Y-Splitter

Recorded in Graham, North Carolina in 2019, Y-Splitter is a two-track Tape Lab EP that splits its signal between polished composition and raw emotional transmission. The main jam, “Allways and Fornever” by CD+, is an exceptional, intricately composed opus of keys, waltzing movement, and melodic patience—one of those Tape Lab recordings where the structure feels loose at first, then quietly reveals how much is actually happening under the surface. It is elegant without getting precious, strange without losing its center, and a strong example of Tape Lab’s live-recorded experimental music at its most musical.

The second track, “Algorhythm and Blues” by 2yng2mspl, is less polished but cuts closer to the heart. Built around the difficulty, frustration, and weird vulnerability of learning how to read, the track blends outsider electronic music with spoken-word texture and samples from the Dark Lords of the Sith audiobook, pulling Tape Lab’s sci-fi obsession into something more personal. As a compact EP, Y-Splitter captures two sides of the Tape Lab catalog: the composed and the cracked-open, the beautiful and the odd, the carefully played and the barely-contained. For fans of DIY electronic music, experimental pop, cassette culture, Graham NC recordings, Star Wars-inspired samples, and underground Tape Lab releases, Y-Splitter is small but fully wired.