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A vinyl mix of dub techno and minimal records in celebration of the rainy and foggy weather here. 

Artists in Order of Appearance:

Loscil
Dean Decosta + Steve O'Sullivan
Frank Hellmond
Altitude
Swayzak + Theorem
Abdulla Rashim
Donato Dozzy
Birds Of Paradise
Afriqua
Vinyl Speed Adjust
S.O.N. + S.A.M.
VID + S.A.M.
VID
Dana Ruh

Winter Mix vol 2

An excerpt of my Chillits 2022 live set. Performed live with my modular synth and laptop.

For my dearest dog, Sophia. Thank you for all the joy and dog hair you bring into my life.

Elmwood (Live)

~ Deep Breakfast 197 by https://soundcloud.com/tape-ghost of https://soundcloud.com/nightseaproject ~

~ This set was recorded at an Ambient Awakenings event during summer of 2022 ~

Tracklist:
01. David Grunzweig - Field Recordings from Puerto Rico 
02. Monolake - Gobi (Vinyl Edit) 
03. Dettinger - Intershop (6) 
04. TIBSLC - Soft Afternoon Pressure 
05. Waveform Transmission - V 3.5-3.6 
06. Laraaji - Sun Gong No 2 
07. Neel - The Morning After 
08. Arushi Jain - Look How Far We Have Come 
09. M Geddes Gengras - Ishi 
10. Donato Dozzy - K5 
11. Lucid Dreams - Extrasensory Perception
12. Jake Muir - on occasions of this kind 
13. Deepchord - Campfire 
14. Rhythm & Sound - Density 
15. Segue - BB 3000 
16. Sarah Davachi - The Pelican 
17. Drew McDowall - Agalma I (Folding) 
18. Yoshi Wada - The Appointed Cloud 
19. Lea Bertucci - On Opposite Sides of Sleep 
20. Lea Bertucci - Refrain (A Whisper, An Alarm) 
21. Forest Management - A Smell So Sweet

Deep Breakfast 197 - David Grunzweig

Palm Reader 7: David Grunzweig
“Veiled, Mirror, Absolute”

A live performance centering modular synthesis, guitar, and looping. Recorded at @chillits in Laytonville, CA, in September, 2024. 

Dedicated in memory of Yvonne Boegman 

“Like a silver bowl filled with snow, like a heron hiding in moonlight”

3-words by David

David Grunzweig: @tape-ghost

Palm Reader 7: David Grunzweig

A mix I put together for the Cultivated Frequencies Mixcloud station. The intent was to create a set using some of my favorite techno tracks that don't utilize a 4 on the floor kick pattern.

https://www.mixcloud.com/CultFreq/cult-freq-flux-vol-22-tape-ghost/

Setlist:
Shaded Explorer - High Above Water [Silent Season]
Brando Lupi - Something Blue (Redub) [Silent Season]
Monolake - Crash [Imbalance Computer Music]
ASC - Montauk [Silent Season]
Cio D'or - XLIV For Mike [Semantica]
Donato Dozzy - C [Afterhouse]
Neel - Calcata [Token]
Ruhig - Particles [Midgar]
Milton Bradley - Interdimensional Entity [Prologue]
Rrose - Nest of Queens [Eaux]
r2 pi - Ad Vitam [Midgar]
Ulwhednar - Begravd Under Is [Northern Electronics]
ASC - Restricted Area [Arts]
Murcof - Mapa [Leaf]
Joachim Spieth - Decelerate [LTD]

Re:introduction Mix

Flux Vol. 22: Tape Ghost (For Cult Freq)

@tape-ghost is a project of David Grunzweig exploring the musical possibilities of artificial field recordings, microtonality, and polyrhythm composition. With a focus primarily on technology and utilizing new methods for sound synthesis and mangling, Tape Ghost productions range from ambient to psychedelic club tracks. Tape Ghost's style is largely influenced by the work of Voices From the Lake, Wata Igarashi, Monolake/Robert Henke, Cio D'or, Lucy and Rrose. A graduate of Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, David is an audio signal processing engineer by day for a company specializing in sound spatialization and acoustic simulation.

. . . 

this is an all original live set by tape ghost, in response to...

"The intent of this set was to create a new set exploring a variety of themes and sound design concepts that have been of interest to me lately. Starting with formant synthesis in an attempt to make drones that resemble human vocals more closely, I developed a synthesizer in Reaktor that pulls from a variety of traditional formant filtering techniques and expanded it with some additional ideas. The rest of the digital elements in the set pull from granular synthesis techniques and Phase Modulation synthesis. These were chosen based on the fact that they do not have an analog equivalent and require digital systems to be achieved. The remaining equipment used was an Elektron Digitakt for drums and midi sequencing and my Eurorack modular system. Each decision was made in an attempt to create a performance and composition in which each device used functions in a way that is particularly unique to it’s capabilities. Thematically, the set focuses on a few ideas, primarily the juxtaposition between viewing our lives personally and existentially. Certain sounds illicit associations and experiences that we may have had personally or have learned about. Particularly sounds like chanting, droning, and the use of large reverberant spaces transports many to spaces of worship, spaces designed to turn our attention away from the micro of our personal lives to the cosmic. Placing this setting against the use of polyrhythmic drum arrangements was intended to allow people to detach or entrance, to feel themselves melting into their surrounding. The sound design is also influenced by a desire to explore the boundaries between the real and artificial in recorded music. No field recordings were used in this performance, but the intent was to create sounds which maintain a vague connection to our world and ask the listener to derive their own distinction between the familiar and the unknown."

. . . 

photo by Index thumb (http://www.indexthumb.com/)

"This image of a mountain, like Tape Ghost’s set, speaks to the ancestral, primal elements of our psyche — those ancient ghosts that haunt our modern-day consciousness. It suggests the power these archetypal forces still hold for us today, and reminds us to honour and respect our elemental origins. By blending analog stills with digital compositing, the photograph reflects the paradox of our organic-yet-digital existence, while also hinting at the liberation that lies within the harmony of these seemingly contradictory perspectives. Photographed somewhere on a misty mountain somewhere in Wales, while utterly lost."

Ghunghru

ghunghru 006 // tape ghost

My live set from the Noctuary SF x Asterisk Collective show on October 20th opening for Amanda Mussi. Starts with some atmospheric and minimal dub techno and moves towards blistering drone.

All original compositions, 90% unreleased.

Released Track: Incision [Perfect Location Records]
https://perfectlocation.bandcamp.com/album/recovery-and-retrograde

Live at Noctuary x Asterisk

Live at Noctuary x Asterisk 10/2018

MOBIUS by @tape-ghost 

Read full feature on www.ghunghru.fm/7
Download album with bonus artwork on www.ghunghru.bandcamp.com

Download on bandcamp

Plastic Tree Jungle (Bonus Track)

Tape Ghost(@tape-ghost) is the techno and ambient project of San Francisco based musician David Grunzweig. He is the co-founder of the Asterisk Collective and has released music on Perfect Location Records and Ghunghru.

Tape Ghost | Fault Radio LIVE Set at Classic Cars West, Oakland (January 6, 2019)

Cover image by @noctuarysf
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Dedicated in loving memory of Ken Grunzweig 1943-2003

mint (sunset)

Recorded live at Chillits 2019.

Cover Image by Indexthumb: www.indexthumb.com

Live at Chillits 2019

"SPNT001 - For The Rave / When The Rave Is Not Enough" features producers who’ve created mixes for Spontaneous Affinity in the past as well as our extended family around the globe, and is available on its own or included with every purchase of our year two zine.

https://spontaneousaffinity.bandcamp.com/album/spnt001-for-the-rave-when-the-rave-is-not-enough

Part 1, "For The Rave", features 9 tracks ready for an emotional and cathartic dancefloor. Part II, "When The Rave Is Not Enough", is for the reflective moments at home and on the sidelines. This compilation can be consumed as two mini albums in sequence, though the tracks can stand alone, too.

Thanks so much to the artists for being part of this.

All proceeds will be donated to Critical Resistance.
criticalresistance.org

released February 1, 2020

Artwork + design by Alyce Currier
Mastered by Trackland Studios
"Lateral Fold Embrace" mastered by Marco Spaventi
"Less Restlessness" mixed by Dominic Clare at Declared Sound

Bandcamp

Selim X - Deep Blue (Tape Ghost Remix)

a truncated version of my DJ set for the first negative space party.

TL
title - artist
How to Focus A Mind - Pete Namlook and Geir Jenssen [FAX]
D.R.E.A.M. Link - 36 [A Strangely Isolated Place]
Hardwired - Pete Namlook and Move D [FAX]
Lights on the Vibe - The Solid Doctor [Pork Recordings]
Levitation Dub - The Stic [Subtitled Records]
Mysterons - Portishead
Cave (Bee Mask Version) - Laraaji [All Saints]
Session Add - Skee Mask [Ilian Tapes]
Offworld - Roza Terenzi & DJ Zozi [Planet Euphorique]
The Key - Tosca [G-Stone]
The Sheriff - Fila Brazillia [Pork Recordings]
Funk in the Fridge - Global Communication [Dedicated]
My Organ In Your Face - Wagon Christ [Virgin]
Journey Inward - LTJ Bukem [Good Looking Records]
Leggy - Fila Brazillia [Pork Recordings]
Dubdope - Hardfloor [Eye Q Records]
In Your Soul - Schmoov! [DiY Discs]

Negative Space

I recorded this mix a few months ago as a personal mix. I wasn't sure about when to release it but it seems like a nice mix for home listening and that's what we all seem to be doing at this time. Exploring ambient, dub techno, ambient techno, and house. This mix was designed to capture all the atmospheric and cozy feelings of winter time.

Sea Shell City (Afternoon) - echospace plays michael mantra 
A Last Swim - Deadbeat 
heptane - Loscil 
Perfumes of a Spring Mist - Deepchord 
Night Train (Vid Edit) - Efdemin 
Deepblue (Tape Ghost Remix) - @selim-x
Joe MacDaddy - Oskar Offerman & Moomin 
Prism - Selim X 
12H.5 (Remix) - Donato Dozzy 
Mellow Tip - Da Kine 
Lush Summer Rain - Move D 
Scarlet Heaven - Christopher Ledger 
Pyramid Mountains - Dwig
Orbit - Tristen 
Ours - Edward 
Sea Shell City (Afternoon) - echospace plays michael mantra

Winter Mix

by @tape-ghost, curated by @eeeeeeeugenia

When I was 11, my dad and I took a summer road trip through Idaho and Montana.
While driving through the mountains, we came to such an elevation that even in the
middle of July, a snowfall began. We stopped the truck at a small lake along the road
as the large flakes gracefully descended. From here, we watched as the snow landed
and evaporated into a thin mist resting on the surface of the water - transfixed by the
strangeness and stillness of the moment. As I journey back through memory, I am
transported to a vision of him standing by the water, camera in hand, quietly observing
the moment.

“When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the
object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have
captured its essence.”
― Minor White


Artwork by Will Hamiton
Tracklist:
Loon and Bugling Elk - Yellowstone National Park Public Audio Archive
Yellow-Flowered - Echium
Peacock’s Tail - Jake Muir
Kaleidoscope - Christina Giannone
New World Order - Markus Guentner
for voice - Sarah Davachi
April (book, shuro brush) - Taylor Deupree
Blue.Shift - Yann Novak
Isolated From the Land - Acronym
Ulottuvuus - Pan Sonic
Ilta - ø (Mika Vainio)
Room With a View - Sa Pa
Conclusione - Anna Caragnano & Donato Dozzy
Lotus Leaves - Deepchord
Frisland (Dub) - Andrew Pekler
Bucaneve - Chris Watson
Elegy For Beach Friday - Bee Mask
Movement.1 - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Illuha, Taylor Deupree
Your Privilege of Remembering - Forest Management

ghunghru 041 // tape ghost / The Shape of Memory

Christina Chatfield - Ascent/Descent EP
As You Like It Recordings
CAT# SEQ001 - Release: 27 Nov 2020
Now available for vinyl and digital purchase on Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/seq001

AYLI’s long-awaited label, As You Like It Recordings, promises to support Bay Area artist culture and music worldwide. Christina Chatfield's inaugural release, "Ascent/Descent EP," is a fresh take on the classic acid sound which encapsulates this drive with remixes from TIN MAN, Noncompliant, Lily Ackerman, and Tape Ghost.
@anitserk @tinman @noncompliant1 @lilyackerman @tape-ghost
Mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann at Complete Mastering. Worldwide digital distribution by Paradise Distribution.

Buy on Bandcamp

Descent (Tape Ghost's Terminal Velocity Mix) [digital only]

INTERVIEW: https://www.ayli-sf.com/2020/10/07/ayli-podcast-103-tape-ghost/
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/tapeghost
@tape-ghost
Oakland-based Tape Ghost, aka David Grunzweig, is an architect of emotional spaces. As both an ambient and techno producer, Tape Ghost’s identity is grounded in a complementary duality. Inspired by Detroit masters like Carl Craig, Robert Hood and Plastikman, Tape Ghost was born as a minimal-leaning techno project in 2015 with a focus on live performance. Adept at curating both live sets and DJ sets, his presence has been felt in the Bay-Area, where he’s thrown parties through the collective Asterisk and supported artists like Call Super, Dr. Rubinstein, Dax J, Mike Gervais, dBridge, and m50.
In 2016, Grunzweig adopted a second project, becoming one half of Night Sea: a dub-tinged, ambient techno outfit. What bridges Grunzweig’s two projects is his purposeful approach to music, which, in his own words, aims to “open a channel for direct emotional connection.” Like a sun fading on the edge of the horizon, his productions are imbued with nuance, stillness and depth, captivating those who listen. Through intentional production and a growing body of work, Tape Ghost has emerged as a vital presence in the burgeoning landscape of electronic music.

As You Like It Podcast

AYLI Podcast #103 - Tape Ghost

Aka Tape Ghost
1/2 of @nightseaproject

Releases on: As You Like It, Ghunghru, Spontaneous Affinity, and Perfect Location Records

Inquiries: tapeghostmusic@gmail.com

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