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The MEGARCHIVE Has Reached Critical Mass
After years of unchecked growth and unregulated chaos, the Tape Lab MEGARCHIVE has finally hit full saturation. That’s 500 tracks deep—no more, no less. We’ve officially capped the playlist. It’s not dead, but it’s done growing.
COUNTERESPONSIVE STEMS Challenge
We're dropping an instrumental demo of Counterattack / Counterresponsive, one of our favorite chaos agents from the Tape Lab catalog.
170 BPM | Submissions due by January 1, 2025
Only on Tape, Vol. 1
Tape Lab releases a 1-of-1 exclusive mixtape featuring unreleased underground tracks and songs that will never stream anywhere else — a true piece of lost media available only on TapeLab.live.
‘Tapes on Vinyl’ Coming Soon: Vote Now!
Vote for your favorite new Tape Lab Song
Julian the Apostate: Last Light of the Old Gods
The Apostape, a Tape Lab Wreckoning…. COMING SOON TO A TEMPLE NEAR YOU.
Why Tape Lab Belongs in the Hamptons
Tape Lab in the Hamptons Summer 2025 - exclusive, monetized, quiet and luxurious
ART WITHOUT AUDIENCE
There is no art more pure than art made without an audience. Does not having an audience for our art make it worse? No, ya goof! It keeps it purse, unadulterated by the pesky striving for appeal and acceptance. But, don’t think we’re making avant-garde stuff, it’s not!
The Tape Lab Method
How does Tape Lab release so much music so quickly? GREAT QUESTION!
The PlayStationary Story, pt. 3
The PlayStationary Story, pt. 3
Tape Lab moved in a new direction, kind of, batching some previously unreleased beats under the PlayStationary banner - but keeping it tasteful and lore-accurate.
AI Slop for the Soul, a short essay
AI isn’t replacing artists; AI is replacing audiences.
The PlayStationary Story: Part 2
The Story Continues. Our second wave of PlayStationary songs featuring Becovetous Shen, Snugglers Run, and Dang Fatality from Tape Lab’s iconic video game music compilation.
The PlayStationary Story: Part I
The full story behind Tape Lab’s on-going PlayStationary Series. What we sampled, inspiration and ideas! The original Video Game music compilation by Tape Lab. Covering Volumes 1, 2, and 3.
What is Tape Lab?
What is Tape Lab really?
Tape Lab Ends All Future Collaborations with U2
Tape Lab will not perform any future work with U2, due to an ongoing dispute between Schuyler and The Edge.
Tape Lab Lore Book: OUT NOW!
Tape Lab Lore Book is coming soon. EVERY. SINGLE. SONG. 600 tracks, 700 pages - FULL COLOR. The entire Tape Lab Discography.
Deep Dive: preLease (Album, 2021)
Deep Dive into the making of Tape Lab’s FIRST Official album release: preLease
Deep Dive: Wire USB Alone? (EP, 2019)
Now THAT is some hyper-cerebrial album naming! So many puns so much to think about. Y R U B? Tangled wires, cables and bad quality air anyway that influences the limbs and finger tips.
Tape Lab, the ARG?
Tape Lab is an UNSOLVED ARG that is just waiting for you to solve. The code is hidden and complex and esoteric and creepy. The Media is LOST #LostMedia
New Release: Juxtaposeur
New album from Tape Lab originally recorded in 2024 and just retroactively released on all streaming platforms - JUXTAPOSEUR. The album title is a play on words between juxtaposition (smashing two sounds together) and “poseur” (using presets). Anyway, enjoy!
Feb. 2nd Officially Recognized as “2yng2smpl 2Day”
February 2nd has been officially recognized as “2yng2smpl’s 2Day”—a day dedicated to celebrating the chaos, unconventional misinformation, and undeniable impact of 2yng2smpl, the enigmatic sound manipulator.
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