Label
Simple Tapes
Early 1980s independent cassette label documenting experimental and underground music through limited releases.
About
Simple Tapes was an independent record label active during the early 1980s, operating primarily within the underground experimental and industrial music community. The label's catalog, though modest in output, represents an important documentation of the era's avant-garde cassette culture. With four known releases between 1982 and 1983, Simple Tapes focused on cassette format distribution, reflecting the aesthetic and practical preferences of the independent music underground during this period. The label's releases, including Six Simple Senses, Dojoji 1, and What's Behind That Curtain?, showcase the label's commitment to experimental and unconventional musical forms that characterized the post-industrial underground scene. While specific details regarding the label's geographic base and founding personnel remain limited in available documentation, Simple Tapes' cassette-based output contributes to the broader historical record of DIY music distribution and experimental sound exploration in early 1980s underground music communities.