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Seven Ways Of Going
Debut LP. Mechanical / surreal noises. Every copy has been carved into so that certain sections loop infinitely, or will be skipped over on certain listens and not others. You have to play the record multiple times before you can hear everything that’s on it. Playable at any speed, you are the only musician here. “Seven Ways Of Going etc etc” Mastered at Hex Audio Labs
Rock 'N' Roll Music / Total Freedom
*100 copies limited edition* Trio collaboration of DDU, Fricker, MJE. Urban renewal / classic rock revisionism, songs were recorded and dismantled over three or four years before reaching the forms presented here. Of equal social relevance to the songwriting is the gatefold cover designed through a public co-op initiative, funded by benefactors of the Emily Street Foundation in Philadelphia, PA.
Nausea To Attain, A Place To Being
*100 copies limited edition* First public release by Pittsburgh / WV area noise artist. Weird, tape-centric stuff. a f ish -- wears a hat, hiccup as usual, the expect ed ; uun til, some thing other th an.
Packaged in foldover bag with inserts and packing tape / xerox banderole affixed to tape
A State Of Flux
Mystery Hearsay / Mike Honeycutt was a major node of the 80s cassette culture network, his radio program in Memphis TN being a touchstone for home taping artists of a similar caliber to Don Campau‘s “No Pigeonholes”, RRRadio, or Schimpfluch’s “Psychic Rally”, all of which featured MH as an active participant. He also collaborated and traded extensively with the likes of Zan Hoffman (Larb), Minóy (Life Of Work), Swinebolt 45, and Agog.
Audio and video works by Mystery Hearsay were distributed pri…
Rollerderby Volume Two: Issues 11 - 15 (Magazine)
Further exploits from Lisa Suckdog with five more issues published between 1993 - 1994. This collection includes some of the zine’s most notorious interviews with the likes of Lydia Lunch, Fabio, Kim Gordon, Boyd Rice, and Courtney Love. Plus other sensational articles such as “Portland’s Nude Bomb”, "World Pork Expo '93", “Spastic Invasion”, “Killer Bears And Me”. 192 pages
While No Blossoms Likely Will Be Left, There Will Be Entertainment
*100 copies limited edition* Debut cassette of new duo, John Grimaldi (Hand & Knee, Detachment Programs label) and Scott Kindberg (Silver Moult, Begin Hostilities label) -- Harsh noise / found sound manipulation
Step Into The Step
*200 copies limited edition* Originally released in 1990 on Harsh Reality Music, heavyweight collaboration / cassette culture meeting of minds featuring source material by PBK, City Of Worms (Jeph Jerman), and John Hudak mixed by Illusion Of Safety. Harsh electronics and early SK-1 sampler abuse, psych-industrial concrete at its finest. Newly remastered for compact disc by Grant Richardson
Idolatry: The Second Death 1992 - 1998
*200 copies limited edition* Historic first-ever compilation of the extreme UK electronics trio directed by dominatrix / model Dannielle Black, along with Barry Fuller and Jason Whittaker they were active in the early 90s tape trading scene putting out their own releases through the BV Tapes imprint. Often bearing explicit artwork, label operations grinded to an abrupt halt when UK customs seized a shipment of fetish magazines from Paris which included a photographic feature on Danni. Fuller was…
Daylight Perversion
*200 copies limited edition* Highly-influential noise project from the peak years of Providence's scene and known for intense live performance. I:G releases appeared on labels such as Troniks, RRRecords, Monorail, and Hospital, though the majority were small-run cassettes on the artist's own Truculent Recordings imprint, this is where Daylight Perversion was first issued as an edition of nine copies in 2007. Tribe Tapes is pleased to introduce this album to a wider audience, presented in a new r…
Deaf City Journal Issue One: Noise Arts & Entertainment (Magazine)
"Deaf City Journal is the de facto Tribe Tapes Of America publication dedicated to international noise and industrial-adjacent artists at leisure – the focus is not strictly music but espousing the other interests and passions of those involved with such a niche movement. My desire for this is to be a showcase of artists I admire and make somewhat of a permanent archive of their work – interviews, essays, artwork, stories, photography, rants or what-have-you…You are a participant in the internat…
Inside Christmas Factory
The Christmas Factory was a live piece performed by MJE during November 21 - 23, 2025. Contained here are three preliminary tracks or movements followed by an in-studio rehearsal. During each iteration of the performance, the preliminary tracks were ordered in accordance with a system of chance procedure, with additional room for improvisation using the equipment listed below.
The Happiest Country On Earth
Here's some new material for you as promised. Please have a listen if you like, and let me know what you think. Much of this was recorded live-in-studio, there's less cut-and-paste going on than there was on Perverted Architect -- although there is some still, especially on tracks 2 and 4.
The recordings at the beginning of tracks 1 and 4 were recorded at an emergency clinic around 2am last summer, of a drunk man who had been beaten up but was being turned away without being seen by a doctor. Yo…
Improvised Music
Mail collaboration for electronics, violin, and audio letters.
Drugs Are Nice
Originally self-released during 1990, a tapestry of noise, girls talking into tape recorders, pre- and post-song material.
The Death Ointment
Gerstein is the industrial / noise / classical alias of Italian artist Maurizio Pustianaz. “The Death Ointment” collects two early tapes previously released by Ramleh's Broken Flag and Atrax Morgue's Slaughter Production — “The Death Posture” (1987) and “La Pomata Delle Feminine” (1989).
Painted Windows
Latest release on Tribe Tapes by American harsh noise act Dead Door Unit.
Sepulchre Womb
Federico De Caroli's second album under the Argiope alias, original tape released by Atom Institute in 1995.
Private Universe
Noise and experimental musician Green Tea returns with Private Universe, a captivating new release on the renowned independent label Tribe Tapes. Known for pushing the boundaries of sound, Green Tea crafts an immersive sonic journey through layers of intricate textures, raw emotion, and hypnotic rhythms.
Private Universe encapsulates the artist’s unique ability to blend harsh noise with subtle melodies, creating a deeply personal and evocative soundscape. Tribe Tapes, celebrated for championing…
RVE
The experimental combo Illusion Of Safety's RVE is a boundary-pushing release that fuses unsettling soundscapes with raw electronic textures. Reissued on the esteemed independent cassette label Tribe Tapes, RVE stands as a bold statement in noise and experimental music.
Music To Listen To Other Tapes By
“Music To Listen To Other Tapes By” is the essential work of clip art noise and american xerox prodigy Croiners AKA James Levine, originally self-distributed as part of the 1980s cassette culture underground and often regarded as a highlight of that era.
Muzak and industrial assemblages are processed via tape loops, samplers, and an adoption of now-archaic MIDI hardware, being one of the originating noise acts to utilize the digital technology in their live performances. Said gigs were riotous, …