Shell Tape Mix Series

Shell Tapes are back! What a joy! After a holiday hiatus we’re glad to be presenting virtual cloud-cassettes assembled by some of our and your favourite DJs. This week veteran DJ and raver Coco leads us up the stairs, down the garden bath, through the bush and around the twist with Tape 80 - “Better Living Through Chemistry.” 
 
Coco’s self-help instruction manual is a measured one, winding and weaving its way gradually through tempos, surrounded by a miasma of dance floor focused audio psychedelia. To put it bluntly, listening to this mix with heaphones on is a fucking trip. Distorted percussion busts in and out of the stereo field with the energy of a clowder of demented cheshire cats, breathy vocals swaddle the brain, synths warp time and, amongst all this electronic chaos, a kick drum drives you onwards, anchoring you to Coco’s lesson in living.
 
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. This mix won’t kill you (we think), nor will it make you stronger… but it is a wonky joy to listen too. Put some spice in your life, send your head for a brief and consequence free six and out and step into Coco’s lab  - his acidic cocktail for life will make you all the better.

Track list:

BSS  - Westerpark				
Dreems - Something Else For Spring					
Aroma Pitch - Lucid Savanna					
Slow Rotation Inc.	- Relax					
ZEA - Zika (Original Mix)			
Strapontin - Miss Mickey The Dumbs			
Zillas on Acid - Not Really				
Bruha - Extraterrestre (Original Mix)		
Ruf Dug - Aztec Zone				
Moscoman - Misled Loophole				
George T & Johnny Aux - Back					
Megaphonim - Passion Le Session (Red Axes Remix)	
Levon Vincent - WOMAN IS AN ANGEL (NOVEL SOUND #09)	
Roy Of The Ravers - City Limits				
Acid Pauli - Nana					
Lord Of The Isles - Sunrise 89				
Shades of Rhythm - Sweet Sensation

Mixed by @coco_morrison on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 80 - Coco - "Better Living Through Chemisty"

Recorded at Crab Claw's spiritual home in North Perth, Speed Ferret throws down a hop skipping hour of ambience, left field house and techno, UK flavoured bass and few tongue in cheek curveballs.

Shell Tape 01 - Speed Ferret

The second edition of Shell Tapes sees big boss Crabbe splice together swirling psychedelic house with raw, in your face club sounds and a healthy dose of contemporary acid.

Shell Tape 02 - Crabbe

A Perth export now residing in Melbong, Tim Gauntlett presents this third edition of Shell Tapes. Warm and hazy music for winter (or summer) afternoons, settle into a groove and let this playful hour of dusty house, disco and worldly sounds that span afro-beat through to Japanese city pop deftly slide a smile onto your face.

Shell Tape 03 - Tim Gauntlett

Shell Tapes returns an with intense, powerful and, above all else, thoroughly enjoyable half hour of power from Verity. A sonic reflection of the Winter just passed, growling left-field techno is deftly mixed with thump-in-your-boot electro, haunting breaks and contemporary rave sounds.

Shell Tape 04 - Verity

Isolation is in, partying is out (unfortunately). 
To fill that gap, Shell Tapes is back with friendly selections and even friendlier selectors. Restarting the series and logging the fifth tape is the inimitable Wil Bixler. 
A cornerstone at the Perth institution that is RTRFM, (youthful) veteran of the WA and Australian scene and mentor and mate to many, he’s presenting eighty five minutes of choice new releases, so hold tight for a slick and eclectic ride that runs through hazy hip-hop, all the way through to manic jungle and beyond. Yosh!

Shell Tape 05 - Wil Bixler

Life's a beach, dig deep...

Boorloo/Perth based music platform and dance party, operating on Whadjuk Noongar Country.