Rewind! Cassette Tape Culture » Art

Boomphones

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:35:20 +0000

There’s no cassettes in this sweet lil’ illustration, but well, it IS cassette related . . . yeah? Whatever.
Nice illustration dude.

via behance via ffffound

Sea Monkeys & cassette tapes

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:52:20 +0000

Candy Chang does some really cool, interesting and community minded work, for instance a clear and informative guide for the thousands street vendors in NYC, or even community chalkboards for townships in South Africa.

She does the kind of work that makes me feel that my life lacks any creativity at all. Yeah thanks Candy . . .

Anyway, the piece featured here is not quite as extensive as those, but it has got cassette tapes in it. So that’s why it’s appearing here.

Analog Tape Glove

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:57:56 +0000

Just f*ckin cool.

see more : http://signaltonoise1.blogspot.com/

Frank Chimero and Cassettes

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:00:45 +0000

Was reading an interview at the engaging Grain Edit with the talented and insightful designer and illustrator Frank Chimero and lo and behold! a cassette tape illustration! Everyone loves cassettes! Hey! why the f*ck not!?

Bonus!

Mixtape Zine

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:50:06 +0000

A quick one! From a fellow Cassette tape admirer

Mixtape Zine on Flickr – Photo Sharing.

“So, I want to draw your mixtapes. I want your sad songs, you love jams, your sing at the top of your lungs car tunes, your break-up tape, your make-up tape and your BFF-4evah cassette.”

Nice!

Check out her Esty store for more Cassette Tape goodness – like this great poster! Buy one!

cassette on acrylic

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:09:59 +0000

Some cassette inspired art by juhakorhonen.com

Same person that did that awesome cassette tape font.
btw, I really hated using the word ‘grungy’ in that title . . .

Apologetic tape…

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:56:33 +0000

Man, I wish my cassettes would apologise for unspooling! Ungrateful bastards!

via Font Soup via Friends of Type

Cassettes on CDs

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:48:27 +0000

Of course there will always be a special relationship between musicians and the humble compact cassette; the mix-tapes for friends, the demo tapes, four-track tape home recording, the first demo on cassette etc etc. Plus there’s always the nostalgia (from the older bands) and retro-cool fascination (from the younger) that these special little things bring out in all of us.

Anyway, that silly little paragraph is an introduction to a special post on cassette tape album art!

Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs (2009)

Ryan Adams – Demolition (2002)

Dashboard Confessional – A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar (2003)

American Hi Fi – American Hi Fi (2001)

The American Hi Fi album seems to be the earliest – or at least the earliest I’ve found so far – there’s got to be more out there! Hey if you know of any others . . . write a comment and let me know

I find it interesting that the covers are all so similar; the image of the compact cassette fairly central to the page and the in various stages of decay . . . that Dashboard Confessional album is completely unplayable, but I reckon I’ve fixed tapes in worse condition than Ryan Adams’ . . .

I don’t know all the music of all the bands, but if they’ve got a cassette tape on the front, well at least I’d give it a listen!

Bonus!

Bow Wow Wow – Your Cassette Pet (1980)

And this isn’t some retro schtuff – tapes were hot stuff back when they released this!

And you know what? Bow Wow Wow deserve their own post . . . more later.

Cassette tape marker drawing

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:22:44 +0000

via bo…om

but . . . ‘Ace of Base’!?

James Gulliver’s ‘obsolete’ cassette tapes illustration

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:23:35 +0000

. . . not the illustration, it’s the cassette tapes that are obsolete.

James Gulliver is a talented fellow; some interesting and inspiring art projects, animations and . . . illustrations – including this one.

“Throughout this investigation his work maintains a consistent charm, whimsy and poetic graphic sensibility.”

Grouse. I dig it.

via www.jamesgulliverhancock.com, via ffffound . . .