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Daniel Tashian: Having Fun

by Larry Crane

In 2017, one of my best friends, Craig Alvin [Tape Op #137], kept texting me about a record he was engineering. He was saying how amazing the process was, and how awesome the results were. The album...

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Urian Hackney: Punk in The Box

by Sam Retzer

A little over a decade ago, the A Band Called Death documentary brought cheers and tears to music fans worldwide, telling the fantastic tale of proto-punk band Death’s rediscovery. Having been...

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April 18, 2025

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Tunde Adebimpe: Thee Black Boltz

by Geoff Stanfield

Ian Brennan interviewed Tunde Adebimpe for Tape Op #155, and he has just released Thee Black Boltz, a beautifully conceived album full of interesting sonics and great songs. Many will recognize Tunde as the lead singer of TV On The Radio, the...

April 13, 2025

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New Bon Iver: SABLE fABLE

by Geoff Stanfield

Listening to SABLE, fABLE, the new release from Bon Iver, it dawned on me that he and co-producer Jim-E Stack, have created a collection of songs that are deeply rooted in two american songwriting traditions without sounding like a traditional...

April 4, 2025

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New Music from Dirty Projectors

by Geoff Stanfield

We interviewed David Longstreth of the Dirty Projectors back in 2013 for Tape Op issue #93. His new release, Songs of the Earth, is a return to a sound and vibe reminiscent of 2010's Mount Wittenberg Orca, a collaboration with...

March 31, 2025

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New Music From Tortoise

by Geoff Stanfield

Members of Tortoise have graced the pages of Tape Op for years. We interviewed John McEntire in 2001 for issue #23, and more recently we covered Jeff Parker's ETA IVtet album Way Out Of Easy. Although it is just one song, I was excited to see...

March 21, 2025

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Fort George Brewery and Tape Op Overdub IPA

by Geoff Stanfield

Brian Bovinizer is the Marketing and Sales Director at Fort George Brewery in Astoria, Oregon. Being a Tape Op reader, some 11 years ago he spotted Tape Op’s founder/editor Larry Crane enjoying a few pints at the brewery’s Lovell Tap...

March 12, 2025

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Daniel Tashian: Having Fun

by Larry Crane

In 2017, one of my best friends, Craig Alvin [Tape Op #137], kept texting me about a record he was engineering. He was saying how amazing the process was, and how awesome the results were. The album...

March 12, 2025

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Tim Oliver: Listen & Be Patient

by Ian Brennan

Tim Oliver is the "Senior Consulting Engineer” at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios [Tape Op #63] in the English countryside. With over 40 years of experience, Oliver has worked with a...

March 12, 2025

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Thai Long Ly: Listen for the Humanity

by Andy Hong

I first met Thai Long Ly several years ago at a NAMM Show in Anaheim. He asked me, "What do you ride?" when he noticed the Kriega-branded motorcycling accessories on my backpack. We geeked out about...

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DIY Diffusors

by Brad Williams

While hardly a glamorous concept, room acoustics represent a critical link in the recording or playback chain. While comprehensive room design is a complex cocktail of science, math and chance...

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Build Your Own Spring Reverb

by Scott Hampton

I have been a big fan of spring and plate reverbs for decades, and over the past three years I have spent a significant amount of time diving into the wormhole of designing and building them,...

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DIY Reverb

by Nicolas Collins

In the disembodied world of today's computer-based multitrack mixing, one can spend a lot of time crafting a unifying sense of "space." Despite the dozens of reverb plug-ins and rack devices...

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