Tapes

𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝟴-𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙!

Tapes has been spreading wonky saturated riddim goodness since his ground breaking “Hissing Theatricals” EP in 2009. Now, after a brief hibernation in the northern spawning pools, he’s spinning up his reels once again to present a new killer set of amphibian friendly, nintendo-fied sound system depth charges!

The “Photos of My Frog EP” is croaking off with its oddly addictive namesake: a surefire pond party starter – Ribbit! Hopping along, the adorable but tuff “Cleat Skank” and its gameboy driven pollywog follow, swinging their 8bit melody lasso till the cows come home. Yeehaw!

“Ramp Up” on B is a dense and raw FM synth digi banger, sure to fry any nearby circuits, so best beware! “Back Cramp Riddim” then turns up the low end even more and swirls its drums and synths into the next delay vortex, warping into a pixelated 8bit conclusion.

Whatever your taste in insects there’s something on this record for any lover of vintage dancehall and amphibious wild life alike!