unconventional artistic approaches and alternative distribution methods.