Z Tapes • Summer 2022

It's hot out and our Summer 2022 compilation is here to cool you down! 

30 refreshing indie tracks from bedroom pop's best and brightest, guaranteed to cure (or give in to) your summertime sadness. 

All profits made from this comp will be donated to l'ECG, a community-run center in the Guillotière neighborhood of Lyon. It's a collective living space, a food bank, a class struggle organisation base and much more. 

Please consider contributing if you have the means! <3 

Enjoy and finish your Summer off nicely :) 

- Angie & Filip

phoneswithchords • cut the kid • 2022

All songs recorded in my living room on a really old Mac computer with a cheap microphone and an even cheaper parlor guitar named Blanche. 

Spring 2022 by Z Tapes

Baby! It's time for Spring 2022! This spectacular compilation featuring 27 amazing artists is the perfect soundtrack for the season. It may even be our best seasonal compilation yet.. 

All proceeds will be donated to Chrysalide, Lyon's Trans Rights center. 

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Happy listening and don't forget your allergy pills. The pollen is crazy. 

xoxo, 

Angie

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Julian Wa • Low Wave • 2022

LOW WAVE is a collection of Julian Wa's psychedelic folk meditations. Each track has its own distinctively hazy, other worldly soundscape - perfect for a good set of headphones. LOW WAVE was recorded in a secluded beachside town over the course of about 4 years, with trademark lo-fi DIY recording setup the key to Julian Wa's off-kilter, serene sound. 

Z Tapes • Christmas 2021

Carols for Christmas 2021 are here to bring you cheer. :) 

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, stay warm and kind to one another! 

Cover art designed and baked by Hello Incognito (helloincognito.bandcamp.com/album/greenhorn) 

Mastering and track order by Etai (twitter.com/etaimusic) 

All profits will be donated to Depaul Slovensko, a Slovakian charity dsorganization and homeless shelter. 

Z Tapes • Fall 2021

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A soundtrack for Fall 2021. A celebration of 8 years of Z Tapes. 

 

Cover art by Seb Westcott (iamseb.co.uk) 

Mastering and track order by Etai (twitter.com/etaimusic) 

All proceeds will go to Le Foyer Notre Dame des Sans Abris.

Z Tapes • Summer 2021

A soundtrack for Summer 2021 

Cover art by Seb Westcott (iamseb.co.uk) 

Mastering and track order by Etai (twitter.com/etaimusic) 

All digital profits will go towards NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. 

 

Lake Michigan • Headspace • 2021

"Intimate lo-fi transmissions from a land glimmering with fairy lights."

"Sounds like he just got out of bed."

Phantom Handshakes • No More Summer Songs • 2021

Phantom Handshakes is a lo-fi, dream pop collaboration between Federica Tassano and Matt Sklar.

Z Tapes • Spring 2021

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A soundtrack for Spring 2021 

Digital-only release. 

Cover art by Seb Westcott (iamseb.co.uk) 

Mastering and track order by Etai (twitter.com/etaimusic) 

All digital profits will be donated to Trans Lifeline (translifeline.org/donate/).

Trans Musicians & Allies For Change • 2021

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Trans Musicians & Allies For Change is a compilation created in support of our friends and family in the transgender community. 

100% of the money gathered from this compilation will be donated to Trans Lifeline (translifeline.org/donate/). 

 

Z Tapes • Winter 2021

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Z Tapes • Sampler 2020

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Thank you all for caring about our label and making our dreams come true. 

~ Filip & Z Tapes Team 

All digital profits will go towards Vagus - an organization helping homeless people, especially during Winter.

 

Z Tapes • Christmas Covers Compilation 2020

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Christmas Covers Compilation to ease your mind and soul. Sending love and positive vibes! 

Cover art by Manon Raupp manonraupp.tumblr.com 

Mastering and track order by Adam Donoval abdonoval.com 

All digital profits will go towards Vagus - an organization helping homeless people, especially during Winter.

Billow • III • 2020

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Although their DIY philosophy hasn't changed, there is an apparent shift in sound on their new record 'III'. While the fragile lo-fi debut 'Maps' aimed to reveal as little as possible and the following album 'Seascape' was carried on the wave of lo-fi indie rock, on its third album Billow become more open to pop music, though the overall mood of the album remains dark. 

Z Tapes • Friends Covering Friends Vol. I • 2020

Friends Covering Friends Vol. I. 

A compilation to celebrate friendship. Friends covering friends' music.

(Sandy) Alex G Covers Compilation • 2019

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A tribute to the best musician of our decade - (Sandy) Alex G. 

All digital profits will go towards a beneficial cause - Bahamas Disaster Relief. 

WAKE IN JUNE • lavender pink • 2019

"We don't make mistakes, we have happy accidents" 

Bob Ross