RESONANT TAPES

“Resonant Tapes” is a microlabel for independent electronic music. We are interested in sound collage, field recordings, drone, noise, ambient, and similar kinds of abstract sounds. This is 100% non-commercial DIY project.

For now, we have a virtual presence at resonant-tapes.bandcamp.com and we plan to have small runs of cassette tapes in the future.

Releases

Thus far we have published various records by the electronic project Instituto de Psicogeografía (alias IdP). We are open to collaborations.

REST01-03: IdP – Psicogeografía I, II, III

Psicogeografía I cover art Psicogeografía II cover art Psicogeografía III cover art

Eclectic sound collages that combine electronic noise and drone textures with field recordings, radio and TV broadcasts, recordings with contact microphones, noises of insects, digital glitches, interferences, tape loops, etc.

Digital release: April 2024, October 2024, November 2024.

Listen and buy on Bandcamp: Part I, Part II, Part III.

REST04: IdP – LOOPED

LOOPED cover art

Lo-fi harsh ambient forged from the sound of wrinkled, stretched, and tortured cassette tape, reproduced by different players and decks. Two pieces / sides, 23 min each.

Digital release: November 2024.

Listen and buy on Bandcamp

REST05: IdP – A×M

A×M cover art

Textures woven from modular synths, feedbacks, field recordings, radio, contact microphones, tape loops, electromagnetic interferences, air traffic control. This project under the codename "A×M" explores a quieter, minimal, slowly droning, hissing and chirping sound.

Digital release: December 2024.

Listen and buy on Bandcamp

REST06: Mushroom Culture – DX Tape

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Lo-fi noise / ambient mix with obscure samples. Recorded in 2022-23.

Digital release: June 2025.

Listen and buy on Bandcamp

REST07: IdP – Field I

Field I cover art

Misc. field recordings from 2024/25 made in Guanajuato, Jalisco, and CDMX.

Digital release: September 2025.

Listen and buy on Bandcamp

Coming soon

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IdP – POST

Intricate and dense psychedelic ambient and noise, oozing with cassette tape wobbling and hiss. Part A consists of three sound collages made of field recordings, modular synths, radio broadcasts, contact microphones, and distorted voices. Part B is a remixed version of A, made after randomly cutting it into 144 tape loops.

All sounds recorded and mixed during 2025 in Guanajuato and Jalisco.

IdP (Instituto de Psicogeografía) is an electronic music project that explores sound collage, field recordings, cassette tapes, radio signals, glitches, mixing digital and analog technologies.

Contact

resonant.tapes@gmail.com

Drop us a line if you have a distro, publication, radio show, and would like to have our records. Send us your opinions, suggestions for collaborations, music, recordings of your surroundings, and anything you like.