Erased Tapes Records is a

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focusing on releasing avant-garde and experimental electronic music.

History

The record company was established by Robert Raths in early 2007 in London, with the release of Ryan Lee West's ''Vemeer'' EP under the Aparatec moniker. The label is sometimes mentioned for its strong sonic and visual aesthetic with a special focus on packaging and design, which has seen collaborations with FELD, Supermundane and

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Erased Tapes, until 2018 (with the release ERATP100 "1+1=X"), had the tradition of releasing a free compilation every 10 releases. In late 2011 Erased Tapes Records opened its publishing arm Erased Tapes Music. In 2014 Erased Tapes Music launched the Meet The Composer series. In February 2017, Erased Tapes Records opened the Erased Tapes Sound Gallery in London near

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. The space was meant to be a place where artists of all kinds could showcase their work and people could gain new appreciations of the sonic and visual arts. Raths said the gallery was created in response to hearing about so many struggling artists lacking a place to practice or perform and was very pleased with the result. The Erased Tapes Sound Gallery is now closed.

Artists

A Winged Victory for the Sullen A Winged Victory for the Sullen is an American ambient music duo composed of Dustin O'Halloran and Adam Wiltzie. They have released four studio albums, an EP, and one soundtrack album. In 2015, they performed at the Royal Albert Hall as part ...

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* Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie * Allred * Anne Müller * Bell Orchestre *

Ben Lukas Boysen Ben Lukas Boysen, also known by his stage name Hecq, is an electronic music composer based in Berlin. Biography Boysen studied classical guitar and piano as a child. He moved to Berlin in the early 2000s, setting up a studio called Hecq Audio, an ...

* The British Expeditionary Force * Codes in the Clouds *

Daniel Brandt Daniel Brandt is a German composer, drummer, and filmmaker from Wiesbaden based in London and Berlin. He is a member of the ensemble Brandt Brauer Frick and also records as a solo artist for the British record label Erased Tapes. Biography Bra ...

* Daniel Thorne * David Allred *

Dawn of Midi Dawn of Midi is an American acoustic ensemble from Brooklyn, New York. The group is composed of bassist Aakaash Israni, pianist Amino Belyamani and drummer Qasim Naqvi. The group formed in 2007 in Los Angeles but have resided in Brooklyn since 2011 ...

Douglas Dare Douglas Samuel Charles Dare (born 6 June 1990) is a British singer-songwriter, based in London. Biography Dare is from Bridport, Dorset, England. He is the son of a piano teacher and he studied music at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Ar ...

* Greg Gives Peter Space * Guy Andrews * Hatis Noit * Högni * Immix Ensemble * Kevin Richard Martin * Kiasmos *

Lubomyr Melnyk Lubomyr Melnyk (born December 22, 1948) is a composer and pianist of Ukrainian origin. Melnyk is noted for his ''continuous music'', a piano technique based on extremely rapid notes and complex note-series, usually with the sustain pedal held ...

* Masayoshi Fujita * Michael Price *

Nils Frahm Nils Frahm (born 20 September 1982) is a German musician, composer, and record producer based in Berlin. He is known for combining classical and electronic music and for an unconventional approach to the piano in which he mixes a grand piano, upr ...

Ólafur Arnalds Ólafur Arnalds (; born 3 November 1986) is an Icelandic multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. He mixes strings and piano with loops and beats, a sound ranging from ambient/electronic to atmospheric pop. He is also the ...

* Oliveray *

Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe is a band originally conceived by Arthur Jeffes, son of Simon Jeffes and Emily Young, as a continuation of his father's project, the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. The group is distinct from the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra, despite the ...

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* Peter Broderick * Qasim Naqvi *

Rival Consoles Ryan Lee West, known by his stage name Rival Consoles, is a British electronic musician, living in London. All of his albums and EPs have been released by Erased Tapes Records. Biography West was born in Leicester. He learned to play guitar in ...

Sebastian Plano Sebastian Plano is an Argentinian cellist, composer and producer based in Berlin, Germany. His 2019 album ''Verve'' was nominated for Best New Age Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. He has composed the soundtrack for the video game ''Everyth ...

* Shards *

Woodkid Yoann Lemoine (; born 16 March 1983), known professionally as Woodkid, is a French music video director, graphic designer and singer-songwriter. His most notable works include his music video direction for Katy Perry's " Teenage Dream", Taylor S ...

* Vessel *

World's End Girlfriend , better known by his stage name World's End Girlfriend, is a Japanese musician from Gotō Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture. He is the founder of the record label Virgin Babylon Records. Biography Katsuhiko Maeda was born on 1 November 1975 in Gotō ...

References

External links

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"Erased Tapes Collection II Review"
, ''Drowned in Sound'', 3 January 2010.
"Erased Tapes Collection I Review"
, ''Drowned in Sound'', 7 July 2008. {{Authority control British independent record labels Companies based in the London Borough of Hackney Record labels established in 2007 Electronic music record labels Electronic dance music record labels Alternative rock record labels Indie rock record labels 2007 establishments in England 2007 in London