Category: Tapes

BT020 / Shutcombo – Streitgeist

Release date: 13 April 2024.

Limited to 98 copies. (if you know, you know)

Hello punks and kindergarten friends,

How nice that there are still some constants in life. Like German punks with the emotional intelligence and political eloquence of Shutcombo.
We are releasing the Bad Dürrenberg band’s fourth album “Streitgeist” on cassette tape for you. After more than 25 years the band is as strong as ever with ten new songs full of energy, passion, emotion and rage. But listen for yourself.

The tape comes in a folded cardboard box by Dekor Labor from Gera, printed with a very cool artwork by Nikita Scheffler (@nikavanplanten) from Hamburg, and includes an informative, hand-numbered insert.

Tracklist (lyrics here):

  1. Reha
  2. Hallo sagen
  3. Unzivil Gehorsam
  4. Schlaumeiers Schnauze
  5. Biber
  6. Kein Anschluss unter Spießer-Nummer
  7. Rattenrad
  8. Wrack
  9. Ratzen
  10. Fast allein feat. Jens Rachut

We’ve made 98 of these beauties, which you can get at one of their shows (e.g. 26th April in Halle or 27th April in Zittau or 11th May in Leipzig) or at one of our shows (still up in the air, but we’ll keep a few for ourselves for sure).

BT015 / R. Josef – Panoptic EP

Release Date: April 13th, 2019.

Limited to 66 hand-numbered copies.

People of the internet, please welcome R. Josef to our roster with their first output „Panoptic“. The leipzig quintet was formed in late 2017 as a side project and brought to life as a full band in late december 2018. R. Josef consists of former members of Oaken Heart, WAIVE and was completed by screams of marburg’s finest in Yanos.
The tape is wrapped in a handmade silkscreened sleeve outside and a slipcase-inlay on the inside. Cool beans! It includes a download code, comes in smoke black and was handcrafted and -numbered by the band members.

Tracklist:

A1 I – A2 II – A3 III (Interlude) – A4 IV

All music written & performed by R. Josef.
Recording, mixing and artwork by David Nacke.
Mastering by Falk Andreas.

We also kept a very small amount for you to buy at our upcoming shows – or get in touch with us via email (bharal.tapes[at]gmail[dot]com) or facebook.

BT013 / Kavrila – Rituals II

Release Date: March 19, 2019

Limited to 66 hand-numbered copies.

We are happy to announce our next release: KAVRILA – Rituals II. The cassette is wrapped in a heavy screen printed slipcase and housed in a heavy fabric bag with the embroidered logo. The release comes with a hand-numbered credits sheet and download code.

Tracklist:
A1 Lidless – A2 Ghost Shore – A3 Kindred – A4 Mass Misery – A5 Expulsion B Days Of Wrath.

Special thanks to Micha, who produced the bags, and Manu from Stickstelle Stickerei-Leipzig, who embroidered the bags!!! 🖤

We also kept a very small amount for you to buy at our upcoming shows – or get in touch with us via email (bharal.tapes[at]gmail[dot]com) or facebook.

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BT012 / Quallus – Quallus

Release Date: March 01, 2019

Limited to 66 hand-numbered copies.

Hey folks,

we are very proud to present to you this year’s first release: The long awaited self-titled debut album of the sludge/doom quintet Quallus from Leipzig. The tape is wrapped in a heavy screen printed slipcase with glow in the dark effect and comes with a credits sheet and download code printed on transparent paper. Read a first review from Doom Metal Front Zine: https://goo.gl/q6DGYj

Tracklist: A Old Fear (21:28) – B Black Despair (17:33).

Mixed and mastered by Sam Thredder at The Cro ́s Nest Studio; Artwork by SNDNBCK; Printed by Siebdruckerei Inn Primé; LP-release by minoR obscuR.

Get your copy directly from the band: We also kept a very small amount for you to buy at our upcoming shows – or get in touch with us via email (bharal.tapes[at]gmail[dot]com) or facebook.

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BT011 / Shitshifter – Pyre

Release Date: December 30, 2018

Limited to 66 hand-numbered copies.

Hey folks,

Half a year after our last release we are very proud to present to you our next one: Shitshifter – Pyre.

Pyre is one of the best examples of what we love about music. It is a organic sounding fusion of complexity, rawness, filth, aggressiveness, pure heaviness and beauty.

The album was originally released on vinyl by PER KORO RECORDS in 2017 and after having them on one of our shows it was clear to us that we want to do a tape-version of it.

The beautiful artwork from the LP was transformed to the tape by our dear friend Thomas Lehmann.

The 66 black tapes are wrapped in folded, hand-numbered and hand-glued cardboard boxes from Dekor Labor.

If you want to get a tape, drop us a line on facebook or write us an email (bharal.tapes[at]gmail[dot]com). You can also get a copy at the Plattenbörse at the Black Label today (https://www.facebook.com/events/322441995033501) or at one of our next shows.

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BT009 / Trace Magnette – Hoods Jinx

Release Date: June 3, 2018

Limited editon of 30 hand-numbered copies.

Hey folks,

we are very proud to present to you our next release: Trace Magnette – Hoods Jinx. Trace Magnette is the collaboration between Eric Craven (known from Hangedup, HṚṢṬA and Silver Mt. Zion) and Damon Henry (known from Ruby Karinto). The seven beautiful instrumental and droney tracks were recorded in an intense three-day session. Read the full story on http://drophead.ca/trace-magnette-hoods-jinx/.

The tape was originally released by Drophead in 2015 and we had the opportunity to make a re-release and bring this tape to Europe with a new, beautiful artwork by @nikavanplanten, post-edited by Fishermans End. The tape is wrapped in a printed slipcase and comes with an semi-transparent insert and a download code.

If you want to get a tape, drop us a line on facebook or write us an email (bharal.tapes[at]gmail[dot]com). You can also get a copy at one of our shows (next date 06.07.18 with BAESTIEN, Ruins and WELK). If you live in Canada, there will also be a very limited amount of tapes available soon.

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BT006 / Lingua Nada – The もしもしSupermagic Compilation

Release Date: June 1, 2018

Limited editon of 100 hand-numbered copies.

Hey folks!

Some things might take a little bit longer than expected but this doesn’t affect the joy we feel to release our sixth tape: Lingua Nada – The もしもしSupermagic Compilation.

After our ways crossed a several times over the last 2-3 years, the idea for doing the tape was born while standing outside of the UT Connewitz at the Lala in Noise Fest.

The green glitter tape comes in a jewel case with a 2-flap J-Card, which gives you the possibility to choose your prefered cover.

The tape is limited to 100 hand numbered copies that can be bought directly via the band – a good opportunity would be their show on June 7th at TANZCAFÉ ILSES ERIKA (Facebook Event) – or at one of our shows (we kept a small amount).

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BT010 / Angstbreaker – The Flying Cat EP


Release Date: March 23, 2018

Limited editon of 100 hand-numbered copies.

Hey everybody!

We are very happy to announce our second tape release in 2018 – The Flying Cat EP by Angstbreaker, showing that hardcore is not dead.

Here is what the band says about it.

“2 years after the big line-up change Angstbreaker is back with the second record as a four-piece band. They actually recorded all songs one year ago but in 2017 the band was busy to release a by the date unfinished record from 2015 to raise money for refugees in Greece. It worked, the “Cold Faces (Gutmensch EP)” tape sold out, the band was able to hand over some hundreds of Euros to activists when they toured Greece last year.

The new “The Flying Cat” EP contains 4 new songs and one rerecorded track from the old days. As always it is the best music from the band so far because it is the new EP. Lyrics range from cops (Punk topic number 1), old and new nazis (Punk topic number 2), the “scene” (HC-ref alltime classic), environmental issues (a must have) to robots and artificial intelligence (what? maybe ranked on 6583?), so almost everything was checked. The band freed over 140 cats from the internet and asked them to pose for the cover because all skulls and bones were booked out with other artworks.

Angstbreaker is lucky enough to partner with 3 nice DIY labels from Leipzig to release the new stuff on vinyl (SM Musik), music cassette (Bharal Tapes) and CD (PCS Records).”

The fresh green tape comes with a download code in a folded and hand-numbered cardboard box from Dekor Labor with “MMXVI” from 2016 on the B-side. We made 100 of these beauties, which can be bought through Angstbreakers bandcamp page, at one of their shows or at one of our shows (watch out for information).

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BT007 / Bait – Sunburst

Release Date: March 18, 2018

Limited editon of 66 hand-numbered copies.

Hey folks!

Once again we are happy to announce our next release and for the first time on tape: Bait – Sunburst.

The idea for doing a tape-version of this overwhelmingly good album was born after their show at the Stö in January 2017. It took us over a year to hold the result in our hands and it turned out wonderful.

The jewel case of the tape is wrapped in a heavy slipcase with a cut-out on the front and contains a screen printed J-Card. The artwork was made by Christoph Kämmerer and screen printed by Dekor Labor. The slipcases were handcrafted by us.

The tape is limited to 66 hand numbered copies that can be bought directly via the band or at one of our shows (we kept a small amount).

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