CASSETTEGERMs are Tapegerm projects consisting of sources from vintage cassette albums. This was Tapegerm's original concept; to source cassette albums found in GAJOOB's archive of thousands of cassettes submitted to the magazine from the 1980s to present and arrange with the artists to make the audio open source for artists to reinterpret the sounds in new recordings by way of further spotlighting the original recordings.

GAJOOB Magazine: Homemade Music's Mix One


This is the project that started Tapegerm. Bryan Baker gathered sets of loops from half a dozen cassette albums reviewed in GAJOOB over the years. The idea was to pay tribute to the art with new music created from...

Tapegerm Collective: Tapegerm: The Sunrise & Lester (Bryan Baker & Gregg Allen) 1985


Download the following recording from the cassette album Doris Gets Her Oats by Bryan Baker and extract any sounds royalty-free. The recording features improvised electric guitar by Bryan BakerĀ and saxophone by Gregg...

GAJOOB Magazine: GAJOOB K7 Source Project: Greige Travail - Mr. A Only Has A


This description of the cassette album was sent to GAJOOB in 1990 along with the tape: We are Justin Hughes and Zak Sitter. We are located in Atlanta (as is Bangaway [Productions]). We hope to have a 4-track...

Tapegerm Collective: Baneemy


This project hails from the early Tapegerm days. There are 21 loops culled from Baneemy's double cassette album, The Walter Martin Cult . The loop pack includes short loops of a Casio guitar and Casio sax, along...