• Collaboration release with Zoom Lens for Lust by Meishi Smile
• Split release between Ricky Eat Acid and Arrange
• Mixtape of various artists compiled by Brian Vu of Rebel Magazine
• Cassette tapes for Die Young by HAPPY TRENDY, released through Orchid Tapes last December
xoxo
Hey friends, my good friend Brian Vu and I have decided to band together and redo + relaunch the website for the label I operate, Orchid Tapes (using Tumblr as a platform), and essentially the entire label itself. After months of stasis and only a couple releases here and there due to bizarre life scheduling, we’ve decided to give the whole project a much-needed reinvigoration. We’ll be posting a couple new releases in the coming months + selling some cassette tapes for our most recent release, HAPPY TRENDY - Die Young. All recent cassette orders done through the old Blogspot are being shipped in the coming days, as well. Thank you for the love and support.
HAPPY TRENDY
Die Young
16:05
1. Satan’s Tape
2. January 6
3. Die Young
4. ~
5. Sleep Now For A While
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LISTEN (via Bandcamp)
Die Young, the third release by HAPPY TRENDY (Dylan Khotin-Foote, of Kumon Plaza fame) represents a huge growth in the sonic pallet and pop understanding that Khotin-Foote has already demonstrated through his previous releases. Gone are the lo-fi signifiers that initially drew comparisons to other toy-synthpop musicians like Casiotone for The Painfully Alone. In their place stands a lineup of songs that retain the warmth and intimacy that HAPPY TRENDY is known for but also with the benefit of more complex structures, a wider range of sounds, and sharper production than on anything Khotin-Foote has released through any of his projects.
Cassette tapes coming soon.
Young Waves
We Grew Up
13:38
1. Chairlifts
2. Courtyard
3. Woodshop
4. Cassette
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LISTEN (via Bandcamp)
Young Waves is the musical solo endeavor of Toronto, Ontario musician Ryan Mandelbaum. After a series of smaller individual releases comes We Grew Up, a fully-released EP containing four songs which cover a fair amount of sonic group. Recorded entirely without the aid of computers and using only a looping pedal as a tracking device, the entire EP maintains a distinctively warm lo-fidelity feel while still managing to be balanced in all it’s sonic elements, sounding like it was mixed meticulously using any given music software. With noticeable influence rooted in sounds like ambient / drone, subdued electronic music and freak folk, We Grew Up is a constantly engaging home-brewed listen from beginning to end.
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Wonder Bear
Golden Years + G A L A
20:18
1. Solar Pond
2. Golden Years
3. The Vines
4. Lessons
5. Yeller
6. Before
7. We Found The Egg
8. After
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LISTEN (via Bandcamp)
Wonder Bear are Ben Klein (production / instrumentation) and Daisy Korpics (vocals / lyrics), two young musicians from New York state who create a haunting and delicate type of pop music that demonstrates a talent and understanding of music far beyond their years.
Their first two releases, Golden Years and G A L A, represent an impressive jumping off point in the two musicians careers; a careful and tactful ear for electronic production care of Klein and doleful and sincere vocals provided by Korpics. We hope you enjoy their work as much as we do.
Be sure to check out their more recent release Avalanche on Absent Fever.
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