“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 virtual presence:
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
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.
REST04: IdP – LOOPED
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.
REST05: IdP – A×M
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.
REST06: Mushroom Culture – DX Tape
Lo-fi noise / ambient mix with obscure samples. Recorded in 2022-23.
Digital release: June 2025.
REST07: IdP – Field I
Misc. field recordings from 2024/25 made in Guanajuato, Jalisco, and CDMX.
Digital release: September 2025.
REST08: IdP – Vox Aequinoctii I: POST
Digital release: September 22 2025.
Contact
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.