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VOLHNN “artefact” and UNSER VERHÄNGNES “Peace Is A Lasting Legacy When The Earth Is A Silent Grave” available now.

After much waiting and a couple delays the new Volhnn and Unser Verhängnis tapes are available.

mt023 Volhnn “artefact” c60 limited edition of 15
cold and bleak ambient noise wall project of this French provocateur, otherwise known by his Chier alias.

mt024 Unser Verhängnis “Peace Is A Lasting Legacy When The Earth Is A Silent Grave” 2xc60 limited edition of 15
Grim, ambient noise walls for the contemplation of our undoing. double cassette from this project of the ever prolific Peter Keller aka Condo Horro.

packaged in aluminum boxes with photocopied artwork and insert along with a download code and “this machine kills fascists” sticker.

more in the pipeline for 2018

Verhalten- west coast us tour, new video and 12″ vinyl release of “Forgiveness”

On March 31 Verhalten returns with “Forgiveness” a collection of noise laced industrial tracks based around rhythm and slow melody. Well, underneath the membrane of static and feedback that is.  This is the 12″ vinyl edition of the cassette ep released in early 2017 that is already out of print.

The release is accompanied by a short tour of the west coast from March 31-April 09 and the release of a video for the track “Pictures Drawn In Water”.  A minimalist short film of natural white noise photographed while on tour in the Czech Republic, Germany and Iceland in February of 2017.

Tour dates below the video.

Verhalten Tour Dates:

March 31- Los Angeles @ Handbag Factory w/ Pod Blotz, J. De sosa & Analscubahive
https://www.facebook.com/events/388201664882398/

April 1- Oakland, Ca @ Night Light w/ Forbidden Colors, Type B, Blie (Ex Machina #1)
https://www.facebook.com/events/268522096923168/

April 6- Portland, Or @ Atlantis Lounge w/ Portable Morla, Elrond, Disxiple 113 (Live in the Depths #10)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1663105603987556/

April 7- Seattle, Wa @ Teatro De La Psychomachia w/ Pink Void, Glacial, Dosenoffner, Koan-Din (Sonic Decasia)
https://www.facebook.com/events/512467465593447/

April 9- Corvalis, Or @ Interzone

Verhalten Europe Tour 2017

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Cassette copies of both “Forgiveness” and “Oxter” will be available, as well as the Staring Problem and Worker/Parasite releases from the end of 2016.

Jan 27- Paris, France @ Studio Campus w/ Froe Char, Mecano Lacrymo & Viktor Alles
Jan 28- Brussels, Belgium @ Rue De La Sene 88 w/ Froe Char & Mecano Lacrymo
Jan 31- Hamburg, Germany @ Astra Stube
Feb 03- Vienna, Austria @ Au
Feb 04- Brno, Czech Republic @ Skleněná louka – Sklepní scéna
Feb 05- Leipzig, Germany @ AKKO w/Ovo
Feb 06- Zurich, Switzerland @ Boschbar
Feb 09- Rome, Italy @ Fanfulla 5/a
Feb 10- Rimini, Italy @ Wave

US dates coming. More Europe in the summer too.

Verhalten “forgiveness” pre-order

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that’s right, ANOTHER new Verhalten tape.  Interesting thing about it, this one will also exist on 12″ vinyl come April 2017.  There are a limited number of tapes that will be available on the impending european tour and the vinyl will be here once more dates are announced in the US.  Here’s a little insight as to how it differs from “oxter”.

Verhalten returns with a collection of tracks based around brutalist rhythm and slow melody. Well, underneath the layers of static and feedback that is.

Verhalten “oxter”available now.

mt021-vh_oxter-tapeFurther evolution into the deeper realms of noise, Verhalten returns with a claustrophobic din of modular cacophony. Harsh noise walls give way to an almost ambient conclusion.  This is the first in what will be a series of Verhalten noise releases which will have the signifying code VHNW somewhere on the artwork.  If you are wondering about the more beat driven work, don’t fret, there is more of that coming too, very soon.  Until then, enjoy the crumble and clang of Oxter.  VHNW000-005.

only a few of these will be available for mailorder. the rest will be available at stops on Verhalten’s 2017 europe and us tours.  thanks!

Froe Char + Unur Europe Tour 2014

Froe Char and Unur will be on tour in Europe Feb20-Mar07.  Bring them vegan treats, hugs, bionade, beer, some whiskey and most of all, every single one of your friends!

Download and Stream “Fossils”
http://moderntapes.bandcamp.com/album/fossils

Download and Stream “No Human Self”
http://moderntapes.bandcamp.com/album/no-human-self

spread the word. we’ll see you soon.
Feb 20- Milan, Italy @ Ligera w/ AU+
http://www.facebook.com/events/404895989645626/

Feb 21- Ljubljana, Slovenia @ tba

Feb 22- Vienna, Austria @ TRANSFORMER
http://www.facebook.com/events/576103739148824/

Feb 23- Brno, Czech Republic @ Boro w/ Leto
http://www.facebook.com/events/270022129821896/

Feb 27- Leipzig, Germany @ Goldhorn
http://www.facebook.com/events/642637795797261/

Feb 28- Berlin, Germany @ Urban Spree

Mar 1- Hamburg, Germany @ Rote Flora
http://www.facebook.com/events/595508970542615/

Mar 4- Wurzburg, Germany @ Cairo

Mar 5- Bruxelles, Belgium @ tba

Mar 6- Antwerp, Belgium @ Die Kleine Hedonist

Mar 7- Paris, France @ La Mecanique Ondulatoire
http://www.facebook.com/events/252795521548979/

MT010- FROE CHAR “Fossils” 12″ Lp PREORDER!!!!

Friends, family, lovers, haters,

dec 22 marks a new day for Modern Tapes.  Our first vinyl release!!!

also our 10th release.  We don’t churn out recordings the way other labels do, slow and steady really works for us.  I like to think each release keeps upping the ante for the next. Don’t worry MT hasn’t forgotten you cassette lovers out there, there are some cassette releases in the near future too, and perhaps some more vinyl.  But now, to share this awesome chunk of dinosaur with you.

Fossils is the third release from Froe Char, the solo alias of Christina of the also amazing Parisian duo Illustration Sonore.  Where her first recordings as Froe Char writhed in distortion and doom Fossils pushes the rhythm to the forefront and breaks the synths through the haze creating an opaque yet completely minimal mutant wave masterpiece.

Simply put, i fucking love this record.

pre-order now. and get the download immediately.

Europe tour planned with Unur (who also has a new recording coming soon) in february 2014.

MT010 Froe Char “Fossils ” Lp COMING SOON!

2013 Has been an interesting year for MT.  there was much talk of a handful of cassette releases.  Time has turned one of these in to the first vinyl Lp by Modern Tapes.  What better way to celebrate our 10th release!

Froe Char aka Italian/Parisian Christina Lauro is also known as 1/2 of the duo Illustration Sonore who has an amazing Lp being released by the fantastic Medical Records label.  There have been a pair of previous Froe Char releases of dark beautiful ambiance but with “Fossils” she takes the distorted haze and murk of her prior work and uses it as a texture amid percolating synths and minimalist rhythms.  “Fossils” is the sultry minimal synth record for the experimental crowd or the noisy bleak record for the coldwave kids.  I once heard someone say “you can’t dance to pain” but this record really proves otherwise.

this record is the first in a collaborative effort between Modern Tapes and the amazing French label Spielzeug Muzak.  more info soon, but until then, here’s a teaser:

 

 

 

Guitar Party “birthday” available from us today! Tapes and other digital outlets soon.

Hey Everyone,

The greatest band to collect some of my favorite people in the world have given us their debut recording to unleash to the drooling public!  It is the 8 person 4 guitar whirlwind of serene drones and sweet tunes and jagged riffage known as Guitar Party.  Featuring Jeremy (alpha consumer, andrew bird, fog) and Mijah (age 6) Ylvisaker with a list of Minneapolis’ finer musicians- Michael Larsen (eyedea-RIP), Andrew Broder (fog, heatdeath, the cloak ox), Haley Bonar (haley bonar), Michael Lewis (fat kid wednesdays, andrew bird, gayngs) and Jacob Hansen.

and one last thing, ModernTapes has a facebook page, join the gang to get updates and junk.