About Us

"Cassettes are currently the simplest and most artistically pure way of sharing sound," wrote journalist Neil Strauss in Cassette Mythos, a cult classic of an anthology on homemade tape culture. The book, published in 1990, traced the roots of the medium in experimental and outsider music, emphasizing the format's accessibility. One would only need blank tapes, cassette decks, envelopes, and stamps to particpate in what Strauss then called "a perfect environment for an underground to develop."

Flash forward 26 years and not so much has changed. In the underground, the sentiment still rings true. Cassettes continue on as a medium of choice among noise artists, punks, and fringe experimentalists. The roots of the cassette world subvert a need for the greater music industry, and Future Tapes is at the vanguard of providing for a discerning audience wishing to procure the finest caliber of tapes.