Here comes a new Tape Five classic electroswing song. Staying true to our beginnings: Party ballroom atmosphere – dancing sax and clarinet lines weaving around percussive horns and thundering drum rolls. Modern cool without the plastic. Our mission – Old school production values, made to last and with lots of sonic gems to discover. Lose yourself in this ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Swing’. Release December 1 on all platforms!
Release September 01 on Apple Music – “This is a Dolby Atmos version of our successful Electro-Swing song “Bad Boy Good Man” – of which we just did a 2023 remix of our own. TAPE FIVE has always been interested in fully exploiting the sonic stage of a recording… this is our first endeavour into this new sonic dimension (Dolby Atmos mix by Jakob Himmelein from the famous Peppermint Park Studio in Hanover, Germany). Let’s see how it will evolve in the future.”
“Bad Boy Good Man” gained around 50 million streams (at Spotify and Pandora). Now in 2023, 14 years after creating that song, we thought it’s time for a facelifted version. Soon available on all platforms…
just working with Majela Qban Soul on new material for single releases this summer…the vibes are Latin, especially ‘Reggaeton’ at the moment. In between you might check our recent playlist on Spotify
When you’re in the mood – check it out. Last christmas, with some warm childhood memories, we thought it would be nice to have a TAPE FIVE christmas track – well here it is. “White Christmas” featuring Iain Mackenzie, made with love. Available on all digital platforms… Listen:
we keep it blurred at the moment, but a well known person joined the TAPE FIVE circle…at least on the cover. See soon… by the way: its a Spotify exclusive release on September 30, all other shops follow on October 14…Cheers
Here we are thrilled to present our new album „Both sides of the Moon” – which is our 8th full TAPE FIVE album. Trailer: https://youtu.be/nO4-fA4_274
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Back to our roots as the “pioneer of electroswing” with this release: “Big Blue Swing” – is that special colourful night on the town. Or maybe you’re running from the rough justice of the “Tommy Gun Shuffle”?! As a bonus track, we include a version of our golden oldie „Geraldines Routine“. Keep on swinging!
Hi there, we are working on new back to the roots swinging material and are already looking forward for a soon release…Cheers & keep the good vibes only! ***
It was one of those days… too hot to do anything except chilling and feeling embraced by the warm breeze carrying the sweet smells of summer. Stop the worrying and feel your frown melt into the moment of just being there…with that special somebody sharing it all with you. Well…every perfect scene needs a perfect song… ”A Lazy Summer Day”.
This familiar slow r&b style, that our producer already played back in the early 80s in his roof top rehearsal room seems to be making a worthy come back – and it fits perfectly into TAPE FIVE’s tasty catalogue of vintage vibes and retro re-creation. And by the way… we are also experts in the art of laziness!
So join our international co-conspirators Henrik Wager (English) – Dionne Wudu (African) – Martin Strathausen (German) in this little prayer to laziness. Trust us – we had enough time to practise…
Cheers and keep the good vibes vibrating…
