Strategic Tape Reserve
@strategictaper.bsky.social
The Strategic Tape Reserve, based in the Penedès region of Catalonia, is a fully independent organization dedicated to the responsible dissemination of ferric cassette materials.
You screw up 100% of the synth-sax solos you don’t play.
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You screw up 100% of the synth-sax solos you don’t play.
Say you’re making a traditional sandwich. Put mayonnaise just on the bottom bread and then lay on your cheese and/or coldcuts or whatever. Then you add your onions, tomato and lettuce and on the lettuce you put oil, vinegar and oregano like it’s a salad. Now you got a Blimpee’s circa 1992 sandwich.
November 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Say you’re making a traditional sandwich. Put mayonnaise just on the bottom bread and then lay on your cheese and/or coldcuts or whatever. Then you add your onions, tomato and lettuce and on the lettuce you put oil, vinegar and oregano like it’s a salad. Now you got a Blimpee’s circa 1992 sandwich.
A lot of what we think of as music is actually just gunk.
I've changed the water filter on my record cleaner. This is how much yuck comes out of about 25 LPs, some of which were brand new.
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A lot of what we think of as music is actually just gunk.
I have a massive amount of respect for anyone who makes music. Doesn’t matter what kind of music or if it’s good or bad. As long as they’re not a real giant asshole. Same goes for people who make pizza.
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I have a massive amount of respect for anyone who makes music. Doesn’t matter what kind of music or if it’s good or bad. As long as they’re not a real giant asshole. Same goes for people who make pizza.
Life is pretty good when you listen to music.
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Life is pretty good when you listen to music.
We have the tapes.
[something's happening] - a map has always been an attempt
Found-text / electro-acoustic live loop layer collage.
Available to pre-order now. Full release next Friday.
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/a-map-...
[something's happening] - a map has always been an attempt
Found-text / electro-acoustic live loop layer collage.
Available to pre-order now. Full release next Friday.
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/a-map-...
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We have the tapes.
[something's happening] - a map has always been an attempt
Found-text / electro-acoustic live loop layer collage.
Available to pre-order now. Full release next Friday.
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/a-map-...
[something's happening] - a map has always been an attempt
Found-text / electro-acoustic live loop layer collage.
Available to pre-order now. Full release next Friday.
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/a-map-...
Music is basically a detective novel where the musicians are the suspects/criminals, the listener is the detective and of course the music is the crime. The listener tries to determine what happened and what was the motivation, while the musicians try to obscure this, so they can get away with it.
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Music is basically a detective novel where the musicians are the suspects/criminals, the listener is the detective and of course the music is the crime. The listener tries to determine what happened and what was the motivation, while the musicians try to obscure this, so they can get away with it.
Music tech pitches:
-An Uber for saxophones
-A VST that generates dog bark sounds via physical modelling synthesis
-A GPU embedded in a 180g vinyl
-A streaming platform that only plays music backwards
-Toe sock MIDI controllers
-Bluetooth maracas
-A Eurorack digital picture frame
-An Uber for saxophones
-A VST that generates dog bark sounds via physical modelling synthesis
-A GPU embedded in a 180g vinyl
-A streaming platform that only plays music backwards
-Toe sock MIDI controllers
-Bluetooth maracas
-A Eurorack digital picture frame
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Music tech pitches:
-An Uber for saxophones
-A VST that generates dog bark sounds via physical modelling synthesis
-A GPU embedded in a 180g vinyl
-A streaming platform that only plays music backwards
-Toe sock MIDI controllers
-Bluetooth maracas
-A Eurorack digital picture frame
-An Uber for saxophones
-A VST that generates dog bark sounds via physical modelling synthesis
-A GPU embedded in a 180g vinyl
-A streaming platform that only plays music backwards
-Toe sock MIDI controllers
-Bluetooth maracas
-A Eurorack digital picture frame
When you write “I hope this email finds you well” to a person whom you actually don’t hope that about, you’ve technically committed cyber-fraud, which is a very serious criminal offence in most jurisdictions. So that’s something you might want to keep in mind.
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
When you write “I hope this email finds you well” to a person whom you actually don’t hope that about, you’ve technically committed cyber-fraud, which is a very serious criminal offence in most jurisdictions. So that’s something you might want to keep in mind.
A couple of years ago, a worker at the post office suggested that I might be able to have my own plastic post office bin, to put all my packages in and then bring to the post office. It hasn’t happened yet (or been mentioned again) but I’m hoping that if I just keep my head down and work diligently
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A couple of years ago, a worker at the post office suggested that I might be able to have my own plastic post office bin, to put all my packages in and then bring to the post office. It hasn’t happened yet (or been mentioned again) but I’m hoping that if I just keep my head down and work diligently
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Check out @xtelyonrec.bsky.social's Special Hour 65: Synthopia, featuring a track off the latest Phrnis release, The Gateway Tape on @strategictaper.bsky.social. I'm a huge fan of the Massive Attack song, btw - this is good company.
Replay:
xtelyonrec.wordpress.com/rad65/
Feat. @phirnis.bsky.social @kroppzeuchs.bsky.social @blacksunhighdesert.bsky.social @machine-records.bsky.social @theowlripper.bsky.social etc.
xtelyonrec.wordpress.com/rad65/
Feat. @phirnis.bsky.social @kroppzeuchs.bsky.social @blacksunhighdesert.bsky.social @machine-records.bsky.social @theowlripper.bsky.social etc.
XtelyonRec Special Hour 65: Synthopia
IDTiL – Intermittent ElectronicsHappomeri – Muista katsoa taaksesiMassive Attack – What Your Soul SingsMartin L. Gore – StardustCZiGO – SERPITUDEPhirnis – Waking…
xtelyonrec.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Check out @xtelyonrec.bsky.social's Special Hour 65: Synthopia, featuring a track off the latest Phrnis release, The Gateway Tape on @strategictaper.bsky.social. I'm a huge fan of the Massive Attack song, btw - this is good company.
Finally saw this guy the other night, after failing to do so 15 years earlier when the opening act was a 90 minute powerpoint presentation about found footage and, being young, foolish and temperamental, I got bored and left. But this was good.
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Finally saw this guy the other night, after failing to do so 15 years earlier when the opening act was a 90 minute powerpoint presentation about found footage and, being young, foolish and temperamental, I got bored and left. But this was good.
You should only rewind a tape when you’ve reached the end of a side. If you rewind when it’s only half way through, the tape will start to lose its capacity.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
You should only rewind a tape when you’ve reached the end of a side. If you rewind when it’s only half way through, the tape will start to lose its capacity.
The problem with people playing music on public transportation is that no one is making money from it. This is why it bothers people. If the person playing music was sponsored by alcohol brands or mobile payment apps, this would be accepted or celebrated, because it doesn’t undermine confidence
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The problem with people playing music on public transportation is that no one is making money from it. This is why it bothers people. If the person playing music was sponsored by alcohol brands or mobile payment apps, this would be accepted or celebrated, because it doesn’t undermine confidence
You don’t want AI to replace opera singers, fine. I don’t either! But I do want AI to identify high growth potential music NFTs within my blockchain audio portfolio app and I’m pretty sure most other musicians feel the same.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You don’t want AI to replace opera singers, fine. I don’t either! But I do want AI to identify high growth potential music NFTs within my blockchain audio portfolio app and I’m pretty sure most other musicians feel the same.
Frankenstein isn’t the name if the monster. It’s the name of the person who wrote the book. The monster’s name is Poisonfang and the doctor who created the monster is named Dr Cory Nicehands.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Frankenstein isn’t the name if the monster. It’s the name of the person who wrote the book. The monster’s name is Poisonfang and the doctor who created the monster is named Dr Cory Nicehands.
How ungrateful some of us are. People share one of our most beloved artforms, music, for free on a boring train ride, and some folks still aren’t satisfied.
If you're traveling by train, buy some fucking headphones. I don't want to listen to your shitty music, hear a crappy American comedy, or listen to a conversation with your significant other who's a bigger twat than you.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
How ungrateful some of us are. People share one of our most beloved artforms, music, for free on a boring train ride, and some folks still aren’t satisfied.
Just ate a knockout persimmon. Like a meaty floral marshmallow.
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just ate a knockout persimmon. Like a meaty floral marshmallow.
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Grab a brew, me and @spennylove.bsky.social are on the radio in 7 minutes!
Suited. Booted. Back on Reform Radio. 6pm. Sunday.
Rob is married now. No crisps.
Maybe songs by @woodfordhalse.bsky.social, @strategictaper.bsky.social, @wormholeworld.bsky.social, @thirdkindrecords.bsky.social, @necrosferatul.bsky.social, @thetrifler.bsky.social
& more who aren't on Blue Sky.
Rob is married now. No crisps.
Maybe songs by @woodfordhalse.bsky.social, @strategictaper.bsky.social, @wormholeworld.bsky.social, @thirdkindrecords.bsky.social, @necrosferatul.bsky.social, @thetrifler.bsky.social
& more who aren't on Blue Sky.
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Grab a brew, me and @spennylove.bsky.social are on the radio in 7 minutes!
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perfect jcard for a noise tape. no notes. print it
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
perfect jcard for a noise tape. no notes. print it
A musician is depressed because they can’t make effective music, so they enrol in an online masterclass with a successful music YouTuber. The YouTuber imparts their knowledge but the musician’s music is no more effective. Many years pass. The YouTuber falls into a disused well while hiking but is
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A musician is depressed because they can’t make effective music, so they enrol in an online masterclass with a successful music YouTuber. The YouTuber imparts their knowledge but the musician’s music is no more effective. Many years pass. The YouTuber falls into a disused well while hiking but is
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Suited. Booted. Back on Reform Radio. 6pm. Sunday.
Rob is married now. No crisps.
Maybe songs by @woodfordhalse.bsky.social, @strategictaper.bsky.social, @wormholeworld.bsky.social, @thirdkindrecords.bsky.social, @necrosferatul.bsky.social, @thetrifler.bsky.social
& more who aren't on Blue Sky.
Rob is married now. No crisps.
Maybe songs by @woodfordhalse.bsky.social, @strategictaper.bsky.social, @wormholeworld.bsky.social, @thirdkindrecords.bsky.social, @necrosferatul.bsky.social, @thetrifler.bsky.social
& more who aren't on Blue Sky.
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Suited. Booted. Back on Reform Radio. 6pm. Sunday.
Rob is married now. No crisps.
Maybe songs by @woodfordhalse.bsky.social, @strategictaper.bsky.social, @wormholeworld.bsky.social, @thirdkindrecords.bsky.social, @necrosferatul.bsky.social, @thetrifler.bsky.social
& more who aren't on Blue Sky.
Rob is married now. No crisps.
Maybe songs by @woodfordhalse.bsky.social, @strategictaper.bsky.social, @wormholeworld.bsky.social, @thirdkindrecords.bsky.social, @necrosferatul.bsky.social, @thetrifler.bsky.social
& more who aren't on Blue Sky.
If your tapes contain traces of shellfish, you need to declare that on the packaging, because it’s kind of gross.
November 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
If your tapes contain traces of shellfish, you need to declare that on the packaging, because it’s kind of gross.
One surprising thing you learn working at a tape reserve is that the counter on the cassette deck doesn’t count your steps. That’s not what it’s for. It counts the tape’s steps, so to speak. This is why it’s called “physical media”. The media itself is very physical, so you want to keep an eye that.
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
One surprising thing you learn working at a tape reserve is that the counter on the cassette deck doesn’t count your steps. That’s not what it’s for. It counts the tape’s steps, so to speak. This is why it’s called “physical media”. The media itself is very physical, so you want to keep an eye that.
Ready for Hollywood to start making big budget music biopics about ambient artists where it’s just a 2 hour continuous shot of the artist reading a book on the sofa.
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Ready for Hollywood to start making big budget music biopics about ambient artists where it’s just a 2 hour continuous shot of the artist reading a book on the sofa.