★Tribe Tapes
Dead Harbor
This is a cassette released by American noise artist Dead Door Unit from the country's experimental/noise label Tribe Tapes in April 2024. Contains two 2-minute Lo-Fi junk harsh noise songs using field recordings and tapes.
A sound lover's feast. The…
Lost Contact
Reissue of Randy Greif’s second cassette, released in 1984 on Swinging Axe Productions. Two side-long, extended pieces — industrial collage and ritual ambient with a strong classical influence. Hidden music. An infernal predecessor to Golden Joy Club…
Death Ovary Traces
Reissue of Argiope’s debut cassette, released by Slaughter Productions in 1994 following a small run on the artist’s own Atom Institute label. Argiope project was born after Marco Corbelli proposed that Federico De Caroli / Deca record a release for …
Abandon
Philadelphia-based K. Geiger is active under the guises of Dead Door Unit, Master Grave Services, and his imprint French Market Press producing ultra-limited noise tapes (often 7 copies or less) in unusual packaging that echoes labels like Sound Prob…
Laugh At The Devil
Tip! *2024 reprint* Dead Door Unit is the alias of Northeastern US artist Ken Geiger. The project follows in an exploratory vein of tape-recorded junk noise and field recordings. "Laugh At The Devil" is a work raucously out-of-time, bringing to mind …
Original Waters
Previously released by Slaughter Productions in 1996. Argiope was the temporary nom de plume of Federico de Caroli — perhaps better known as Deca. This project specialized in concrete music with an emphasis on low-tech, industrial / ambient compositi…
Philip K. Dick Volume One
Following well-received releases on labels such as Satatuhatta, Krim Kram, and White Centipede Noise, Cyess Afxzs debuts a new series based on the novels of Philip K. Dick. It is tempting to describe this work as post-noise. But such verbiage is redu…
State Of The Union
*200 copies limited edition* All tracks previously unreleased from projects currently active in the United States. Featuring Pain Appendix, Dead Door Unit, Confounder, Ineffable Slime, Gates Of Janus, Max Julian Eastman, Lidless Eye, Infibulation, Ma…
Golden Joy Club
Gaining prominence during the 1980s home recording movement, Randy Greif has built a devoted following over the years for his unorthodox compositional style. On his early tapes, industrial and dark ambient textures are melded with cinematic song stru…
West Coast Power Outage VII
Tip! "What’s the Deal? The Dodge Jones Rage power trio was started in late 2021 as a distributed pandemic-driven experimental-noise-audio collaboration by three long-time grizzled sonic veterans. After sharing some initial recordings with each other,…
Crack
Reissue of the 1994 b/b tapes release. Arising from the same sessions that produced the legendary cassettes “Grind” and “White Music”, Macronympha’s highly sought-after “Crack” is a tour de force of psychedelic harsh noise and deranged, in-studio man…
Jesus Love / PCP
Non-denominational harsh noise. Ecstatic turntable sounds mixed direct to tape with microcassette abuse and new age ambiance. Smoke-tinted C12 cassette with double-sided insert, packaged in modified "3-dimensional sticker" norelco case and sealed bag…
Prayers For The Sick
The debut release from Dead Body Love and first collaboration with Slaughter Productions. Prayers For The Sick features two harsh efforts which are juxtaposed with the funereal "Murder Obsession". Available on CD for the first time, remastered by Gra…
Non-Stop Pathological Gland Sucking
Stalwarts of UK noise S&Q + EYE unite for their Slaughter Productions appearance. Relentlessly harsh, yet endlessly shifting collage. Loops and mangled tape editing. Strange and rewarding listening. Recorded, manipulated, and mixed by D Foist, Paul H…
Fac-Totum
All tracks produced and composed by Die Sonne Satans except "Dismal Chant", which is based on a song from Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. Originally released by Slaughter Productions (cassette SPT 07) 1993. "Regerminated Part 3" was originally released…
Twin Splitting; In Utero
Following last year's "Hatemonger" tape on Fusty, Max Eastman's Tantric Death project returns to Tribe. Featuring guest appearances from Slacking, Hand & Knee, and Sterile Garden.
Whipped By Noise
Tip! Following individual releases on labels such as Satatuhatta, Total Black, and Narcolepsia, two of harsh noise’s current flagbearers split forces for their debut appearance on Tribe Tapes.
Metallurgi
Reissue of a 1994 tape incorporating elements of post-punk, dark ambient, and neofolk. C’33’ had appeared on countless compilations throughout the 90s from the likes of RRRecords, Strength Through Awareness Branch, and Bandaged Hand Produce.
Perfume
First released in 2008 by Bare Wire Technologies. Source sounds for this album come from a (circa 1900) electro-shock therapy machine converted into a synthesizer. Cassette inserts smell of perfume.
A Roll Of The Dice
Broken noise in the esoteric tradition, inspired by Antonin Artaud. Zip-bag packaging with several inserts printed on hi-quality color stock.