The Amsterdam based, independent, non-profit (cassette) label Top Tape was founded in 1986 bij eM. Now, thirty years later, Top Tape is back again, with re-releases and releases of unreleased material. Releases for the next years:
S.M. Nurse (cassette tape), 2016
Boyz in Parx: debut LP "passion" by Peter van Garderen (Nine Circles) & Robby Horsfall (No Honey From These), 2017
No Honey From These "
the twelve secret home-tape sessions" (cassette tape), 2018
Butterflies (12" EP compilation), 2018
Plastic Cocon (cassette tape), 2018
Peter van Garderen "drift down a river" (cassette tape), 2018
Boyz in Parx (second LP)
And more...
Distribution and sales by Domestica Records (Barcelona): https://domesticarecords.com/collections/distribution/tope-tape
Sales Rush Hour store (Amsterdam):
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_master.php?search=Top+tape&idxGroup=&SearchMode=&Submit=Search
Top Tape on Discogs: www.discogs.com/label/732289-Top-Tape-2
Top Tape YouTube-channel: www.youtube.com/user/emtoptape
Top Tape on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-481658373
Previous TOP TAPE releases:
S.M. Nurse (1986) * cassete
eM. * to to New York (1986) * cassette
eM. * b-movies (1986) * cassette
eM. * dedicated to Charles Bronson (1986) * cassette
Incredible Coöp * annalogics (1986) * cassette
l'embrasse (1987) * cassette
Peter van Garderen (Nine Circles) * drift down a river (1987) * (the release was planned, the tape was made by Peter, described in Independents magazine, but unfortunately, ultimately never released) * cassette
No Honey From These (1988) * cassette
Patrice Contra Del Pardo (1988) * cassette
eM. * love you (1988) * cassette
eM. * eM. (2006) * cd
eM. * live in N.Y. (2007) * cd
eM. * play it loud! (2009) * cd
eM. * the best of (2009) * cd
Top Tape was distributed in the 80s by Stichting Stopcontact. Sales at that time in Amsterdam at Staalplaat and Get Records.
