FLATENDEMO

Recorded in Efland in 2017 and remastered in 2024, FLATENDEMOS is Tape Lab’s first release: a strange, funny, warped meditation on Flat Earth logic, DIY recording, and the early formation of the Tape Lab sound. Or, to put it more accurately: if the earth is flat, so is my head.

Captured directly onto tape, the release introduces the core ingredients that would become part of Tape Lab’s signature language: cassette texture, absurdist sampling, off-kilter synth work, and a fearless commitment to following the idea wherever it goes. The session was built around a Kaossilator and Yamaha PSR700, with CD+ serving as the driving creative force and 2yng2smpl adding lead synth lines on the Kaossilator. The tape even broke during recording, which feels less like a problem and more like the correct origin story.

Presented as a double release, FLATENDEMOS is messy, mythic, and weirdly triumphant. “NuFlat Horizon” stands as the main hit, pushing the project into a pop-driven, victorious sound that somehow makes total sense inside the chaos. The release also features excellent Ayn Rand samples, adding another layer of philosophical absurdity to an album already orbiting its own very questionable planet.

Remastered and separated into individual tracks in 2024, FLATENDEMOS now stands as both artifact and foundation: the first real Tape Lab transmission, recorded on tape, broken by tape, and preserved because the flat horizon demanded it.