2022 News

We are proud to announce the first in a series of Bell Orchestre reissues. The band’s landmark debut album Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light is now streaming everywhere, with the original masters being repressed on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 2005. The vinyl reissue is out January 13 and available to pre-order now.

Three years in the making, Anne Müller shares the video for her song ‘Nummer 2’ from 2019’s Heliopause. Selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick, it was directed and animated by the French director duo Faux Soleil and produced by Eddy and Erased Tapes.

London-based musician and producer Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles sshares an evocative video animated by María Medem for his latest single ‘Vision of Self’ ahead of the release of his new album Now Is, out on Erased Tapes on October 14, followed by a string of European live dates.

A new compilation titled Erased Tapes 十五, encompassing a two hour cross-section of the label’s 15-year history including hidden gems and previously unreleased material, will be available on November 4 to coincide with specially curated festivals in London and Berlin.

‘Running’ is a piece of music the London-based producer had been trying to create for many years despite the simplicity of the track.

We are marking our 15 year history with a very special all-day Erased Tapes 十五 Festival at Betonhalle, Silent Green in Berlin.

Rival Consoles follows his soundtrack to Netflix hit El Caso Figo with motorik new single ‘World Turns’ — the new single from his upcoming studio album Now Is.

Ireland based American songsmith Peter Broderick announces the release of Piano Works Vol. 1 (Floating in Tucker’s Basement) — a new comprehensive album of solo piano recordings out November 25, sharing first offering ‘Sonata for the Sirius’.

One year after the album Chronology was released on Erased Tapes, Pakistani-American composer Qasim Naqvi shares the video for Head Within a Head. Directed by L.A. filmmaker Christina Burchard the video stars dancers Matthew ‘ET’ Gibbs and Renee Kester.

Ahead of taking his immersive live show on a European festival run in July, Rival Consoles shares brand new track Echoes — a colourful exploration of rhythm and sound for the summer nights.

Following on from singles Aura and Angelus Novus, which have acted as expansive windows into what is set to be an extraordinary debut album on Erased Tapes, today Hatis Noit releases the track Inori — meaning ‘prayer’ in Japanese.

Penguin Cafe are back with a lovingly produced 10th anniversary reissue of their debut album, titled A Matter of Life… 2021.

Japanese voice artist Hatis Noit announces her much anticipated debut album Aura, out June 24, by sharing its wordless yet universally speaking title track as premiered by Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC 6 Music.

Inspired by Japanese incense rituals, the new Erased Tapes compilation Music for kō featuring Hatis Noit, Masayoshi Fujita, Daniel Thorne and Rival Consoles explores the link between the sense of smell and sound.

Ahead of the release of their much anticipated 10th Anniversary Remastered Edition of A Matter of Life… 2021, Penguin Cafe share a live rendition of the album’s closing piece Coriolis, along with the remastered studio version that will be featured on the album.

Ben Lukas Boysen expands on 2020’s album Mirage with his brand new follow-up EP Clarion featuring remixes from Kiasmos, Mogwai and Foodman.

Japanese composer, vibraphonist and percussionist Masayoshi Fujita shares new track Led by a Blue Bird into the Mountain — the second piece from the upcoming Music for kō compilation, out April 1.

Today marks the release of 4 Hands, an intimate and surreal musical conversation on the piano from German sound pioneer Hans-Joachim Roedelius and American composer Tim Story.

Penguin Cafe are back with a lovingly produced 10th anniversary remastered edition of their debut album, titled A Matter of Life… 2021. Pressed on vinyl for the very first time, the record also features a brand new recording of lead single Harry Piers.

Ahead of the March release of his Clarion EP, Ben Lukas Boysen shares new expansive and percussive piece Lux.

Ahead of his greatly anticipated solo tour, the unmistakeable Douglas Dare reveals new piano-led single Behind The Walls — a thoughtful off-cut from 2020’s acclaimed full-length album Milkteeth, which fans have been waiting two years to experience live.

On the even of Erased Tapes turning fifteen, Hatis Noit returns with explorative new single Fernweh as a precursor for a label compilation titled Music for kō coming out on April 1.

German sound pioneer Hans-Joachim Roedelius and American composer Tim Story ring in the New Year with a sizzling prepared piano piece, fittingly named Crisscrossing.