Open Tapes

27/09/2024

Heap tees are in the building 👹 link in the bio

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23/09/2024

Pretty f****ing mega words from here!

Sold out at source now so go and cop before it’s gone

Big love 💖💖💖💖💖

06/09/2024

Heap VA compilation is out now!

Massive shouts to all the artists for their amazing music and huge love to and for the artwork.

Mastered by Miles
Typography bu

Available via link in bio 🗡️🗡️🗡️
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22/08/2024

~ The Last Guardian

We are happy to announce the second single from the Heap compilation, with the cut-and-paste etheric vocal track ‘The Last Guardian’ by Bianca Scout

Available to Stream on all good platforms or download with the pre-order of Heap via our bandcamp 🗣️

All profits donated to The Wellsprings Charity for the Homeless in Stockport

12/06/2023

.circuit & present opening party all dayer

Live —




DJs —



Art exhibition & live screen printing, natural wine & food

1st July, Stockport

Tix in .circuit bio ✨

29/04/2022

Open Circuit tomorrow night SK1 Records

7~11PM. BYOB. 17 Little Underbank, Stockport SK1 1LA.

14/09/2021

OTMIX #2 - ovïd

Very pleased to announce the second instalment of the Open Tapes mix series by ovïd!

Following his debut release on Open Tapes earlier this year ovïd has kindly served us up an hour of exclusives to ease us into the autumn months.

LISTEN: https://opentapes.com/

22/07/2021

1 more sleep till this! x

Set Times:

Conor Thomas
23:00PM - 00:30PM

Jack Lever
21:30PM - 23:00PM

Arcade
20:00PM -21:30PM

We’ll be spinning tunes from 7 if you want to get down early to catch a free screen printed poster from Small Press Studio.

Tix: https://ra.co/events/1450535

19/07/2021

OTMIX #1

Owner & Operator Jack Lever steps in to kick off the Open Tapes mix series, covering ambient techno junk of the likes of Florian T M Zeisig and mu tate, to the straight up bass weight of local producers from his hometown of manchester, Arcade & Alan Johnson, and bridges the gaps in between.

LISTEN:
https://soundcloud.com/opentapes/jack-lever-otmix-1

07/07/2021

Open Circuit with Conor Thomas, Jack Lever & Arcade

Tickets: https://ra.co/events/1450535

17/06/2021

ovïd - Frail Gesture - OC04

https://soundcloud.com/opentapes/ovid-frail-gesture-oc04

Recorded by Ovïd Mastered by Miles Whittaker https://boomkat.com/products/frail-gesture

15/06/2021

OC04 - ovïd - Frail Gesture. Edition of 70 with wrap around acetate j-card.

"pieced together from fragments of early concrete records & homemade cassette loops, Frail Gesture was created as a meditative tool to help focus the mind in these uncertain times."

Mastered by Miles Whittaker, design by Ovïd and Jack Lever.

Available now at Boomkat.com

https://boomkat.com/products/frail-gesture

27/05/2021

Open Tee 01

Edition of 20. Screen printed by Small Press Studio.

https://opentapes.bandcamp.com/merch/open-tee-01

01/12/2020

OC03 - Tape Loop Orchestra. Live performance of 'Liminal' recorded at the Talleyrand, Levenshulme. Friday 28th February 2020.

Available now via Boomkat.com

https://boomkat.com/products/open-tapes-volume-3

11/10/2020

1hr mixtape recorded live at the Petersgate Tap Stockport 15.03.19

24/02/2020

This Friday 28th Feb | 07:00-11:00

Tape Loop Orchestra (Andrew Hargreaves, The Boats) performs two pieces from a new body of work 'Liminal'.

w/ DJs Sean Canty (Demdike Stare), Salford based Artist John Powell-Jones and Jack Lever (Open Tapes).

Advance tickets -
https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1383939

20/02/2020

12/02/2020

OC02 - John Powell-Jones.

Standard edition with screen printed mailer is available now via Bandcamp.

https://opentapes.bandcamp.com/

13/01/2020

John Powell-Jones - Open Tapes Vol.2 (Standard Edition) now available via Boomkat.com

28/10/2019

OC02 - John Powell-Jones (Boxset Edition). Available to buy now exclusively via Boomkat.com

Limited Edition screen printed Boxset. Contains C46 Cassette, ceramic incence burner and incence sticks.

There's only 10 copies of these made, standard cassette version coming soon.

https://boomkat.com/products/open-tapes-volume-2

28/10/2019

OC01 - Jack Lever