Tag Archives: dark techno

TL 1012 | Dead Red Velvet | Skeleton Shore

2019/02/14 Tape Life Records

Available for purchase at Bandcamp.

<a href="http://deadredvelvet.bandcamp.com/album/skeleton-shore">Skeleton Shore by Dead Red Velvet</a>

Tape Life Records presents Dead Red Velvet’s second release, Skeleton Shore, a six-song romp through dark techno, gritty electropop and cinematic dark ambient. The follow-up to The Ghostly Divide drops the guitars in favour of Mohr’s trademark synth work, seducing with urgent songs touching on arboreal ghosts, Austrian immigration, nuclear power and otherworldly luminosity. Culled mostly from the period 2004-2006, this is Mohr’s most tonally-consistent work. An electronic music acid bath of edge and depth, this short album is recommended for fans of 80s alternative, dark ambient, golden era industrial, Skinny Puppy and darker sides of Shriekback.

released February 14, 2019

ALL TITLES WRITTEN, PERFORMED, ENGINEERED, EDITED, MIXED, MASTERED & PRODUCED BY KARL MOHR.

SELECTED RECORDINGS FROM 2004-2006, EXCEPT 06 FROM 2011, PUBLISHED BY MULTIBEAT MUSIC (SOCAN) AND REMASTERED FOR TAPE LIFE RECORDS IN 2019.

VOCAL SAMPLES ON 01 BY JULIA GALIOS. SOPRANO VOICE ON 05 BY KRISTIN MUELLER. COVER IMAGE IS FROM THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR 02, DIRECTED BY ELIZABETH FEARON, SHOT BY GILLIAN WILLIAMSON. PAPER MOUNTAIN DESIGNED AND BUILT BY EDMUND LAW. SLEEVE DESIGN BY SITUATSI.

TAPE LIFE RECORDS / TL 1012
FOR MORE INFO VISIT: TAPELIFE.COM/TL1012
℗ 2019 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
© 2019 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MADE IN CANADA.

tags: dark ambient, dark electronic, goth, post-punk, Alternative, new wave, electronic, atmospheric, male vocal, electropop, synth pop, dark techno, industrial, cinematic, soundtrack

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TL 1011 | Rex Ramsa | Stamina Charge

2018/12/09 Tape Life Records

Available for purchase at Bandcamp.

<a href="http://rexramsa.bandcamp.com/album/stamina-charge">Stamina Charge by Rex Ramsa</a>

Rex Ramsa is an industrial-inspired hard techno project rigorously delivering the most demanding metal-tech psychic-stamina experiments.

Engrossed in recording material for Full Moon Film in 2006, Karl Mohr took pause to let off steam with his minimalist hardcore machine-music effort Droid Charge: punishing techno tracks manipulating timbre and tempo wildly across a palette of dance floor destruction. In 2017, Mohr reframed Droid Charge as Rex Ramsa. The original album has been renamed and re-mastered for release on Tape Life Records.

Encapsulating soulless abstract art techno, noise and hardcore dance music, this debut from Rex Ramsa is dedicated to blatant, caustic, mechanical expressions: clone non-music for a non-audience devoid of aesthetics and empathy. A volcano of dirty and ugly minimalism, Stamina Charge is not for the faint of heart. Some reactions to Stamina Charge: “Daft Punk in an angry mood on a bad day.” “Percussion carpet-bombed by the Droid Army.” “A karate chop to the throat!”

With a specific focus on driving human biorhythms into accelerated states using tempo manipulation and sonic bombardment, this fracas can induce heightened physical effects and anxiety. For fans of: hard hypnotic schranz, extreme electronic, rhythmic noise and the UK dark techno scene.

released December 09, 2018

ALL TITLES WRITTEN, PERFORMED, ENGINEERED,
EDITED, MIXED, MASTERED & PRODUCED BY KARL MOHR.

SELECTED RECORDINGS FROM 2007
PUBLISHED BY MULTIBEAT MUSIC (SOCAN) AND
REMASTERED FOR TAPE LIFE RECORDS IN 2018.

COVER PHOTO BY FIVETOMIDNIGHT.
RR LOGO BY ANTHONY HALEY.
COVER DESIGN BY SITUATSI.

TAPE LIFE RECORDS / TL 1011
FOR MORE INFO VISIT: TAPELIFE.COM/TL1011
℗ 2018 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
© 2018 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MADE IN CANADA.

tags: hard techno, acid house, techno-industrial, industrial techno, dark techno, electronic, schranz, gabber, hardcore techno, rotterdam, ebm, harsh, noise, industrial, extreme electronic, speedcore.

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TL 1007 | Karl Mohr Audio-Yo | The Heck 2017 Edition

2018/03/12 Tape Life Records

Available for purchase at Bandcamp.

<a href="http://karlmohraudioyo.bandcamp.com/album/the-heck-2017-edition">The Heck 2017 Edition by Karl Mohr Audio-Yo</a>

Tape Life presents the seventh Karl Mohr Audio-Yo album, The Heck 2017 Edition. This twentieth anniversary re-release has been meticulously remastered and features updates to the original 1997 track list. Featuring material recorded 1993-1997, the critically acclaimed The Heck was a future-forward album of Mohr’s best work; the 2017 Edition sounds fresh and relevant two decades later. Claiming “100% Electronic Thrills,” the album is mostly instrumental, with Mohr’s vocal work sparse against the mad sample collages and towering techno architecture. Equally influenced by rave culture and industrial music, this eccentric and daring milestone reissue is recommended for fans of dancefloor-oriented electronic music.

released March 12, 2018

ALL TITLES WRITTEN, PERFORMED, ENGINEERED,
EDITED, MIXED, MASTERED & PRODUCED BY KARL MOHR.
04 WRITTEN BY KARL MOHR/ERIK MOHR.

SELECTED RECORDINGS FROM 1993-1997
PUBLISHED BY MULTIBEAT MUSIC (SOCAN) AND
REMASTERED FOR TAPE LIFE RECORDS IN 2017.

PHONED-IN VOCALS & INSTRUMENTS ON 04 BY ERIK MOHR.
VOCAL SAMPLES ON 11 BY RACHEL SMITH & RYAN CORRIGAN.
COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY HELI TUOMI. DESIGN BY SITUATSI.
SPECIAL THANKS: S. ABIAD, QUEEN’S STUDIO D, M. GAREAU,
R. CORRIGAN, J. FOWLER, B. DEGAZIO, S. SKRATT, E. MOHR,
V. MARCONE. BPM VALUES ARE APPROXIMATE AND MAY DRIFT.

tags: alternative, techno, dark ambient, industrial, electronic, techno music, dark techno, ambient techno, industrial techno, tech house, rave, DIY synthesizer, jungle, electronica, Canadian