Quirky Cassettes: aPop Records at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

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The local purveyor of such arty releases, Cherokee Street's aPop Records, exhibited some of its wares. Ask an aPop employee if she has an iPod, and you'll get a "fuck no" for an answer.

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Nick Lucchesi

The cassette tape suitcase. Though most of these things went to the Dumpster sometime around 1995, a few of these fuzz-lined gems still exist.

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This 7" is from Germany's Kernkrach. They release mainly electronic weirdness: minimal wave, neue deutsche welle, broken electro, synth pop etc.
Comment by tiffany from STL on Apr 17th, 2008, 14:38 pm
Ah, Hatestate Cassettes. Knitted by Eva Aguila (i may be getting her last name a tad wrong) from Kevin Shields, who also releases on LA's DeathBombArc label.
Comment by tiffany from STL on Apr 17th, 2008, 14:40 pm
compilation of noise making ladies, including Cosey Fanni Tutti. These come in a variety of day-glo colors and the bright plastic flower is actually small noise making device that uses your bodies electrical resistance in varying the sonic output.
Comment by tiffany from STL on Apr 17th, 2008, 14:45 pm
Dustin's hand welded contraption for the Moss demo reissue. This was a nightmare.. Each one was unique and he would only make a few a day. So, when it sold out long before he was finished crafting the final quantity, we had many impatient and cranky buyers on our hands. Aquarius records picked up a few dozen to sell and from what I hear, sent 'em out to customers packed with cutesy candy.
Comment by tiffany from Saint Louis on Apr 17th, 2008, 14:54 pm
skronk from the always weird Not Not Fun label. I think their befeathered and scribbled releases were a big inspiration for other current strange DIY packaged labels.
Comment by Tiffany from STL on Apr 17th, 2008, 15:36 pm
fliers by Josh Levi (worm hands)
Comment by Tiffany from STL on Apr 17th, 2008, 15:37 pm
3" cdr on circuit boards from Kansas City based label Roil Noise.
Comment by Tiffany from STL on Apr 17th, 2008, 15:38 pm
Oops! These are 3"s from Michigan's Chondritic Sound! There is a really great release from Providence RI's Kites in the bottom row..
Comment by Tiffany on Apr 17th, 2008, 15:41 pm
another fine product from Roil Noise
Comment by Tiffany on Apr 17th, 2008, 15:47 pm
Burning Star Core multi-cassette release on Dronedisco.
Comment by Tiffany on Apr 17th, 2008, 15:52 pm
RRR's Recycled Series featuring an endless roster of notable noise & experimental artists like Panicsville, Wiese, Aube, Bastard Noise, Cherry Point...
Comment by Tiffany on Apr 17th, 2008, 15:57 pm
3" from noise band Ataraxic Ataxia of Columbia, MO. Dom from the band collects old postcards found in his hometown of Hermann and uses them for unique packaging. The chintzy toy camera has a working viewfinder with kitschy cartoon images to spy.
Comment by Tiffany on Apr 17th, 2008, 16:02 pm