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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TTW168

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Format Music GB

Tape

Limited edition

Release date

2024-05-10

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Kudos

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Standard:20

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5050580819757

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Artist

Microcorps

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Electronic

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Tapeworm

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Tapeworm is a London-based cassette label that embodies the spirit of unfading moths, immortal flies, and the worm that never dies. With a passion for preserving the art of physical music formats, this label curates an eclectic collection of sounds from emerging artists across various genres.

Founded in London, England, Tapeworm embraces the nostalgia and warmth of cassette tapes as a medium for musical expression. Each release is carefully crafted with attention to detail, offering listeners a unique sonic experience that transcends time.

The label's roster features a diverse range of talented musicians who push boundaries and challenge conventions. From experimental electronic beats to haunting ambient melodies, Tapeworm's artists captivate audiences with their distinctive soundscapes.

MICROCORPS, Alexander Tucker's mutant techno alter ego, presents "Macrocorpse – 2021-2024", a collection of eight tracks that stray into a mutated space where techno-based composition inhabits the same zone as microsound time scales, drone and noise. Regular Tapeworm collaborator Savage Pencil lends his warped graphic visions to the cover artwork.

"I've always admired The Tapeworm from afar," explains Tucker. "I'd amassed all these tracks, some of which I'd forgotten even existed until the label asked me to produce a tape. Each track is made with a specific system I had set up on the modular rig. I'd have all these processes feeding back into each other creating these dense fragmented bangers."

Across the album, machine technology sits next to Tucker's own voice, processed through electronics and granular sampling. Vocals are pitched beyond recognition and delivered in a wordless constructed language that attempts to create its own alien landscapes. Tucker's aim is for each track to set a balance between structure and disrupting processes that feed off one another, where core rhythmic elements rub up against fried textures that fold in and out of each track. Always keen to marry electronic systems and acoustic instruments Tucker also employs cello layers which are resampled into sonic drone debris.

He expands "I often want to have my cake and eat it with these tracks. My idea was is to place my love of experimental techno, drone, music concréte and composition into each piece, where all these elements can weave through each other and produce a hybrid area."

Tucker is joined on final track PYN by Luke J Murray (Nonexistent, Stonecirclesampler, Liquid DnB-like Ambient Grime 2) adding his gauzy drones and electronic drift.

Macrocorpse – 2021-2024

Music GB

Discover Macrocorpse – 2021-2024 by Microcorps on DUMMY LABEL. A collection of mutant techno tracks with warped graphic artwork by Savage Pencil.