Cassette Culture
For two decades the international mail system fostered a network of underground artists, exchanging cassette tapes of music and homemade artwork - all under the radar of main stream media.
Taking the DIY message of Punk as a jumping off point, we travel through the network.
Recent Episodes
Evolution of Noise, The 40 Year Journey of Satori
With pile of scrap metal and a disused railway tunnel nearby, unemployed youths Dave Kirby and Rob Maycock began recording sounds that they’d use as material for their Throbbing Gristle-inspired noise project, Psychopath. For...
The British Library Calls
We share the news of the preservation of the Cassette Culture podcast by the British Library and talk about some upcoming interviews. Coming Next: Psychedelia in the Home Counties with Richard Allen of Delerium Records, and T...
Underground 'Zines And The Hunt For Lost Music
The Vital fanzine evolved from hand typed, xeroxed pages to pioneering online distribution, and connected artists from the USA and Europe. We dive into an interview with Franz de Waard, creator of the Dutch fanzine Vital and ...
The Package From Steve Arrives
Unboxing a Cassette Time Capsule sent to us from Steve Gears in the UK. We find a treasure trove of rare cassette culture artifacts from the 1980s and 90s. From handmade fanzines and photocopied flyers to quirky cassette rele...
Tape to Tape Tête-à-Tête: The Network Gets Physical
1980’s cassette networking branched out into independent radio shows, physical meet ups and gigs. For 14 years Sandy Nys ran his radio show on Antwerp's Radio Centraal, amplifying and connecting the scene. Through these conne...
Chance Connections - He Got Talking To This Guy In The Record Store
We uncover more stories from some of the artists from the scene that thrived through the exchange of homemade tapes in the late 80s and early 90s. First, we talk to Steve Gears, the founder of the Pharoah Chromium Sound …
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