Insane Music was run by Alain Neffe from Belgium and was an important European label for home produced and unusual music. Read two interviews previously conducted with him by clicking the link to the left.

"Ode To Samantha Fox" was a compilation tape featuring many international underground artists who delivered a tribute to this British softcore legend.

During the heyday of cassette culture there were many international labels that released and distributed tapes in many styles. Even a partial list would be gigantic but I will begin by focusing on those labels that distributed many different artists work and not just an outlet for an individual artist. That will come later.

If you would like to do a feature on a particular label, contact me at the link on the upper right.

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Tape Labels ( click on label name for feature page)

Best Kept Secret >Alessandro Crestani details his involvement with his tape label.

Insane Music> Belgian tape label run by Alain Neffe.

Spilling Audio> the tape label run by Eric Hausmann. He discusses his releases and own music.

Hypertonia World Enterprises>label run by Jan R. Bruun from Norway. He discusses the label and more.

Calypso Now>Essential Swiss label run by Rudi Tuscher. He speaks at length about his activities.

Harsh Reality> Chris Phinney goes on the record about his essential underground label.

Alternate Media> label chief, Penga, discusses his operation.

Mutant Cactus> Interview with Kevin Paisley who ran this Canadian underground label.

Fragment> Clive Richards ran this UK label. Also see tapes on other labels he appeared on.

Weed Music> some cassette scans from this German label of the 80s and 90s. Thanks to Gaby for the images.

Biotope Art Organization> Charles Goff hosts a retrospective look at this underground label from Italy then, and the U.K. now.

Sound Of Pig> The seminal cassette label of the day run by Al Margolis. Al discusses the label and more.

Swinging Axe> Southern California's Randy Greif appears in this spotlight and opens up about his label.

audiofile tapes> cover scans and interview with Carl Howard.

Illusion Production> Seminal French label released tapes by D.D.A.A., compilations and much more. Tony Coulter tells us about it.

Some labels that will be mentioned or featured later include:

IRRE Tapes ( Germany) Coming soon!

S.J. Organisation ( France)

Ecto Tapes ( USA)

Kaw Tapes ( UK)

GGE ( USA)

Spilling Audio ( USA)

Peace And Freedom (UK)

Best Kept Secret ( Italy) coming soon.

Jarmusic ( Germany)

EE Tapes ( Belgium)

Ebu's Music ( Germany)

Bureaucracy Of Hope ( USA)

Old Europa Cafe