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  • Gamegerming With the K.O. II

    Gamegerming With the K.O. II

    If you’re familiar with Tapegerm and its relatively new game, you may be interested to know that it plays well with Teenage Engineering’s new K.O. II EP-133 sample composer device. The featured image is a screenshot of it’s Sample Tool which is TE’s handy way of managing samples. When you play a game with tapegerms…

  • GAJOOBTube 27 November 2023

    GAJOOBTube 27 November 2023

    In this video issue of GAJOOB Zine I run through the latest stuff:

  • Review: “Fluss” by Bram Bos

    Review: “Fluss” by Bram Bos

    As a musician who has dabbled with an array of unconventional synths and sounds, I found Bram Bos’ Fluss to be an exhilarating exploration into the realm of granular synthesis. Designed in collaboration with Hainbach, this iOS app is more than just a synthesizer and effect processor; it’s a sonic playground that beckons you to…

  • Gamegerm

    Gamegerm

    Gamegerm is an innovative audio recording game that resides on Tapegerm.com. The project engages participants by presenting them with a random assortment of Tapegerm source files, with the challenge being to craft a recording utilizing each of these components. This collective project thrives on the principle of collaboration – artists share loops and work together…

  • The Beatles and OG Cassette Culture: Do the Red and Blue Album Remixes Foretell a Transformative Revisit to the Cassette Culture Archives?

    The Beatles and OG Cassette Culture: Do the Red and Blue Album Remixes Foretell a Transformative Revisit to the Cassette Culture Archives?

    The Beatles’ influence on music is undeniable, but their impact on the original (OG) cassette culture of the 1980s and 90s is a fascinating thread that ties together generations of music makers and lovers. This connection has been brought into sharp focus with Giles Martin’s recent 2023 remixes of the Red and Blue albums, which…

  • Various Artists – Various Artists – The Vision of Twilight (Digital, 2023)

    Various Artists – Various Artists – The Vision of Twilight (Digital, 2023)

    GAJOOB Review by Bryan Baker, : This compilation project features music from 34 different Electronic Cottage artists from all over the world, compiled and mastered by Chris Phinney of Mental Anguish. Media: Digital. PRICE: $1 or more Visit Harsh Reality Music Bandcamp URL: https://harshrealitymusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-vision-of-twilight-compilation <a href=”https://harshrealitymusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-vision-of-twilight-compilation”>The Vision Of Twilight Compilation by Harsh Reality Music</a> Jay…

  • Greige Travail – Mr. Only Has A (Cassette, 1989)

    Greige Travail – Mr. Only Has A (Cassette, 1989)

    #3728 Label Notes We are Justin Hughes and Zak Sitter. We are located in Atlanta (as is Bangaway [Productions]). We hope to have a 4-track soon, although this tape was all normal tape recording. This is our 5th tape. All our stuff is available on Bangaway. We also have tracks on “Immunity By Inoculation” (Bangaway),…

  • Packet In Internet Band Interview (2015)

    Packet In Internet Band Interview (2015)

    This interview was conducted in the forums at gajoob.org in 2015. It centers on an online collaboration project the participants called “Packet In” BRYAN: I’m gathering, following links from archive.org and other places and making some (possibly incorrect) assumptions, that you’re the lyricist for the Packet In project and maybe the webmaster. Are you also…

  • Harsh Reality Music/Mental Anguish/Chris Phinney

    Harsh Reality Music/Mental Anguish/Chris Phinney

    Profile #662 Harsh Reality is one of the seminal tape labels from the 80’s and into the present, featuring the music of label head Chris Phinney and his long running Mental Anguish project. Phinney was heart behind Tapegerm during its main activity, helping me with the website on a daily basis. Chris published nine issues…

  • Mystery Arts

    Mystery Arts

    Profile 02521 Craig Conley (Prof. Oddfellow) appeared in GAJOOB via his Captive Audience recording project around 1998, with collaborator Michael Warwick. They were part of Tapegerm’s early activities around this time, appearing on the Mix.One album and have a large body of work which includes music, video, books, apps and most probably more (or less).…

The key (for all my music) is – was it FUN… for me, for the other players, for the listener(s) (if there are any, lol).Dick Metcalf (Rotcod Zzaj)
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