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

    Available for purchase at Bandcamp.

    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.

    TAPE LIFE RECORDS / TL 1007
    FOR MORE INFO VISIT: TAPELIFE.COM/TL1007
    ℗ 2017 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
    © 2017 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MADE IN CANADA.

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

  • TL 1006 | Karl Mohr Audio-Yo | Transgalactic

    Available for purchase at Bandcamp.

    The sixth release from Karl Mohr Audio-Yo, Transgalactic, presents instrumental material from 1993-1995. It’s a wild, electronic ride spanning many genres and would foreshadow in flavour Mohr’s critically acclaimed 1997 follow-up, The Heck. The basement outtakes feel goes deep with spacey ambient, maximal house boppers and weirdo electroquirk, peaking with the brilliant techno anthem “Flowers”. Influenced by the electronic music of the time, this collection will be loved by fans of 808 State, The Orb, Terre Thaemlitz, Aphex Twin and Art Of Noise.

    released February 23, 2018

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

    SELECTED RECORDINGS FROM 1993-1995
    PUBLISHED BY MULTIBEAT MUSIC (SOCAN) AND
    REMASTERED FOR TAPE LIFE RECORDS IN 2017.

    VOICE ON 03 BY ARIANNE REID.
    VOICE ON 07 BY JÜRGEN MOHR.
    FRONT COVER BACKGROUND BY ERIK MOHR.
    DESIGN BY SITUATSI.

    SPECIAL THANKS: S. ABIAD, QUEEN’S STUDIO D,
    E. MOHR, I. REVELL, V. MARCONE.

    THIS ALBUM CONTAINS NOISE AND OTHER DETAILS
    PRESENT IN THE ORIGINAL RECORDINGS.
    BPM VALUES ARE APPROXIMATE AND MAY DRIFT.

    TAPE LIFE RECORDS / TL 1006
    FOR MORE INFO VISIT: TAPELIFE.COM/TL1006
    ℗ 2017 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
    © 2017 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MADE IN CANADA.

    tags: alternative, techno, dark ambient, industrial, electronic, ambient, ambient music, house, techno music, rave, tech house, ambient techno, synthesizer music, instrumental music, Canadian

  • TL 1002 | Karl Mohr Audio-Yo | Psychocinematic

    Available for purchase at Bandcamp.

    Bristling with industrial dance vitriol, paired with estranged romantic introversion, the second collection of Karl Mohr Audio-Yo, Psychocinematic, focuses on an edgy period (1990-1992) rich in dire poetry and heavy-handed drum programming. A well-balanced presentation of Mohr’s varying musical spaces, this short and jagged album will appeal to fans of electro-industrial, new wave, gothic, minimal synth and dark ambient.

    released January 26, 2018

    ALL TITLES WRITTEN, PERFORMED, ENGINEERED,
    EDITED, MIXED, MASTERED & PRODUCED BY KARL MOHR.
    01 WRITTEN BY KARL MOHR/ROBIN BUCKLEY.

    SELECTED RECORDINGS FROM 1990-1992
    PUBLISHED BY MULTIBEAT MUSIC (SOCAN) AND
    REMASTERED FOR TAPE LIFE RECORDS IN 2017.

    PERCUSSION ON 01 BY ROBIN BUCKLEY.
    FEMALE VOICE ON 02 BY ANASTASIA DILLON.
    ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT COURTESY OF JOEY DEVILLA.
    COVER PAINTINGS BY JURGEN MOHR & ERIK MOHR.
    DESIGN BY SITUATSI.

    SPECIAL THANKS: R. BUCKLEY, J. DEVILLA, A. DILLON,
    E. MOHR, J. MOHR, J. SLOOTSKY, I. REVELL, V. MARCONE.

    THIS ALBUM CONTAINS NOISE AND OTHER DETAILS PRESENT
    IN THE ORIGINAL ANALOG CASSETTE TAPE RECORDINGS.
    BPM VALUES ARE APPROXIMATE AND MAY DRIFT.

    TAPE LIFE RECORDS / TL 1002
    FOR MORE INFO VISIT: TAPELIFE.COM/TL1002
    ℗ 2017 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
    © 2017 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MADE IN CANADA.

    tags: alternative, techno, dark ambient, industrial, electronic, new wave, post-punk, minimal synth, gothic, Canadian, electro-industrial, post punk, dark wave, EBM

  • TL 1001 | Karl Mohr Audio-Yo | Into The Doomhole

    Available for purchase at Bandcamp.

    A riveting collection of early experiments by Karl Mohr Audio-Yo, Into The Doomhole reveals earliest recordings (1988-1991) by the musical mastermind behind Dead Red Velvet. Industrial, gothic, minimal synth, dark ambient are influences within Mohr’s strange, shifting environment. Recommended for fans of dark electronic music.

    released August 2, 2017

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

    SELECTED RECORDINGS FROM 1988-1991
    PUBLISHED BY MULTIBEAT MUSIC (SOCAN) AND
    REMASTERED FOR TAPE LIFE RECORDS IN 2017.

    COVER IMAGE BY ROBIN BUCKLEY. DESIGN BY SITUATSI.

    SPECIAL THANKS: R. BUCKLEY, J. SLOOTSKY,
    S. HOUGHTLING, R. MOXLEY, J. MOHR, M. SIMONDS,
    E. MOHR, I. REVELL, V. MARCONE.

    THIS ALBUM CONTAINS NOISE AND OTHER
    DETAILS PRESENT IN THE ORIGINAL ANALOG
    CASSETTE TAPE RECORDINGS. BPM VALUES
    ARE APPROXIMATE AND MAY DRIFT.

    TAPE LIFE RECORDS / TL 1001
    FOR MORE INFO VISIT: TAPELIFE.COM/TL1001
    ℗ 2017 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
    © 2017 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MADE IN CANADA.

    tags: alternative, techno, dark ambient, industrial, electronic, weird, post-punk, gothic, Canadian, dark electronic, electro-industrial, experimental music