Tape Life

Tag: new wave

  • TL 1012 | Dead Red Velvet | Skeleton Shore

    Available for purchase at Bandcamp.

    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

  • TL 1009 | Dead Red Velvet | The Ghostly Divide

    Available for purchase at Bandcamp.

    The debut release from Dead Red Velvet, The Ghostly Divide, picks up where Karl Mohr Audio-Yo left off, with a grave shift towards heavy, mood-laden songwriting. Flirting with gothic rock, Mohr’s 6-song collection of dark, slow burners features his best work from 1997-2001. For fans of dark ambient, goth rock, dark electronic, 80s alternative.

    released October 19, 2018

    ALL TITLES WRITTEN, PERFORMED, ENGINEERED, EDITED, MIXED, MASTERED AND PRODUCED BY KARL MOHR. 05 PRODUCED BY STEPHEN SKRATT.

    SELECTED RECORDINGS FROM 1997-2001
    PUBLISHED BY MULTIBEAT MUSIC (SOCAN) AND
    REMASTERED FOR TAPE LIFE RECORDS IN 2018.

    BACKING VOCALS ON 01 BY PETRA GRUNIG, BACKING VOCALS ON 02 BY RACHEL SMITH. VOCAL ENGINEERING, DRUMS AND PERCUSSION PROGRAMMING, SOUND DESIGN ON 05 BY STEPHEN SKRATT. FRONT COVER PHOTO BY ADRIAN BATTY. REAR COVER PHOTO BY SOLEYMA ABIAD. DESIGN BY SITUATSI. SPECIAL THANKS: R. CORRIGAN, E. MCCONNACHIE, S. SKRATT, P. THILLAYE, E. DOUGLAS.

    TAPE LIFE RECORDS / TL 1009
    FOR MORE INFO VISIT: TAPELIFE.COM/TL1009
    ℗ 2018 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
    © 2018 TAPE LIFE RECORDS
    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MADE IN CANADA.

    tags: dark ambient, dark electronic, goth, post-punk, Alternative, rock, electronic, atmospheric, male vocal, synthwave, synth pop, dark synth, new wave, Toronto, Canada

  • TL 1005 | Karl Mohr Audio-Yo | Galaxy Overmind

    Available for purchase at Bandcamp.

    A major milestone release for Karl Mohr Audio-Yo, the fifth album Galaxy Overmind (1993-1995) sets an extraterrestrial techno-industrial world alight with grinding songs of dystopian iconoclasm and anguished precognitive future shock. Featuring the Canadian campus hits “Highway” and “Famously Famished”, this sequencer-directed energy blast – newly-remastered – will appeal to fans of Alien Sex Fiend, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Billy Idol, Nitzer Ebb, Ministry and Nine Inch Nails.

    released February 16, 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.

    FEMALE VOICE ON 07 BY ANASTASIA DILLON.
    PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIK MOHR. DESIGN BY SITUATSI.
    SPECIAL THANKS: S. ABIAD, QUEEN’S STUDIO D,
    K. KONDO, E. MOHR, I. REVELL, V. MARCONE.

    BPM VALUES ARE APPROXIMATE AND MAY DRIFT.

    TAPE LIFE RECORDS / TL 1005
    FOR MORE INFO VISIT: TAPELIFE.COM/TL1005
    ℗ 2017 TAPE LIFE RECORDS.
    © 2017 TAPE LIFE RECORDS.
    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MADE IN CANADA.

    tags: alternative, techno, dark ambient, industrial, electronic, electro-industrial, techno-industrial, new wave, electro-punk, electronica

  • 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