"Scraps Of Tape started in 2001 and the members has during these eight years constantly been working with the band in one way or another. Six European tours, one tour in Japan (for two weeks!) and a bunch of one-off shows makes up a total of over 100 live shows in 14 different countries the last years. Besides, with at least three tours in Europe and Japan planned for 2009 it looks like this is only the beginning.
Grand Letdown is the third fullenght album from Scraps Of Tape. It’s recorded by Mathias Oldén (Logh, Switchblade) in Mission Hall, Sebbarp and mixed by the very same in Studio Gröndahl in Stockholm.
Scraps Of Tape is based in Malmö, Sweden and consists of Johan Gustavsson, Jerker Kaj, Kenneth Jansson, Marcus Nilsson and Mikael Persson. The members can also be found in bands like Fredrik, The VIII Arms Around You, Ghostbike, Tsukimono och Viktor Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble."
/A Tenderversion Recording, 2009
"Scraps Of Tape has always been about creating emotional music filled with playfulness an energy. The harmonies is drawn towards the gloomy and desperate while the melodies creates hope and a feeling of being able to overcome any obstacle and accomplish any goal you have in front of you. All of this is then tied together by a great amount of energy and creativity.
The music is most often referred to as post-rock but if you’re stopping there you are merely scratching on the surface on all of the widely spread musical influences that all together makes up what Scraps Of Tape is all about.
On their first album they sounded like an instrumental crossover between bob hund and Mogwai. On the second album the heavyness got heavyer and the harmonies got more harmonic and it got you thinking of both Isis and Joan Of Arc at the same time. On their third album Grand Letdown, Scraps Of Tape has taken all of this and pushed it through a grinder making something very compact, mature and confident. And like a cherry on top the vocals and the personal lyrics are taking all of this to a new level. "
/A Tenderversion Recording, 2009
"With their debut release Read Between the Lines At All Times
in 2004, Scraps of Tape emerged onto the instrumental music scene
as a band showing incredible promise.
The album was steeped in emotion at every turn, with a great diversity
and subtlety present in each song's creation,
and most bands would be hard pressed to deliver
a sophomore effort after such a stellar debut.
Fortunately, Scraps of Tape isn’t like most bands.
Instead of rushing to produce its next album, the band took its time,
completed a few tours, and grew as a band, something that really shows
with this new release. This Is A Copy Is This A Copy improves
on the debut in every area. It’s got the emotion,
the great songwriting, the diversity, the subtlety,
the heavy parts, the quieter parts…but the significance
is that This Is A Copy…has got more of them. Much more."
/James Ould, The Silent Ballet
PRETOUR FILM - LINEAR OPTICS
KAOS FILM - MASTER BLASTER
PREORDER FILM - THE MAKING OF THE GRAND LETDOWN CD
JAPAN TOUR - SUMMER 2007
EUROPEAN TOUR - SPRING 2007
Scraps Of Tape - sottourdiary.blogspot.com's Friend Space (Top 20)
Scraps Of Tape - sottourdiary.blogspot.com has 4757 friends.
Hello there, we are a Post Rock/Electronica band from Cairo, Egypt. Our debut album "Marching Stickmen" is now available FOR FREE on our page. Please check us out and feel free to download our album ;)
so bummed we aren't going to Japan with you... but i am soo stoked for you guys. You really seem to have put out a great album(from what i hear on myspace player)
I wrote a new jam if you want to listen, just click on my profile.
june 24 Berlin@lokal june 25 Kassel@TBA june 26 dresden@az conni june 27 prague@strahov 007 june 28 warsawa@ufa june 29 krakow@Kawiarnia Naukowa june 30 vienna@rhiz july 1 Maribor@Pekarna july 2 HELP??!! South east germany/ east switzerland/austria july 3 Frankfurt@ivi july 4 Karlsruhe@kohi july 5 Leipzig@atari
e-mail me at: tarfeathers[at]gmail[dot]com for help with july 2nd
Musiksiten Joyzine.se kommer att ha full koll på festivalsommaren. Hos oss läser ni de fräsigaste konsertrecensionerna och djuplodande intervjuerna från de viktigaste arrangemangen.
Givetvis kan just ditt band, bolag eller verksamhet synas hos oss under den här blomstrande tiden på året...
Dessutom med: Dagliga recensioner av skivor och demos, spännande artistintervjuer, exklusiva tävlingar, spetsiga krönikor och myspacetips.
Hej mina kultingar! Hoppas turnèn gick fint, är ju själv sjukt sugen på tour och spelsugen. Har nu precis beställt 'Grand letdown' på TVR, har ju ännu inte hört mästerverket. Nu blir det en stabil negroni vid kanalen och sen testaroli, en förvälld pasta bakad i ugn, med olivolja och ricotta. Puss, Uffe.
tack för en underbar skiva! och fantastiskt att ni kommer hit för att spela på amp, det är ju nästan framför min port. nu kan jag börja räkna dagarna... idag är det bara 146 kvar. haha.
Es gibt eine begrenzte Anzahl von Zeltplätzen (also unter Vorbehalt). Eine Anmeldung mit der Anzahl der Zeltfreunde ist also UNBEDINGT notwenig!!! Infofragen und Anmeldungen an: ronja.at.plastic-bomb.de
so fucking good you guys!! i can't help but think of some other world in which we both existed in when i listen to your new music. Hope to see you in a few months! love you guys. BRIAN-youmaydie
