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IRRE Tapes

Profile:
German label run by Matthias Lang which evolved out of the IRRE Fanzine he published regularly during the early 1980's covering New Wave, Post Punk and the German Underground.
With his 3rd Tape Compilation Ein Herz In Not he started IRRE Tapes which was mainly active in the late 80s/early 90s and released material by the likes of Brume, Maeror Tri and City Of Worms and loads of lesser known and stylistic different artists (Unpleasant Surprise, Fuckedtones, The, Magic Moments At Twilight Time, Doc Wör Mirran) covering the whole range of the Independent Underground from Experimental Electronica to Guitar Pop.
In true DIY spirit he supported the international network of small labels and fanzines through editing the free IRRE Newsletter to spread infos and contacts and writing occasionally reviews for various publications. Most of his Compilations should be seen as an attempt to promote lesser known artists and labels. Without doubt he was one of the driving forces of the German Tape Scene.
He finally called the label days quits in 1994/1995 but soon re-appeared as collaborating and networking artist Mr. Moto (2).

Note:
All of the releases where copied on demand and continously numbered but only a few had an explicit Limited Edition.
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IRRE Records
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Releases:
01 Kratzer Irrtum! (Cass, C-2) 1982
03 Thomas Struszka / Vermillion Virago Tragödie Eines Briefmarkensammlers (Cass) 1982
004 Various Sommerzeit (Cass, Ltd, C-6) 1983
irre tapes 05 Various Psycho 2000 On Cassette (Cass, Comp, Ltd, C40) 1983
IRRE TAPES 048 Monochrome Bleu Stay Or Go (360º Of Monochrome Bleu) (Cass, Album, C60) 1991
IT 001 Various Ein Herz In Not (Cass, Smplr, C60) 1983
IT 002 Various Das Ende Vom Anfang (Cass, Comp, C60) 1983
IT 003 Stress (2) / Thomas Struszka Split (Cass, C60) 1983
IT 004 Attrition / Alu Split (Cass, Ltd, C60) 1983
IT 005 Jar* / Lord Litter Split (Cass, C60) 1987
IT 006 Various Lifestyle You Need ! (Cass, Comp, Ltd, C60) 1988
IT 007 Der Böse Bub Eugen / Guz Split (Cass, C60) 1988
IT 008 Kronstadt / Toshiyuki Hiraoka Split (Cass, Ltd, C60) 1988
IT 009 Poison Dwarfs Cut ! (Cass, C40) 1989
IT 010 Various Now: A New Style Of Music (Cass, Ltd, C60) 1989
IT 011 Ventral Metaphor / Paradox (11) Split (Cass, Ltd, C60) 1989
IT 012 Various Night & Day (Dreams) (Cass, C60) 1989
IT 013 Various Rambo Compilation Volume 1 (Cass, Ltd, C60) 1989
IT 014 Various Rambo Compilation Volume 2 : I Want You To Listen (Cass, Ltd, C60) 1989
IT 015 Opera Multi Steel O.M.S. / Compilation (Cass, Ltd) 1987
IT 016 X-Ray Pop June 89 Repetitions (Cass, C60) 1989
IT016-IT035 Various The Best Of Irre Tapes Volume II - 016-035 (Cass, Comp, C90) 1990
IT017 Stefano Biasin / Nana Bobo Stefano Biasin / Nana Bobo (Cass) 1989
IT 018 Alien Planetscapes Celestial Dance Hits (Cass, C60) 1989
IT 019 Various The Big Deal Compilation (Cass, Comp, C60) 1989
IT 020 Various Welcome To Sleepy Eye (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) 1989
IT 021 Gregorian George Aluminum Eden (Cass, C46) 1989
IT022 City Of Worms Quester (Cass, C90) 1989
IT 023 Various Panic (Cass, Comp, C60) 1989
IT 024 M. NOMIZED* Sample 3 (Cass, C60) 1989
IT 025 Cephalic Index & Nomuzic A Better Way To Die (Cass, C90) 1990
IT 026 Flagrants D'eli Carnaval (Cass, C60) 1989
IT 027 Delta-Sleep-Inducing Peptide Abduction Of Mind (Cass, C60) 1990
IT 028 Various Silent Talking (Cass, Comp, C60) 1990
IT 029 Terrorplan Acidity (Cass, C46) 1990
IT031 Square Sun Tierversuche, Das Perfekte Konzept Der Selbstvernichtung (Cass) 1990
IT 032 Fuckedtones, The Live 89/90 (Cass) 1990
IT 033 Various The Perfect Day (Cass, C60) 1990
IT 034 Various The Whirlpool Defender (Cass, C46) 1990
IT 035 This Window Morning (Cass, C60) 1990
IT 036 Siegmar Fricke Speedhouse & Exoticore (Cass, C46) 1990
IT036-IT050 Various The Best Of Irre Tapes Volume III - 036-050 (Cass, C90) 1991
IT 037 Almost Human (2) No Style Music (Cass, C46) 1990
IT 038 Nomuzic News You Can Choose (Cass, C60) 1990
IT 039 Solanaceae Tau Outdoor Expressions (Cass, Album, Ltd, C46) 1990
IT 040 Various Notre Dame / An Introduction To EE Tapes (Cass, Smplr, C45) 1990
IT 041 Maeror Tri / Nostalgie Eternelle Somnia Et Expergisci (Cass, Ltd, C60) 1990
IT 046 L'Edarps A Moth Konstruierte Musik (Cass, C46) 1991
IT050 Kitchen-Musique Associative, The* Tape Jazz Planet 3 (Cass) 1991
IT051-IT065 Various The Best Of Irre Tapes Volume IV - 051-065 (Cass, Comp, C90) 1991
IT 053 Unpleasant Surprise Only The Wrong Material Used In The Wrong Way Will Give The Right Picture (Cass, C46) 1991
IT 054 Dark Enigma Revelation (Cass, Album, C46) 1991
IT 055 Brume Electrocoagulation ◄ (2 versions) 1991
IT 056 Technostria & Telepherique 1986 (Cass, C46) 1991
IT 057 Various The Power And The Passion Volume I (Cass, C46) 1991
IT 058 Sphinx (7) The Secret Of ... (Cass, C60) 1991
IT 059 Daniel Triana Snap Shots And Short Stories (Cass, C60) 1991
IT 060 Viktimized Karcass Forsaken & Alone (Cass, C60) 1991
IT 061 Various The Power And The Passion Volume II (Cass, C46)  
IT 062 New Tits On The Cock Grollende Erde / Lallende Götter (Cass, Album, Ltd, C60) 1992
IT 063 Various The Power And The Passion Volume III (Cass, C46)  
IT 064 M.NOMIZED Patchwork (Cass, C60) 1991
IT 065 Various The Power And The Passion Volume IV (Cass, Comp, C46) 1991
IT 066 Various The Power And The Passion Volume V (Cass, Comp, C46) 1991
IT 067 Magic Moments At Twilight Time Flashbax Vol. 3 (Cass, C46) 1991
IT 068 Drum Fondu, The The Singer Just Left The House (Cass, C46) 1991
IT 069 Bernd Boehm Soundtracks (Cass, Ltd, C46) 1992
IT 070 Heat Beat Cut Too Late To Scream (Cass, Ltd, C60) 1992
IT 072 Various The Power And The Passion Volume VI (Cass, C46) 1992
IT 073 Various The Power And The Passion Volume VII (Cass, C46)  
IT 076 Various The Power And The Passion Volume VIII (Cass, C46) 1992
IT 077 Siegmar Fricke Electrohome Europe (Cass, C60) 1992
IT 078 Various The Power And The Passion Volume IX (Cass, C46) 1992
IT 080 Doc Wör Mirran Brocolli June Harvest (Cass, Album, C60) 1992
IT081-IT099 Various The Best Of IRRE-Tapes Vol. 6 (Cass, Ltd, C90) 1993
IT 082 Various The Power And The Passion Volume X (Cass, C46)  
IT 083 Deutsches Kulturgut / Tesendalo Rückwärts / Vorwärts (Cass, C60) 1992
IT 085 Dauerfisch Der Traum Der Halbtagsharfenistin - The Best Of Dauerfisch 1983-92 (Cass, Album) 1992
IT 088 Unpleasant Surprise Don't Ask Why (Live '92) (Cass, C46) 1992
IT 089 Blowhole Truth And Beauty (Cass) 1992
IT 091 Dead Goldfish Ensemble, The Listen 'Ear! (Cass, C46) 1992
IT 092 Delta-Sleep-Inducing Peptide Comarousal (Cass, C60) 1992
IT 093 L.G. Mair, Jr.* Music For Winefride (Cass, C46) 1992
IT 094 Crawling With Tarts 1 Snak 2 Rider (Cass) 1993
IT 096 Siegmar Fricke Booster (Cass, C60) 1993
IT 100 Various A Tribute To IRRE-Tapes (Cass, Comp, C90) 1994
IT 102 Various PorNo/Yes-Ographie (Cass, C46) 1993
IT 103 Various PorNo/Yes-Ographie Vol. 2 (Cass, C46) 1993
IT 104 Various PorNo/Yes-Ographie Vol. 3 "The American Version" (Cass, C46) 1993
IT 105 Sabotage Qu'Est-Ce Que C'Est?* In Your World! (Cass)  
IT 106 Conspiracy, The (2) Live + Unplugged (Cass, C46) 1993
IT108 Various Nothing But Lost Music (Cass, Comp, C60)  
IT 110 Rorschach Garden, The Rain Culture (Cass, Album, C46) 1993
IT111 Various Never No Time To Play (Cass, Comp, C60)  
IT 114 Psy. Phalanx All Our Sins Remembered (Cass, C46) 1994
IT 115 Browning Mummery Obiter Scripta (Cass, C46) 1994
none Neue Paranoia Neue Paranoia (Cass, C30) 1984
none Stratis / Fit + Limo* Im Blickpunkt (Cass, Ltd, C60) 1984
none Various Best Of IRRE : Volume 2 (Cass, Smplr, C30) 1984
none Various IRRRRRE!!! - The Best Of Irre Tapes 001-015 (Cass, Comp, C90) 1989
none Big City Orchestre* Dance Upon Nothing (Cass, Album) 1990
none Various The Industrial Side Of Irre-Tapes (Cass, Smplr) 1993

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