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the tape vs. rqm

fine electronica/idm/breakbeat tracks from berlin and amazing hiphop from new york collide when robot aka the tape works the nobs and lukas aka rqm takes over the mic. both rough and melodic structures merge with breathtaking rhymes to burst your stereo. the tape and rqm will release their upcoming masterpieces ‘public transport’ by april 6th 2007!

the tape vs. rqm - public transport
new release by the tape vs. rqm, part concept record, part provocation, and part art project. seven new tracks swimming fluidly between acoustics and electronics, gathering hiphop, neo-folk, glitchy idm aesthetics and endless shades of rock. vocals by rqm, malte beckenbach, sasha perera (jahcoozi), elle p and ira. this record will by available as digital release and limited cassette edition only! each one of the tapes will all be hand-designed or repackaged by a different visual artist! you are right… this is special! review no.1 | no.2 | no.3 | no.4

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the tape vs. rqm - autoreverse
for their second album the tape drafted the help of new york-spawned spoken word artist rqm for the use of live vocals. out of the eclectic world of robot koch’s beats and rqm’s warm rhymes emerges this broad-stroke impression of contemporary electronic post hip-hop. previously compared to artists such as four tet, dj shadow and prefuse 73, the group weaves together punk, jazz, and electronic music into something completely new, with hip-hop and post-rock as a connecting element. due to his work as a producer at data mc walera goodman left the tape but still contributes the track ‘lonely planet revisited’ to the new album. rqm, who has had mic sessions at the brooklyn moon cafe and nuyorican poets cafe, has also worked with producers such as al hacas mmc, g stone’s stereotyp and klein’s iwolf (sofa surfers). from robot’s rough post-hip-hop production to the subversive lyrics of rqm best to the warm electronica, autoreverse is free from self-reference, revitalized and global.