the tour is going great and still has some shows left.  They are out of records and tapes and we’re just about out of tapes.  yup, just two weeks after its release MT009 BOOTBLACKS “narrowed” is almost out of print, there are about 3 copies left as of this evening.

here are the dates for the tour:

Modern Tapes is very proud to present “Narrowed” the band new 4 song cassette Ep from Brooklyn, Ny’s Bootblacks.  Imagine all your post-punk/death rock heroes had an orgy.  This is the band that would be providing the live soundtrack amid pulses of strobelights, washes of fog and spurts of lubricant.  They have a sound, they have the songs.  enjoy.  release happens april 2nd, for you at least.

Hey everyone,

at long last the Modern Tapes distro/store is online.  We’ve got releases from great labels like- Blind Prophet, Dark Entries, Genetic Music, La Forme Lente, No Em Blanc and a bunch more.  Focusing mostly on smaller pressings and releases hard to find in the US or outside of shows by the artists themselves.  It is a work in progress for sure, but it is up and running!  CLICK HERE and browse, make an order if you see something you like, and don’t forget to pick up some of our releases as well!

speaking of which, we’ve got a couple new releases coming soon, more details once they’re being manufactured/printed.

 

Unur tour info HERE

Gel Set tour info HERE

Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s been a long minute but Modern Tapes had returned from it’s all too long hibernation to unleash three fantastic tapes on your ears, eyes, and the rest of your faces!

mt005- Momentform “Four Days” 6 song cassette
FRENCH + SYNTH + AWESOME = Momentform!

mt006- Unur “Anyone” 4 song cassette
New songs of synths, guitars and made beds being slept in.

mt007- Gel Set “Cell Jets” 6 song cassette
great introduction to the hazy minimal synth coming from this exciting new Chicago artist.

to listen to, purchase tapes, download, etc. go HERE

or visit the Modern Tapes bandcamp page

Thanks for your patience, next tape on deck- YOU. “Brick” cassette version of the 12″ coming soon on Blind Prophet Records.

Hey everyone, the next batch of releases have been delayed by two things.  1. A back up at the manufacturing plant (i can’t keep dubbing tapes myself, my deck is almost broken at this point, plus i can print on them too!) and 2. I’ve been on tour pretty consistently since January.  so it looks like JUNE will be when you can expect four new releases from Modern Tapes.

here’s what’s coming!

MT005- MomentForm “Four Days” fantastic French coldwave in the tradition of all the greats but with a voice all its own.

MT006- Unur “anyone” four new songs from chicago’s Unur.  The “Anywhere / Anyone” 12″ on Genetic Music is a collection of these songs with the now out of print “Anywhere” cassette from last year.

MT007- Gel Set “Cell Jets” awesome EP of hazy minimal synth spaceouts by this awesome Chicagoan.

MT008- YOU. “Bricks” cassette companion to this Brooklyn synth outfit’s upcoming Lp on Blind Prophet.

the new UNUR 12″ titled “Anywhere / Anyone” will be available in June from the wonderful people at Genetic Music.

There will be a series of record release shows in May and June.

May 20, 2012 Berlin, Germany @ Magnet w/ Agent Side Grinder
June 7, 2012 Brussels, Belgium @ Le Café Central w/ Bonjour Tristesse
June 27, 2012 Chicago, Illinois @ The Burlington w/ Hot Guts (philly, Blind Prophet Recs), Bootblack (brooklyn), and Running (chicago, permenant recs)

Unur will tour europe again in September 2012, contact unurism (at) gmail (dot) com if you are interested in helping out!

Just a little teaser to let all you folks know that there is a bunch of activity in the Modern Tapes stable.

Staring Problem has new vinyl coming soon from a friend’s label.
as does Unur, from a different friend’s label.

we’ve got three new releases coming in the next few months as well.  Some Chicago, some Brooklyn and some France.  If we’re lucky, perhaps a little Carbondale as well…

Unur/patrick  is doing the sound design for an independent feature film to be released in April.  Mit Gas will be on the soundtrack as will others.

Staring Problem on tour in the spring
Unur too
same with some of the new artists.

can i be more vague or cryptic?