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A Thoughtful Piece on Tape Op 88's End Rant by Ethan Winer
by Larry Crane
Wade Baynham of The Second Story studio in Durham, NC, posted a nice piece about Ethan's End Rant in issue #88.
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Larry Crane Discusses the Virtues of the Rupert Neve Designs 5088 Console
by Geoff Stanfield
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unconventional installation
by Larry Crane
Speaking of the art world, reader Halsey Burgund sent a link to his installation that “involves some unconventional recording techniques, mainly doing it wirelessly and using lots of open-source and customized software.” Looks like fun...
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Recording gear that I'm digging
by Larry Crane
In line with Andy Hong's list of gear (issue #66) he's reviewed in the past that he still finds amazing, here's a list of stuff I was using this last month that I think deserves special credit for the amount of times I fall back on these pieces and...
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How the Free Economy is Affecting the Recording Community
by Allen Farmelo
I just read an excellent new essay called The Case Against Free in which the author suggests that the "free economy" is drying up the economic resources needed to make quality creative works. The article focuses on recordings. It's a well...
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New Ancient Farmers Album: Seventh Heaven
by Geoff Stanfield
Steve Daubenspeck and Greg Freeman are Ancient Farmers and their new album is called Seventh Heaven. Greg Freeman was featured in Tape Op #1, and had previously recorded two albums for Tape Op founder Larry Crane when he was in the band Vomit...
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The Go-Betweens box set G Stands for Go-Betweens, Vol. 3 (2000-2006) out now
by Geoff Stanfield
In February 2000, I was lucky enough to record the legendary Australian group, The Go-Betweens, for their "comeback" album, The Friends of Rachel Worth. I'd done an interview with Robert Forster for Tape Op the year before, which – along with...
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Pitchfork TV? ADD?
by Larry Crane
Pitchfork TV (some spinoff of the horrible, snotty music crit site) has launched a series called A>D>D. "The title for the series is based on the ADD/AAD/DDD codes that appeared on compact discs in the late 80s and early 90s, in which ADD...
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Tape Op Staff Favorites of 2017
by Geoff Stanfield
There have been so many great releases in 2017 that it is hard to pick just a top five or ten! This is no way definitive year end wrap-up, but here are a few of this year's Tape Op staff favorites. Happy listening! Larry Crane Roger Waters-...
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T Bone Burnett Releases New Album, The Other Side
by Geoff Stanfield
Super producer T Bone Burnett has released The Other Side, a new album featuring guest performances from Lucius, Roseanne Cash, and Steven Soles. The album was recorded over a three week period and, is the last of a trilogy of albums, following...