Tripticks Tapes

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Tripticks Tapes
Founded2020 (2020)
FounderNat Baldwin
Genre
Location Massachusetts
Official website triptickstapes.bandcamp.com

Tripticks Tapes is an American independent record label specializing in cassette tape and digital releases of experimental and improvised music. [1] [2]

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History

Nat Baldwin founded Tripticks Tapes in 2020. [1] Tripticks releases have been named among the best in music by publications including The Wire , [3] Bandcamp Daily , [4] Burning Ambulance, [5] The Road to Sound, [6] and Tabs Out, [7] with notable artists including Weston Olencki, Nick Dunston, Amirtha Kidambi and Luke Stewart, Webb Crawford, Patrick Shiroishi, Travis Laplante and Jason Nazary, Beam Splitter, and Phicus.

Discography

Cat.#ArtistTitleYear
TTT001 Nat Baldwin Autonomia III: Endnotes2020
TTT002Patrick ShiroishiResting In The Heart Of Green Shade [8] 2021
TTT003Phicus (Fages, Reviriego, Trilla)Liquid [9] [10] 2021
TTT004Fraser / McCowen / WeinbergThip [11] 2021
TTT005Graham / Hobbs / Nakatani / ShenScar's The Limit [12] 2021
TTT006The PitchKM28 [13] 2021
TTT007Àlex ReviriegoRaben [14] 2021
TTT008fluke-mogul / Liberatore / Mattrey / Mendoza Death In the Gilded Age [15] 2021
TTT009Laplante / Nazary Tunnel of Light [16] 2021
TTT010 Luke Stewart Works For Electric Bass Guitar [17] 2021
TTT011TAK / Brandon LopezEmpty And/Or Church Of Plenty [6] 2021
TTT012Steve LongCode-Talker [18] 2021
TTT013Cecilia Lopez & Joe MoffettCaprichos [19] 2021
TTT014The RelativesThe Relatives2022
TTT015Ted ReichmanDread Sea [1] 2022
TTT016L'Ocell & Ferran FagesEl Declivi [1] 2022
TTT017Weston OlenckiOld Time Music [20] 2022
TTT018 Nat Baldwin Red Barn2022
TTT019Wallace / Lopez / Foster / AliThe Inflatable Leviathan [21] 2022
TTT020Amirtha Kidambi & Luke Stewart Zenith/Nadir [1] 2022
TTT021Matteo LiberatoreLacquer2022
TTT022Irarrázabal & BaldwinGrips [22] [23] 2022
TTT023Webb CrawfordJoiners [24] 2022
TTT024García / Navas / Reviriego / TrillaLes Capelles [25] 2022
TTT025Kyle Motl & Carlos DominguezField of Fried Umbrellas [26] 2022
TTT026Tomomi Kubo & Camila NebbiaPolycephaly [5] 2022
TTT027Fraser / Ángeles / Nazary Aqrabuamelu2022
TTT028Leo Chang & Lucie VítkováReligion [1] 2022
TTT029Beeferman / Evans / Foster / Hirsch Glow2023
TTT030Polyorchardscree/n2023
TTT031Ilia Belorukov & Gabriel FerrandiniSculptor2023
TTT032Evan Lindorff-EllerySwollen Air2023
TTT033PlaybackersPlaybackers Record [27] 2023
TTT034Beam SplitterSplit Jaw [28] 2023
TTT035Müller / Doskocz / GordoaAural Accidents [7] 2023
TTT036Dominic ColesAlphabets2023
TTT037Carlo Costa & John McCowenPianissimo Etc [7] 2023
TTT038Nick DunstonSkultura [3] [29] 2023
TTT039Daniel FishkinDark Listening [7] 2023
TTT040Hollow DeckOver East2023
TTT041PhicusNi2023

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