A Gene from a Genome: The Transient Tapes of Muzan Editions

Named after a portmanteau fusing the Chinese characters for “dream” and “mountain,” Muzan Editions is a small-run cassette label based in Nara, Japan. Its artists span the rainbow of contemporary electronic music, pursuing a dream of technology within the mountain

Günter Schlienz / Kyle Landstra / N Chambers / Cliffsides ~ Swim Trunks

Michigan-based cassette label Space Slave is enjoying a well-deserved vacation this summer, after releasing an astounding nine tapes in July.  Swim Trunks is the set’s crown jewel, a double-cassette featuring four artists, one on each side.  Any of these could have occupied