Erased Tapes Rewinder series launched

Today sees the start of the Erased Tapes Rewinder — a new series in which we rewind the tapes to the beginnings, revisiting highlights as the full catalogue is being added to our YouTube channel in high definition over the next year to replace all that lossiness that’s been floating around... Join us to hear some of the stories behind each week’s highlighted release.

Let’s begin with the Vemeer EP by Aparatec, now better known as Rival Consoles:

“Ryan was the first to reach out to me via MySpace with four tracks recorded under his first moniker Aparatec, accompanied by a few words expressing his intrigue in what I was building with Erased Tapes and finishing with ‘I’m sure these tracks will sell like hot cakes (haha)’. He wasn’t wrong, the first 7-inch we pressed ran out within weeks. I spent hours and hours listening to various sketches of his, mostly on night buses back then. His approach to electronic music as a guitarist, hard-hitting beats that meet emotive strings and synth sounds, resonated so deeply with me. But most importantly, I liked his curiosity and determination, his confidence yet lightheartedness. Ryan and I became best friends.” — Robert Raths, Erased Tapes founder

· listen to the Rewinder playlist on Spotify