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DOSENÖFFNER and SCHOLL

NOW AVAILABLE! two brand new tapes from the mangled mind and electronics of Peter Keller (Unser Verhängnis, Bacillus, Condo Horro, etc.).

Mt030 Dosenöffner “Push For Signal” c60 + download

the duo of Peter Keller (aka Unser Verhängis, Scholl, Condon Horro, Bacillus) and Casey Chittenden Jones creates evolving textures of modular noise ranging from the harsh to the understated. an intriguing collection of improvised sounds captured live.

mt031 SCHOLL “Angesichts Konstanter” c60 + download

augmented debut release by this new project from Peter Keller (Unser Verhängnis, Condo Horro, Dosenöffner, Bacillus, ad infinitum). repetitive noise for a paranoid dancefloor that doesn’t exist.

NEW RELEASES for fall 2018. Rien “the grey tape” and Verhalten “corrupted structures v.2” PLUS a new batch of “This Machine Kills Fascists” tshirts with more sizes!

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Hello everyone! Here’s a doozy of an update for you. TWO new releases as well as “this machine…” shirts reprinted and in more sizes (XS and XL)!

mt028- RIEN “the grey tape” c40
the sound of implosion, of sound eating itself. we hear what is left behind.
stellar static noise (and sub sonic) minimalism from this prolific swedish provocateur.

mt029- VERHALTEN “corrupted structures v.2” c60
Second in a continuing series of releases for Verhalten. Distorted rhythms are woven with crackling walls of noise and syncopated sine waves pushing the further reaches of the audio spectrum. An exercise in tonality, texture and repetition. A minimalist exploration of the structures humanity creates to its own detriment.

Cassettes, downloads and shirts are all available now from Modern Tapes.

artist copies are enroute and will be available at live performances and online from them soonly.

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.

THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

Hey good people of the internet, i made some shirts and stickers for us electronic music/modular nrrrds out there. they express a sentiment i adapted from Woody Guthrie’s guitar back in 1941 when he was singing protest songs against wealthy and racist americans not seeming to have any problem with what was happening in Germany/Europe at the time. Feel free to draw parallels without hyperbole, please.

The money made from selling said shirts and stickers are going to Life After Hate, an organization that provides an exit strategy for people who are involved in many of the white supremacist subcultures in the US, they are the only non-profit i could find who does this. good for them.

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here is a link to order.

Shirts and Stickers set

just the stickers

and here is a link to life after hate

Life After Hate

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.

Mitra Mitra preorders!

Hey All,

if you’ve been paying any kind of attention you know that Modern Tapes is quite pleased to be presenting the cassette version of the debut full length from Vienna’s minimal synth masterminds Mitra Mitra.

Preorders have started, preview some tracks and get your order in here:

they’re handling the vinyl on their own Micromort label, you can get that HERE

New Froe Char + Unur AVAILABLE NOW!!!

Hey friends!

so, many of you have noticed that the new Froe Char Lp and Unur cassette are released but not available for mailorder from MT. Yeah. Sorry about that. You see, MT is a one person operation and i am rather far away from my tapes and records currently. HERE IS THE SOLUTION!!!

you can order the Froe Char Lp in the US from the kind, wonderful folks at permanent records in chicago by clicking THIS LINK

you can still get it in Europe from Spielzeug Muzak

Both the Unur and Froe Char releases are also available in the US from Heaven Street Records in Brooklyn, Laurie’s Planet Of Sound in chicago and End Of An Ear in Austin, Tx. Their websites aren’t the easiest to mailorder from but an email or phone call will get you taken care of. they are all lovely people. tell them i say “hi!”

in Europe you can find our stuff at WOOL-E-SHOP in Gent, Belgium and the amazing TRANSFORMER in Vienna, Austria.

Regular mailorder will resume in May and hopefully by the time i leave again i’ll have someone in line to help with the mailorder for the rest of the summer. sorry for the confusion and complications. thank you as always for your continued support of the music i make and love!

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/

Unur “No Human Self” cassette/download OUT TODAY

Friends, today we find the digital release (tapes coming in a week or so) of the follow-up to Unur’s two previous Modern Tapes Eps/Genetic Music 12″. This is the first proper full length to come from this nomadic one person band. 13 new songs of further evolved post-wave noir, created from an eclectic mix of vintage and modern analogue synthesizers washed with a haze of ever increasing guitar buzz. This is the next step.

European Tour with Froe Char February-March 2014 details SOON.