Berlin-based producer Misantrop, aka Nicolai Vesterkær Krog, lands on Opal Tapes in June with their debut solo album ‘Reproaching the Absurd‘. Spanning across seven tracks, ‘Reproaching
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LabelOpal Tapes
Results24Opal Tapes is an independent record label based in Teeside, founded and run by Stephen Bishop, who also produces as Basic House.
Opal Tapes launch fundraiser for The Lubber Fiend, a DIY music venue in Newcastle upon Tyne
Following our merchandise collaboration with Opal Tapes earlier this year, we are delighted to report that label founder Stephen Bishop is joining forces with Samuel David
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Premiere: Senso – Always On My iPhone
Copenhagen’s Lyra Valenza and the UK’s Opal Tapes go way back, to 2018’s ‘Scan, Deliver‘ EP, which was released on both Valenza’s Petrola 80 and on
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Kentaro Hayashi: Peculiar
“The Osaka-based mastering engineer’s production debut is granted the platform it thoroughly deserves, on potentially the most appropriate label for its release” *This review is part
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100% Opal Tapes
For our second merchandise collaboration we team up with Opal Tapes to present a limited collection of premium organic tees and jumpers, adorned with a four-way
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Premiere: Abbrumer – Trève
*This premiere is part of Inverted Audio x Opal Tapes partnership, offering a limited run of exclusive merchandise available to pre-order from Everpress. Based out of
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Inverted Audio x Opal Tapes
For our second merchandise collaboration we team up with Opal Tapes to present a limited edition run of premium organic short / long sleeve t-shirts and
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Opal Tapes line up lo-fi cassette from French producer Abbrumer
French producer Abbrumer steps up next on Opal Tapes with an 8-track cassette heavily loaded with lo-fi electronics and raw house abstractions. Having only previously released
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Music Video: GOLPESAR – The Flesh Of The World
Opal Tapes unleash their latest audiovisual experience, ‘The Flesh Of The World’, produced by trans-disciplinary artist she.PHASE in collaboration with GOLPESAR. Bearing the same title
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Premiere: Autumns – Doire Dog Race
Opal Tapes line up their next album release from the prolific yet shadowy producer Autumns — aptly titled ‘You Are Listening To Autumns‘ — a 6-track
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IA MIX 304 Patricia
Electronica-infused modular techno rubbing off onto post-industrial ambient upholstery, Ravitz’s music is essentially alien and intrepidly unpigeonholeable to the bone. Patrica steps up to provide an ultra rare live recording taken from his performance at the debut edition of Bucharest’s Automata Festival – a masterclass of ultra-sensory techno grooves and playful hardware juggling.
Premiere: Lyra Valenza – Down Not Out
Commanded by an analogous appetite for subversive floor ordnance, cutting-edge electronics and off-road rhythmic experimentation, it’s safe to say Copenhagen-based imprint Petrola 80 and Stephen Bishop’s
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Enter Chafik Chennouf’s 360° visual realm of darkness for ‘Ferroequinologie’
A long time in the works, this 360° VR music video for Chafik Chennouf ‘Ferroequinologie’ on Opal Tapes lures you into a parallel universe that oozes nothing but nighttime terror and situational claustrophobia. This one’s got enough chills to make you quiver for the season.
Emra Grid: Shay’s Vacation House
Shay’s Vacation House isn’t always a pleasant stay, yet there is something compelling about it, like tonguing an ulcer to feel the rush of pain and withdrawing only to feel the throb beckoning you back for another prod.
Premiere: Chafik Chennouf – Ferroequinologie (Mondkopf Remix)
It didn’t take Amsterdam-based label Leyla Records much longer than a couple years to find its cruising speed. Having quickly established as one of the most
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In Perspective: Michael Vallera
His most recent piece, the dazzling and thoughtful ‘Vivid Flu’, mirrors the complexity of today’s multi-vectorial communication systems and endless interfacing that so often come out on existential vacuums and deep identity crisis. Firmly anchored in this era of uncertainty, and looking at this exacting reality through its own magnifying glass, Vallera’s work wholly deserved a new scan.