China’s current crop of DIY cassette labels is extremely small and very new. The flow of dakou (打口)—discarded Western tapes sold in the grey market created after China’s 1978 economic opening—raised ...

Courtesy of Air Balloon Tapes’ Bandcamp This cat approves of Air Balloon Tapes’ first compilation. Local microlabel Air Balloon Tapes emerged last month with a distinct desire to give back to the DIY ...