The Original Tapegerm Animated Flash Intro
I found a folder of Tapegerm video and flash animations this morning. This is the original Tapegerm splash animation created in 1999, making it 25 years ago. Celebrating Nostalgia: Tapegerm’s…
The Living Organism of Sound: A Closer Look at Tapegerm
In the vast landscape of digital music, there exists a unique platform that thrives on evolution and transformation: Tapegerm. Unlike other music platforms, Tapegerm is not about just uploading and…
Atari Buford Tapegerm Collection
Atari Buford contributed three recordings in collaboration within the Tapegerm Collective. Compositions
Brian Staker Tapegerms
Brian Staker provided a couple source files to Tapegerm around the early 2000’s. Let’s make something out of them. Share your track for inclusion here and on an upcoming Discover…
Tapegerm Collective – Global Loop Madness Volume Two (CD, 2002)
The tracks on this a CD set were created on the internet by artists located in various parts of the world. The artists in The Tapegerm Collective have made dozens…
Homemade Music Mix.One – The Birth of Tapegerm
This was a project that took place in 1999 on homemademusic.com which formed the start of the Tapegerm Collective. Participating artists were Linda Smith, Arthur Loves Plastic (Bev Stanton), Baneemy,…
From Tapegerm to 2023: The Evolution of DIY Music
Since its humble beginnings, the DIY music scene has experienced a significant transformation. What started as a means for independent musicians to circumvent traditional music industry gatekeepers has evolved into…
Fluxus Fone Project
I opened my phone to random callers…
Hal MGee Tapegerm: Circuit Bent Casio SK1 Project
This was a project from 2008 available within the group. This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Attribution: Hal McGee, Tapegerm Collective
Tapegerm Collective: The Recordings of Hal McGee
These are the recordings of Hal McGee in collaboration with the Tapegerm Collective 2000-2010
Tapegerm first started as an offshoot of homemademusic.com early in 1999. I was featuring cassettes on pages with a set of loops offered to visitors to download and create something new. Soon there was a bunch of artists doing it and it evolved into us sharing our own loops in a central pool and lots of cool music and friendships developed.