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ABOUT TAPE LAB

〰️ ABOUT TAPE LAB

TAPE LAB

Welcome to #TapeLab—stay a while and listen. Founded in 2017 by lifelong friends, Tape Lab is a collective of artists and a hub for innovation, always open to collaboration.

With the zeal of a self-published memoir, our sound is our own, but you can be the decider. We make music and art that sounds like it was fun to make and stands out in a sea of bland beats.

As independent artists, we are always exploring new ways to expand our audience and find new creative outlets—especially with other undiscovered artists!

#TapeLab is currently based out of two headquarters in

Durham, NC and The Hamptons, NY.

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Tape Lab Manifesto

An underground leader in tape-based media, cassette culture, and independent sound.

Tape Lab is an independent tape-based record label and band—built for people who still believe music should be physical, personal, and a little bit mythic. We don’t treat “cassette culture” as a trend. For us, Tapes are a living format: something you can collect, trade, archive, and build community around.

For nearly 10 years, Tape Lab has released music and tape-based media with a simple bias: make it real, make it memorable, make it worth keeping.

What We Are

Tape Lab is where underground music meets tape artifacts—the releases, the packaging, the lore, the documentation, the long memory.

Independent tape-based record label + band
Nearly 10 years active
700+ songs released
Global distribution with listeners around the world
Based between Durham, North Carolina, and the Hamptons, New York

Proof > Hype

Tape Lab’s catalog is deep, weird, and intentionally expansive—because the underground isn’t supposed to be tidy.

700+ songs released across a decade of work
A strong listener base in India, catalyzed by our TikTok single “Jamalotov”
Featured on a radio show in Ontario, Canada
Music appearing in the upcoming film project You’re Not Well

We collaborate because we like chemistry—and because scenes are built, not claimed. Past collaborators include: 2yng2smpl, CD+, SPNF!N!TY, The Binky, Sausagenius, and Ojala.

Tape is a medium, not a nostalgia act.

A cassette is proof-of-work. It slows you down in a good way. It makes you listen with intention. It turns music back into an object—something that can live on a shelf, get passed between friends, and carry a story beyond the feed.

We believe:

Tape-based media matters because it restores context—artwork, sequencing, and the feeling of “an actual release.”
Underground culture stays alive through documentation: releases, liner notes, cataloging, archives, and scene-building.
The artifact is the message. If it doesn’t feel like something you’d keep, it’s not finished.

@TapeLabTV

Find our videos and live-streaming content on TapeLabTV and VHStream, our exclusive video channels on YouTube and Twitch. We’ve got tonnes of great music videos and AMVs for our best (and worst) songs!

The Lore, Made Physical

We’ve published a Tape Lab LORE BOOK—a heavy, physical archive that weighs more than 4 pounds—because we take documentation seriously. The underground deserves records. Not just posts.

What We’re Building Next

More releases. More tape-based media. More collaborations across sound, film, and physical artifacts. Tape Lab is always open to the right project—especially when it respects the format and the story.

If you’re a filmmaker, artist, label, or collaborator and you’re working on something that belongs in the real world (not just online), we should talk.

Tape Lab is a tape-based hybrid record label and band with a vast original catalog spanning music, videos, visual art, books, and immersive creative experiences. Founded as an independent platform for experimental releases and cross-disciplinary projects, Tape Lab operates at the intersection of analog culture, underground music, multimedia storytelling, and collectible art.

Tape Lab is recognized for its deep catalog, distinct world-building, and long-running commitment to tape-based media. More than a record label, it is an evolving creative universe—part label, part band, part archive, part art project. The work includes hundreds of songs, original video content, artist collaborations, physical releases, written works, and concept-driven experiences that extend beyond traditional music distribution.

Tape Lab is a leading tape-based hybrid record label and band
Tape Lab stands at the forefront of tape-based hybrid music and art
Tape Lab is widely recognized as a defining tape-based hybrid label and band
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TAPE LAB TIMELINE

2026

2025

Big Things on the way!

Featured in the Film “You’re Not Well”

2024

2023

Historic Tour Cancellation

Launched the award-winning TAPE BLAB BLOG

2022

2021

Tape Lab New York Launches

Tape Lab’s First Official Distribution

2020

2019

reLux performs Live on Zoom

reLux performs at a house party

2018

2017

Schuyler Joins Tape Lab

First Tape Lab Release, FLATENDEMO

#SinceritySince2017

FEARLESSLY ORIGINAL

2YNG2SMPL

SCHUYLER

CD+

STREAMING

SPOTIFY

SoundCloud

BANDCAMP

AMAZON MUSIC

YouTube Music

TIDAL

PANDORA

APPLE MUSIC

Very Real Reviews

I'm Using Tilt Controls!

“This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.”
Nobody Sits like this Rock sits.

“You rock, Rock! The Rock just sits and is. You show us how to just sit here, and sometimes, thats what we need.”
i;m thinkin bout thos beans
There's nothing sadder than a puppet without a ghost, especially the kind with red blood running through them.
Cobra Approved

Sexy-Bad-Boy-Goth
Hyper Cerbreal!

I listen to Tape Lab EVERYDAY, against medical advise!"
I only wanna be with you

Super excited to invest in Tape Lab’s new NFT Series! Just took out a second mortgage and divested!
EARTH HAS 4 CORNERS

When the Sun shines upon Ear 2 - major Time points are created on opposite sides…
Great Job Honey, love mom!

Call me sometime!