introductions !

Hey everyone! I'm Talon (he/him/his) from Pennsylvania. I have a small tape collection from bands I support on Bandcamp, and I wanted to get a tape player so I could properly listen to them. So one day I picked up a Technics deck at a thrift store, cleaned it up, and now I'm getting really into tapes in general! I just love the tactile feeling of putting them into the player and pressing play. I've already made a couple of REAL mix tapes which I plan on gifting to friends. 

I'm still fairly new to tapes but I get the appeal of them. Any tips/tricks for maintaining and recording are appreciated!

Hello! I'm Nikita (Nick for short), and I live in California.

hi! im owen ( they/she ), im from northern ontario  and im fairly new to cassettes :) i recently got a fostex x18 4 track recorder and have been having a lot of fun making music with it, especially after a year of stuck recording in a DAW. my collection of albums on cassette are pretty small but im hoping to get more soon! 

hi ! i'm aiv !! (she/her)

Hi! I'm James (he/him) from the UK.

I make DIY electronic music and love using cassette and reel to reel tape to alter sounds. I have a modest collection of slightly broken tape machines and an even more modest collection of pre-recorded tapes - just 5 or so by some of my favourite musicians. The bigger part of my collection is a bunch of random old home-recorded tapes friends and family have given me. I think it's a great format and it's really nice to see the recent gain in popularity.

hi im oat (he/him)

hi im oat (he/him)

I'm Jon and dealing with tapes has ruined my life. I joined this group to scare people and stuff like that, don't mind me.

hey im dee! i started passively collecting around 2 years ago when someone was selling tons of cassettes at a flea market and ever since then ive been amazed with them! i own 21 cassettes right now and 2 cassette players! feel free 2 reach out :)

hey !! i'm enfys (en-viss), any prns. i don't currently have any cassettes, but i collect cds and almost exclusively listen to music in that format. my cd player can also play cassettes (and it's a radio - she's multitalented) so i've recently become interested in adding some cassettes to my collection as well !

Hi! I started collecting tapes when I found a bunch of my parents’ in the garage. I use a Sony mini Hi-Fi system from 2000 to play them.  

Hi, I'm Perdita. I use she/they pronouns (use whatever you want idc).

I love using physical mediums such as VHS, Cassettes, CDs, etc. They always bring back such a nostalgia to me. <3

I’m probably super late to the party! But it is what it is, here goes 

I’m Ryan or Fumez (pronounced fumes)

I’ve been a physical media guy all my life, including vinyl’s & Minidiscs, I also use open reel to record a lot of my demo’s and back my music up on to! 

I even released my 2023 album on Cassette & Vinyl 

Hi! im Mai, he him, i love music and started getting interested in cassettes after some of my favorite artists released albums on them. Im getting started on collecting and owning cassettes and things of the such.

hihi im seba, but you can call me joe lol. i started collecting cassettes because my car only accepts them but now i don't think im forced to collect them now I love collecting them. my music taste is in the shoegaze, noise rock, slacker rock area. also noticed some local chicago bands started dishing out tapes so im amped to get the bands i love here too. rest of my info is in the profile. hoping we can talk about cassettes and music!!

Hii! I'm Paco (he/him) and I'm from Mexico

I am a fan of physical media, such as CDs, DVDs and cassettes ofc!! I started ripping cassettes this year, I mostly have rock and metal on my physical media, and I hope I can have a nice time here!

Hey everyone, I'm Moss (she/they) from the Great Lakes region in the US. I'm a big tape head, I usually pick up either old stuff that's interesting or new stuff that I like. I'm a metalhead so most of my collection is black metal and doom metal, but I also have some postpunk, goth, and shoegaze plus a few other things. Usually I get my tapes off bandcamp but if there's a tape at the merch table at a show, I'll pick it up. 

I'm good with my hands and I'm decent at restoring/fixing my gear. I've done stuff from basic belt swaps to intensive cleaning to soldering a line-in jack on my boombox.

My tape players:

• JVC KVD-300
• Sony Walkman AF62
• Sony CFD-545
• Panasonic RX-C36

im squid (he/him :3) and ijust recently got into cassettes, im from oregon, and im a minor!! i am trying to convince my mom to buy me an aux cable and take me back to the music store near me (they have blank cassettes for like 2 bucks each its awesome) but i plan to start making some mixtapes after i do go back!! i plan to buy a recorder since i currently only have a gpx CAS337B player right now, but i may post a few of my mixes here!!!

hi i'm aurelia, i use she/they pronouns, i collect cassettes, cds, vinyl, anything physical media i love 🤍 i also love making playlists, i used to make mix tapes and cds  

Hi, my name's Alex (he/him). I'm from Spain, where cassette culture is still very much underground or non existent. I started to collect them and regularely use them out of a love for the media, the price-quality, and overall feeling of it. 

I think I'm a little late to the party but still, hello :)

Hi! I'm Q, and I bought a BMW that uses a cassette player, so I wanna get into them to keep the technology alive. There's also a girl I really like, and her little brother loves vintage stuff, especially cassette tapes.