Tape Loop Workshop - a complete guide to Tape Loop Music

The tapeloop has a revival! It was already used as an instrument by Delia Derbyshire,as well as the Beatles, right through to William Basinski.

Now it’s your turn!

Through years of working with tape loops, making music, and performing live, I have put together this curriculum that condenses all of the most interesting and important features of tape loop music into a neatly structured course.

Starting with the history of tape music, we will explore the machines and inventions that inspired some amazing audio compositions by pioneering artists in the field. We will then get practical and examine the tools and materials needed to build your tape loop instruments. I will show you a range of techniques to build cassette loops, long tape loops, and reel to reels, and guide you in the construction of unique instruments.

We will then explore ways of recording, experimenting, performing and using the sounds in your own music. You will be given access to additional reading material, diagrams and schematics, equipment lists, and more.

The Chapter:

• History - we looking at old and new tape artists
• Inventions - the birth of the reel to reel
• Tools & Machines - tape tools & all types of tape machines
• Create - variable loop, long loop, reel to reel loop
• Recording - recording techniques with a tape loop
• Tape Loops & DAW's - the loop in a modern recording scenario
• Performing with Tape - exploring various tape loop set up´s
• Bouns - DIY Tape Delay, my tape story, conclusion

About Sascha:

HAND is a solo project by Sascha Bachmann. He is a musician from Berlin who loves creating experimental sounds and dance beats.

When Bachmann was a kid in the 80’s, he found his father’s Tesla tape machine in the basement. He started listening to music with his friends and became passionate about it. The foundational stone was laid. It is in part because of these early experiences that he has been working in his own analog recording studio for the last 10 years.

As a drummer he is continuously collaborating with different bands and projects such as Sirius Mo, Jan Driver etc., always trying to explore his own vision and ideas about music. Inspired by all kinds of art, he finally starts creating the concept for his first solo album.

Bachmann sees himself as a progressive musician who is constantly looking for new challenges.