Verspannungskassette #29 (C-60)

Friday, February 11, 2022 | Mixtape

Are you aware of the demented horror that is german schlager music? 'Cos i'm not quite sure if you can comprehend this bottomless pit of pure anguish if you haven't grown up constantly tortured by its utter tastelessness, total lack of creativity and its embarrassingly self-unconscious deutsch-ness. Well unfortunately, schlager music has so far been on every single pre-owned cassette i've started stockpiling to put some Verspannung on (new ones have become quite expensive, due to supply shortages of iron oxide…). Yeah that's right, roughly from #18 till now, every tape i've repurposed has greeted me with Die Flippers or some shit, what a fucking disappointment! I wonder if with higher priced tapes (then and now), the stuff previously recorded on them will gradually get more classy? Or maybe if i go for the absolute bottom of the barrel instead, is there a chance i'd encounter something surprising, actually? Maybe even something punk-adjacent? But then again, Punks never throw shit away and also won't be able to find that old tape ever again inside their numerous piles of crap. It seems that, despite their lack of accountability in all things musical and cultural, schlager fans appear to be a lot better organized when it comes to their little caves. You know, actually selling their old shit on Ebay and all that…

How many bands can i actually squeeze on a C-60 if i really put my mind to it? Exactly fourty, it turns out! Thus, i've now cracked my previous record of thirty-eight. So this is a fast one and in turn, the next one will inevitably be a bit more sleepy. Friends of darkness and despair may have to to be patient until then, i guess.

Oh, and last but not least, there's that little detail you might've already noticed of the mixtapes sounding less shit from now on. Actually, that has been already the case since #27. Instead of the underwater gurgling sounds of yesteryear, mixtapes are gonna shine with some appropriately Mid-Fi quality again. For that to happen, Mixcloud collects a 11€ bribe from me each month. As i'm actually a poor sucker, i certainly won't object if you decide to help me foot the bill using the tipping feature.

Okay, enough of me talking shit. Now let's listen to some quality dung!