The Tapes
News From Nowhere (LP, White + 7" Red)
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*2025 stock. 80 copies limited edition* First album in 26 years from Italian brothers Giancarlo and Roberto Drago, the Genoese duo behind one of the most significant minimal-industrial projects to emerge from Italy's "Anni di Piombo" (Years of Lead). Active from 1982 to 1993, The Tapes released over twenty cassettes on their own Industrial Tapes label before moving to legendary imprints like Minus Habens and Amen.
Their inclusion in the Strut compilation Mutazione: Italian Electronic & New Wave Underground 1980-1988 brought renewed attention to their primitive industrial minimalism. News From Nowhere marks a long-awaited return, with tracks like "Der Kindergarten" and "Gravity Zero" demonstrating that the brothers' approach - mutant synths, cold beats, distorted voices and metallic noise - remains uncompromised. Available in limited white vinyl editions, including a special package with the 7" Jurij (A Tribute To Jurij Alekseevic Gagarin).
Format
Regular edition, limited to 140 copies on white vinyl, with insert + download code.
From the notes on cover:
All tracks by Giancarlo Drago and Roberto Drago
Recorded and mixed by Giancarlo Drago in Genova (Italy), 2016-2018
Mastered by Attila Folklor in Camedo (Switzerland), winter 2018
Cover design by Maura Santini
Cover image: The U.S. National Archives
Insert photo: Marzia Giorgi
Release notes
LP+7", limited to 80 copies. LP on white vinyl, 7" on red vinyl, with insert + download code. From the notes on cover: All tracks by Giancarlo Drago and Roberto Drago Recorded and mixed by Giancarlo Drago in Genova (Italy), 2016-2018 Mastered by Attila Folklor in Camedo (Switzerland), winter 2018 Cover design by Maura Santini Cover image: The U.S. National Archives Insert photo by Marzia Giorgi
| A1 | Rewind | ||
| A2 | Turn On Tune In | ||
| A3 | Satellites | ||
| A4 | Der Kindergarten | ||
| B1 | The Golden Ratio | ||
| B2 | The Builder | ||
| B3 | Like Girls From Mars | ||
| B4 | Gravity Zero | ||
| C1 | Jurij (A Tribute To Jurij Alekseevic Gagarin) |
- Roberto Drago
- Composed By
- Giancarlo Drago
- Composed By, Recorded By, Mixed By
- Attila Folklor
- Mastered By
![Daniele Ciullini – [23] Re-Edit](https://cdn.soundohm.com/data/products/2026-07/NjktNTMzNi5qcGVn.500.jpg.avif)
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