Label introduction
Lust Tapes
I will be working on something new, doing proper introductions for various labels for those curious enough to check them out. One of the first labels I want to check out is a new label from the Netherlands called Lust Tapes. In a very short time, so far, they have managed to release 9 tapes and a poster on their Bandcamp site, most within the boundaries of harsh noise and HNW, and highly inspired by occult and satanic themes, sprinkled with sadistic s/m imagery. There isn´t any information about the label or the various acts the label has released. So I have (offcourse) decided to interview the brain behind the label! So here goes. And below, I have made 2 small reviews for the labels' first two releases!.
Rapid introduction to Lust Tapes: How would you describe your label?
Hi, I really appreciate the opportunity to introduce Lust Tapes to anyone interested.
Lust Tapes is a label that contains music from noise artists in combination with visually appealing designs.
plus a tongue-in-cheek approach regarding subjects as the occult (seventies style), lusts, death, decay, crime,
and accidents.
LUST is not really original in its style or content, but that is the whole idea
What motivated you to start the label?
(www.discogs.com/label/60538-Interrupt-Product).
Because of life, this label was short-lived.
Much later in life, around 2019, I wanted to do something again in DIY. That project became Pool Pervert (experimental drones mainly).
(www.discogs.com/artist/7261627-Pool-Perverts).
I also started a label in 2019 (now obsolete) called Non-Interrupt.
(www.discogs.com/label/60538-Interrupt-Product).
The name was invented by Frans de Waard from Korm Plastics, a good friend and mentor. This drone label will re-emerge this year as Re-Interrupt and will put out CD-Rs with mainly drone music.
For aesthetic reasons, I felt attraction to harsh noise again, like my noise-project Weltschmerz, which featured on compilation cassettes back in the day. I became hugely inspired by Deathbed/Invisible City and many others, and felt a strong urge to do something with graphical design plus tapes/noise music.
Lust Tapes will be releasing graphics (art prints) that supporters can buy separately alongside their download. That part of the merchandise becomes more and more available within the coming months with each release.
So, LUST is a graphical label too, just for the fun of doing these typical graphics that come with noise/experimental music. Without any politics or serious meaning, of course. Xeroxed stuff, black & white, eroded stuff, German fonts, typewriter fonts, etc, etc...
I have a professional background in graphical design, which helps me do so.
In time, Lust tapes will release more products from other artists.
Blood Raven is the first foreign artist on LUST. The others, for now, are projects of mine: Abducted Organ (topics: death, disease),
Satanic Rite (topic: the occult atmosphere from the seventies),
Madame Blavatsky (topic: the paranormal), DNA Destruction Commando (topics: crime, forensics).
I needed a start, I needed stuff, so I decided to release a bunch of projects to get the label started. I will be mailing artists in the coming months for LUST, but I am not in a hurry... it will grow organically.
Soon to come:
a compilation (C90) with Sloughed/Abrasion Addict, ODAL, Modelbau, Blood Raven. Also, a C45 from Sloughed/Abrasion Addict, and later this year, a C45 by K2
Odal & DMDN (they made a great tape called Breinrot), Vomir, Brandkommando, plus all the stuff from E.C.T. I do worship.
It is hard to mention a favorite, so many artists out there that I like. I like listening to noise from a tape, record, or CD. I like all kinds of concerts, but harsh noise live on stage with a deafening sound system is cool, really cool. But... not my favorite way of consuming noise. Loudness and noise are two different things to me
A friend, Sjak, from DMDN (Antenne Records, Tilburg, Holland) once told me: "noise is a shower for me". I think it says a lot.
I am not involved in it, I only know a few artists from long ago and some new.
At the time of recording, the themes come to mind. Releases from other artists play a role in the conception, too. I have lots of unreleased stuff I can use. But it has to be edited further before the tape is ready. Meanwhile, I will download some images from the web to deform into a cover design. It is a strange process.
No clear structure.
Well, I really love CD/vinyl, but the joy of cassettes, the warm sound, the shape of the medium, that's why.
Not big plans or ambitions. But, growing steadily, with fun designs and good artists. That's gold. It's a hobby. Furthermore....I must become a bit more loose, putting out more direct stuff without too much editing. That is a plan.
Because of life, this label was short-lived.
Much later in life, around 2019, I wanted to do something again in DIY. That project became Pool Pervert (experimental drones mainly).
(www.discogs.com/artist/7261627-Pool-Perverts).
I also started a label in 2019 (now obsolete) called Non-Interrupt.
(www.discogs.com/label/60538-Interrupt-Product).
The name was invented by Frans de Waard from Korm Plastics, a good friend and mentor. This drone label will re-emerge this year as Re-Interrupt and will put out CD-Rs with mainly drone music.
For aesthetic reasons, I felt attraction to harsh noise again, like my noise-project Weltschmerz, which featured on compilation cassettes back in the day. I became hugely inspired by Deathbed/Invisible City and many others, and felt a strong urge to do something with graphical design plus tapes/noise music.
Lust Tapes will be releasing graphics (art prints) that supporters can buy separately alongside their download. That part of the merchandise becomes more and more available within the coming months with each release.
So, LUST is a graphical label too, just for the fun of doing these typical graphics that come with noise/experimental music. Without any politics or serious meaning, of course. Xeroxed stuff, black & white, eroded stuff, German fonts, typewriter fonts, etc, etc...
I have a professional background in graphical design, which helps me do so.
In time, Lust tapes will release more products from other artists.
Blood Raven is the first foreign artist on LUST. The others, for now, are projects of mine: Abducted Organ (topics: death, disease),
Satanic Rite (topic: the occult atmosphere from the seventies),
Madame Blavatsky (topic: the paranormal), DNA Destruction Commando (topics: crime, forensics).
I needed a start, I needed stuff, so I decided to release a bunch of projects to get the label started. I will be mailing artists in the coming months for LUST, but I am not in a hurry... it will grow organically.
Soon to come:
a compilation (C90) with Sloughed/Abrasion Addict, ODAL, Modelbau, Blood Raven. Also, a C45 from Sloughed/Abrasion Addict, and later this year, a C45 by K2
What are some of your current favorite noise acts? And why?
It is hard to mention a favorite, so many artists out there that I like. I like listening to noise from a tape, record, or CD. I like all kinds of concerts, but harsh noise live on stage with a deafening sound system is cool, really cool. But... not my favorite way of consuming noise. Loudness and noise are two different things to me
A friend, Sjak, from DMDN (Antenne Records, Tilburg, Holland) once told me: "noise is a shower for me". I think it says a lot.
How is the industrial/noise scene in the Netherlands?
How do you find/choose the specific themes for your releases?
No clear structure.
Cassette releases instead of CD, any reason why?
Any future plans for the label?
I re-style, re-edit (over-edit) some designs too much. But the first idea is the best in most cases. That is a struggle.
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Satanic Rite - In Search Of Sodom
Released back in March as a limited cassette with Xeroxed cover artwork. Dynamic HNW soundscapes mixed with a brutal noise-ambient background, a brutal multilayered monstrosity. 2 tracks, 30 minutes each. At times, it does have that early NON/Boyd-Rice feel. Fans of harsh industrial noise with that 80s kind of sound to it will love it! The first track, called False Witch Trials, offers tons of steel fragments inside a washing machine, occasional low-frequency radio hissing, enigmatic humming drones, and something is definitely being drilled here as well!
Second track, Ritualistic Group Abuse, has a lot more sound-wise action to it. Not as straightforward as the former tracks, but a bit more adventurous while still maintaining the brutality. A certain kind of fluttering wetness of slimy tentacles in this! Check it out and see what u can come up with!
Pallor Mortis - D.N.A. Destruction Commando
D.N.A. Destructive Commando being Pallor Mortis, again...2 tracks, 30 minutes each. Stomach churning noise-wall with less dynamics and more focus on the texture of sound. First track, The Face of Dissolution, delivers just that! A slow and moody fix of heavy, moody noise-electronics. The noise feels like a drill through dirt, and the drones give the recording a spiritual, angelic feeling to it. The sound of the first track slowly gets heavier and more intense.
The second track, The Color Of Decease, has a kind of noise which sounds like burning flames in slow motion. A slow-building heat in a kettle, maybe? Maybe we are in the lab of an alchemist? Cryptic human speech is in there as well, making it all a bit more mysterious.
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