> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hypebot.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Cassette Subculture Continues Growth in 2013 With New Labels, Releases & Media Coverage - URL: https://www.hypebot.com/cassette-subculture-continues-growth-in-2013-with-new-labels-releases-media-coverage/ - Published: 2013-04-03T10:28:00.000Z - Updated: 2013-04-03T10:28:00.000Z - Description: Beneath the surveillance of SoundScan and the Official Charts Company and beyond the grasp of those who know of avant-gardes only from schoolbooks and museum tours, the cassette subculture continues. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/04/cassette-subculture-continues-growth-in-20 - Author: Guest Author - Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Indie Music, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43 [![Jonwayne-cassette](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017ee9f2d8be970d-150wi "Jonwayne-cassette")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017ee9f2d8be970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com) Beneath the surveillance of SoundScan and the Official Charts Company and beyond the grasp of those who know of avant-gardes only from schoolbooks and museum tours, **the cassette subculture continues to build** without need of outside approval. In order to get a sense of recent developments, I gathered a number of news items from the first quarter of 2013 featuring **recently launched labels**, a handful of **new releases** and **"cassettes are making a comeback" coverage** from scattered locales. For those still wondering why anyone would release music on cassette, key points of discussion focus on the ability to put out a very limited run of physical releases for a small price with quick turnaround. Tangibility and unique art, which are now commonly accepted explanations for resurgence of vinyl, seem to be important elements. Multiple commenters on [this post](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/01/why-cassette-labels-are-more-important-than-many-can-understand.html) had interesting things to say about sound quality. The importance of having a space for musical experimentation is clearly a factor as well though, since my initial introduction via noise and drone labels, I'm finding that the phenomenon crosses genres. Note: Cassette labels often put out simultaneous digital editions and many release vinyl and even CDs. The following news item offer one way of getting a sense of the breadth and depth of activity based largely on what Google's algorithms chose to reveal. They should in no way be taken as exhaustive. **2013 Cassette Label & Series Launches** [Blackest Ever Black launch Krokodilo Tapes](http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2013/03/01/blackest-ever-black-launch-krokodilo-tapes/?ref=hypebot.com) ft. London's [Blackest Ever Black](http://blackesteverblack.bigcartel.com/?ref=hypebot.com) [SVBKVLT Beat Tapes](http://subcultureshanghai.com/2013/03/07/svbkvlt-beat-tapes/?ref=hypebot.com) ft. [Sub-Culture Shanghai's](http://subcultureshanghai.com/?ref=hypebot.com) new cassette series [GNOD launch cassette Label 'Tesla Tapes'](http://rocketrecordings.blogspot.com/2013/02/gnod-launch-cassette-label-tesla-tapes.html?ref=hypebot.com) ft. [Tesla Tapes](http://teslatapes.bandcamp.com/?ref=hypebot.com) of Salford, England [Fallow Records Launches With Cassettes By Be Honest And JG/BC](http://www.bodytonicmusic.com/news/2013/feb/20/fallow-records-launches-cassettes-be-honest-and-jg/?ref=hypebot.com) ft. [Fallow Field](http://fallowfield.limitedrun.com/?ref=hypebot.com) of Dublin, Ireland **Cassette Labels That Launched in 2012** [Local musician turns record label fantasy into reality](http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20130102/ENT/130109984?tc=ar&ref=hypebot.com) ft. [Doctor Gone Records](http://doctorgonerecords.bandcamp.com/?ref=hypebot.com) of Carolina Beach, NC [Boston Startup Record Label Releases First Album on Cassette](http://www.prlog.org/12029886-boston-startup-record-label-releases-first-album-on-cassette.html?ref=hypebot.com) and [16 Hiphop Producers Featured on Boston Cassette Label's Love-Themed Compilation Tape](http://www.prlog.org/12100355-16-hiphop-producers-featured-on-boston-cassette-labels-love-themed-compilation-tape.html?ref=hypebot.com) from Boston's [HEY WTF Records](http://heywtfrecords.bandcamp.com/?ref=hypebot.com) **A Handful of New Releases on Cassette** [Hear Mirror Universe's 19-Band, Two-Cassette 'Whatever It Is You're Doing Now'](http://www.spin.com/articles/mirror-universes-whatever-it-is-youre-doing-now-cassette-compilation-premiere-stream?ref=hypebot.com) from [Mirror Universe Tapes](http://mirroruniversetapes.com/?ref=hypebot.com) of Charleston, SC [The Movies – "In One Era, Out the Other"](http://cassettegods.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-movies-in-one-era-out-other-spring.html?ref=hypebot.com) from [Spring Break Tapes](http://springbreaktapes.com/?ref=hypebot.com) of Los Angeles [Philip Morris smacks Stones Throw over Jonwayne Cassette. Jonwayne releases Cassette 2.](http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2013/03/jonwayne-cassette-2?ref=hypebot.com) ft. LA's [Stones Throw Records](http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2013/03/jonwayne-cassette-2?ref=hypebot.com) [ST x LR: DUAL FORM](http://leavingrecords.com/releases/st-x-lr-dual-form/?ref=hypebot.com) from [Stones Throw](http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2013/03/jonwayne-cassette-2?ref=hypebot.com) and LA's [Leaving Records](http://leavingrecords.com/?ref=hypebot.com) whose releases Stones Throw is now distributing [Tape it or leave it: Considering the cassette release](http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/01/19/tape-it-or-leave-it-considering-the-cassette-release?ref=hypebot.com) ft. Chicagoan Whitney Johnson's latest [Matchess](http://www.digitalisindustries.com/music/?portfolio=digi-ltd244-matchess-seraphastra&ref=hypebot.com) release [Label spotlight: Flesh Wave (New Timmy Vulgar tape of rarities)](http://blogs.metrotimes.com/index.php/2013/03/label-spotlight-flesh-wave-new-timmy-vulgar-tape-of-rarities/?ref=hypebot.com) ft. Detroit's [Flesh Wave](http://fleshwave.bandcamp.com/?ref=hypebot.com) **Media Coverage ft. Cassette Labels** [Going analogue: Cassette tapes making comeback in Ottawa’s underground](http://metronews.ca/uncategorized/577019/going-analogue-cassette-tapes-making-comeback-in-ottawas-underground/?ref=hypebot.com) ft. Canada's [Bruised Tongue](http://bruisedtongue.com/wordpress/?ref=hypebot.com) [Cassette Tape Comeback](http://www.encorekalamazoo.com/cassette-tape-comeback/?ref=hypebot.com) ft. [Already Dead Tapes](http://alreadydeadtapes.com/?ref=hypebot.com) with partners in Kalamazoo, MI and Chicago [Rewind: Cassettes are back in vogue — at least for some](http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Rewind+Cassettes+back+vogue+least+some/8171153/story.html?ref=hypebot.com) ft. [Analogue Media](http://www.duplication.ca/?ref=hypebot.com) of Nuns' Island, Quebec whose services include cassette duplication [Cassette Label Tricot Records Builds a Microscene in College Park](http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/03/21/cassette-label-tricot-records-builds-a-microscene-in-college-park/?ref=hypebot.com) ft. [Tricot Records](http://tricotrecords.tumblr.com/?ref=hypebot.com) of College Park, Maryland [Industry Opinion: Cassette Tapes Are Back](http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/industry%5Fnews/industry%5Fopinion%5Fcassette%5Ftapes%5Fare%5Fback.html?ref=hypebot.com) ft. London's [Heart Throb Records](http://heartthrobrecs.tumblr.com/?ref=hypebot.com) [Constellation Tatsu micro-label's cassette and VHS releases](http://boingboing.net/2013/02/08/constellation-tatsu-micro-labe.html?ref=hypebot.com) ft. [Constellation Tatsu](http://www.ctatsu.com/?ref=hypebot.com) of San Luis Obispo, CA [DiggUp Tapes issues its music on cassette, and that's no joke](http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/diggup-tapes-issues-its-music-on-cassette-and-thats-no-joke/Content?oid=3460873&ref=hypebot.com) ft. Raleigh, NC's [DiggUp Tapes](http://digguptapes.bandcamp.com/?ref=hypebot.com) [Building a bigger Burger Records at the Burgerama festival](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-burgerama-20130322,0,1065956.story?ref=hypebot.com) ft. [Burger Records](http://www.burgerrecords.org/?ref=hypebot.com) of Fullerton, CA [ i started a cassette label for 150 dollars](http://cassetteanarchy.blogspot.com/2013/03/i-started-cassette-label-for-150-dollars.html?ref=hypebot.com) ft. Austin's [Minner Bucket Records](http://minnerbucketrecords.com/?ref=hypebot.com) [The Reel World: Holy Page](http://www.portalsmusic.com/2013/01/features/the-reel-world-holy-page/?ref=hypebot.com) ft. [Holy Page Records](http://holypage.org/?ref=hypebot.com) of Phoenix [The Reel World: DZ Tapes](http://www.portalsmusic.com/2013/03/features/the-reel-world-dz-tapes/?ref=hypebot.com) ft. [DZ Tapes](http://dztapes.blogspot.com/?ref=hypebot.com) of Washington, DC *\[Thumbnail image of [Jonwayne's Cassette 2](http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2013/03/jonwayne-cassette-2?ref=hypebot.com) cassette-only release on Stones Throw.\]* **More:** - [Why Cassette Labels Are More Important Than Many Can Understand](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/01/why-cassette-labels-are-more-important-than-many-can-understand.html) - [15 Best Cassette Releases Of 2012](https://www.hypebot.com/15-best-cassette-releases-of-2012/) - [Is A Cassette Tape Release In Your Future?](https://www.hypebot.com/is-a-music-cassette-release-in-your-future/) *Hypebot Senior Contributor Clyde Smith ([@fluxresearch](https://twitter.com/fluxresearch?ref=hypebot.com)/[@crowdfundingm](https://twitter.com/crowdfundingm?ref=hypebot.com)) also blogs at [All World Dance: Videos](http://www.allworlddance.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and maintains [Music Biz Blogs](http://www.musicbizblogs.com/?ref=hypebot.com). 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