Some selections

 Some music we've been enjoying lately that comes with a strong recommendation

Thank you if you've picked up SMC's quite stunning debut - copies still available

Floaty, loosely ecological ambient from Australia which reminds us very much of Soda Lite's excellent tape from not too long ago.

Delicate and thoughtful explorations of the sonic potential of the piano across two long pieces

Heady modular worship from our old HQ, Prague

Complex and richly textured debut from Cairo via Prague on the ever-reliable Genot Centre

Now available: SMC 'Moth Room' (CLR21)

SMC's debut tape, Moth Room, is available now!

Moth Room is an apt title for SMC's debut collection of music. The sounds she uses are fragile but highly animated, threatening to disappear as soon as they occur, and often returning with the manic energy that makes this tape so intriguing. Moth Room channels the understated music of Woo and Colleen through a diverse but subtle palette of sounds, which spans to include the fervent hand-picking of Spanish guitar music.

These pieces were recorded between Scotland and Sweden, but have their sights set on the Italian province of Perugia. As she recalls her past in this place using a limited instrumentation, SMC gives the working of memory a musical form. Undulating synthesisers and softly convulsing rhythms resurface across the EP, sometimes as echoes in an intricate guitar line.

Available in an edition of 50 handmade cassettes. 

CLR20 - KAGAMI Smile. 'Transitory Heart' Now available

 

We're happy to announce that Transitory Heart by KAGAMI Smile is now available in a limited edition of 50. Order via bandcamp or email.

Transitory Heart is a collection of rugged, street-weathered ambience born out of the isolation of a global pandemic. KAGAMI Smile's thickly-textured sound borders the melancholy, nostalgic, and intimidating across these five long-form pieces, all extending the themes of his previous releases with the likes of Dream Catalogue, BLCR Laboratories, and Søvn Records.

Elixir Terrace - Bakavali Winter Now Available

 

You can pick up Elixir Terrace's first collection of buried analogue tones via bandcamp now

Edition of 20 tapes, full colour double sided inserts, handmade

We're Back! CLR19 - Elixir Terrace 'Bakavali Winter'

After a deep slumber, Cellar awakens

Up next is Elixir Terrace's 'Bakavali Winter'

A collection of warm, journey-weathered songs that bring news of lands long forgotten

Out early August in an edition of 20 handmade tapes

Our stock list has also been updated here and on bandcamp

Hear a preview below:

Cellar Tapes · CLR19 Elixir Terrace - Bakavali Winter (Excerpt)

CLR18 'Portal Access Optimal' Storch Interior Extracts - Available now

Portal Access Optimal

Storch Interior Extracts

'Portal Access Optimal is the third installment from Storch Interior Extracts in a trilogy of albums that draw on the optimism of early home computer marketing. Two sides of bloops and warbles that recall installation CD accompaniment music emerging for the first time since the the mid nineties. With the right connection, transcendence is possible.'

Available now in an edition of 25 tapes

Order via bandcamp

or via email

Soon - Storch Interior Extracts 'Portal Access Optimal'

The final installment of the trilogy, next month.

Out Now: Fahmi Mursyid 'Sejarah' (CLR17)

Fahmi Mursyid - Sejarah (CLR17)

Fahmi Mursyid is an Indonesian sound artist previously working with the likes of Chinabot and featured on Resonance FM. Continuing his trademark technique, Fahmi warps and reframes samples of traditional Indonesian music into something truly disarming. At times recalling the cacophonies of Berio or Xenakis, but always tempered by an ambient sensibility, Sejarah is a welcome force in the Cellar catalogue.

Edition of 20 DIY Tapes

Full colour printed paper J card and insert

Grab it via bandcamp or email us

Out now! Cyparissus & duenn

Up now for order and streaming! All orders ship from September 6th.
Order via bandcamp or email
Edition of 20, full colour paper J cards plus insert
Handmade in Prague

Next up: duenn 'endlesstape' (CLR16)

Joining the August batch is legendary Japanese sound maker duenn, who has previously shared split releases with Celer on a range of underground labels. Preview below!

Like the formation of a glacier or the splitting of a continent, the long-form pieces on endlesstape move with astounding economy whilst retaining a fearsome element. duenn immediately plunges the listener into a deep well, through which all other sounds are channeled and transformed into an ethereal echo. Ambience for the anthropocene. Edition of 20.

Up Next: Cyparissus (CLR15)

The first of two announcements regarding our next releases.

Cyparissus - s/t

'Both melancholic and blissful, Cyparissus induces a cathartic sense of mourning across this collection of beautiful ambient drones. Though they are sprawling in nature, no piece outstays its welcome, instead using the time to explore every detail in its sonic environment. Suitable for the reduction of flight-phobias and stress induced by urban living.'

Edition of 20

Available August  

Summer Sale at Cellar

Use the following code for 10% off anything at our bandcamp store: 

summercellar 

Our three latest releases can be bought together in a bundle at a cheaper price.

New things for you in August!

Have a great summer.

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Now Available: Sleepland 'Tidal Motion'

Finally with us in an edition of 40, Sleepland's Tidal Motion.
Tidal Motion is a collection of five slabs of ambience, recorded by Sleepland (Kengo Yonemura) in his resident Berlin. His drones waste no time filling space, with a feather-light tone that is countered by a thick, omnipresent texture. There is a subtle drama to Sleepland's particular brand of ambience, perhaps driven by the surprising fact that the guitar is the leading instrument in these works, the strings of which are frequently navigating the more synthetic drones beneath them. 

Listen and order here

You can also order via email: tapescellar @ gmail.com

Listen: Sleepland 'Nightcycle'

Have a listen to Nightcycle off the upcoming tape, Tidal Motion from Sleepland.

Available end of February in an edition of 30.

PS Delicate Features is now sold out

Next Up: Sleepland (JP / DE)

We are happy to announce that our next release will come from

Berlin-based Japanese artist, Sleepland.

Tidal Motion

Edition of 40 white cassette tapes

Pro-printed J Cards

Available now! ubik mcdxcii 'Echoes of a Dead Planet'

Available now in an edition of 35, ubik's debut is available now via bandcamp and email

London-based ubik mcdxcii debuts an ineffable collection of other-worldly tracks. Rumbling hip-hop beats underpin a constant, psychedelic flow of heavily processed vocals that rattle and tumble across both sides. Undone rhythms that frequently disintegrate somehow guide you to something new.

Order via bandcamp
Order via email

CLR12 ubik mcdxcii 'Echoes of a Dead Planet'

We're excited to announce the debut of London's ubik mcdxcii.

A drum machine and a plethora of vocal loops get caught in a tunnel, rattling together through a space/time compression. Ubik narrates us through a selection of alien atmospheres using deconstructed rhythms, groaning voices and other strange devices.

Available November 14th, ltd edition cassette.

Microsale: CLR09 and CLR011

Youth Championships 'A Long Day of Exorcism' and Storch Interior Extracts 'Remote Assistance Failure' are now on sale at our bandcamp page. 

Grab both at a reduced price here

Vocal Music of Contemporary China: The National Minorities

More beautiful folkways from China

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New things from Cellar in the coming months.

For now, CLR08-11 still available through us.

Accepting demos as usual.

The Baka Forest People 'The Heart of the Forest' 1993

Download

Field recordings from Cameroon - Listen out for the water drums.

Copies of CLR08 - 11 still available

Order through bandcamp or via email