What to do with old Techno mixtapes...???

I have a lot of old Techno mixtapes from the nineties...
Is it useful to keep them,maybe better to them on Soundcloud?
Trade them?Thanks for any ideas...

digitize them & share them online
its the best way to preserve history!

Preserve them! I have heaps of sets (stored on data CDs) that I used to and I don't know what to do with them. I will not get rid of them, I know that.

Maybe one day I'll them to YouTube, but it will take a lot of time & effort.

archive.org also has a mixtape section

Digitize, save, , then sell.

Frees up space, on hdd forever, ed for masses to enjoy, and a bit of cash in the process

Here is one piece of history - Techno history -

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/kid-paul-1992

Here is another Mixtape

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/dj-helldj-rokbabalumunchen-feb1992

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/robert-armani-rom-1994

Thanks for the Armani!!!

You are welcome!
I was seventeen/eighteen years old when an Italian friend returned from a holiday in Italy with this tape ;)

musicshaolin
I was seventeen/eighteen years old when an Italian friend returned from a holiday in Italy with this tape ;)

I have exactly the same story about Megabass 2, except my British friend went on a trip to the UK. =]

Here is another one from 1994

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/robert-hood-vienna-1994

Does someone know if it is possible to restore a tape?
I have a tape from Loveparade 1992 and it is a bit twisted...
I like this tape and have good memories with it so I would like to let it repair - if possible!

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/mike-dearborn-hamburg-1994

musicshaolin
Does someone know if it is possible to restore a tape?
I have a tape from Loveparade 1992 and it is a bit twisted...
I like this tape and have good memories with it so I would like to let it repair - if possible!

if its chewed most likely not, low noise hiss and other aging problem should be possible

No , it´s not chewed - it´s just twisted in parts,that means that you hear the other side in reverse and vice versa...
....only several minutes then it´s clear again!

Small screwdriver at hand, when the tape enters the point where its twisted then simply remove the screws and carefully turn around the tape roll so its good again.

screws back and it should be fine

I guess I will give it a try!I heard there are some companies that repair it for you too...
Just don´t want to damage anything!
It´s fun to listen to all those old tapes - it´s like treasure hunting!And it gives you a better/warmer feeling than all this mp3 bullshit....
I have a few that are torn,maybe I can fix them?I am curious and excited what music is on these...(c:

I have an Astroboy Mix tape from 94, he's a DJ from St. Louis, the tape snapped and I took it apart and used scotch tape to put it back together and then quickly digitized it. Might as well hang the cassette on the wall, even though it still plays. You know cassette players are getting harder to find, too bad because you can't fix or tape together a broken cd :(

Fuck it, send them all to me, yum yum, I'll eat them up.

A very large chunk of the Southern Cali scene from like 90-97 is on Simfonik.com People like DJ Dan, Ron D Core, Steve Loria, DJ Curious, Ernie Munson, lots of others. He's a good example of what you might want to do. Check it out. Sounds like you have some stuff I'd be really interested in seeing as how you're from . Have any of the Cologne sound? Like Sven Vath, The Omen, Frankfurt, etc?

No,unfortunately I have no sound from Cologne on tape - only on vinyl :)

Here is more great stuff from parties I have been to:

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/cristian-vogeleric-borgoultraschall-munchen-1994

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/richie-hawtinorbitaltribal-gathering-munchen-riem-nov1995

found these two tapes in my crate

https://discogs.desbloquearpagina.com/Adam-X-Frankie-Bones-Welcome-To-The-Sonic-Groove-Volume-1/release/8279809

and Woody McBride - Comedy:Tragedy

Thanks for sharing. :)

You are welcome!
There is more - Chemical Brothers,Carl Cox,Armando,Jeff Mills,DJ Rok,Joey Beltram...

And I have a few hardcore tapes for the hardcore lovers:
Laurent Ho,Speedfreak live in Rotterdam,Christoph/Praxis,DJ Moonraker,E-De-Cologne live,Bunker Berlin,Fischkopf Hamburg

and hundreds of Techno Mixes of my own...
If anybody is interested in a special tape,pls let me know - maybe we can trade...!

musicshaolin
I guess I will give it a try!I heard there are some companies that repair it for you too...
Just don´t want to damage anything!

practise on an old tape first, it isnt rocket science, just be calm when doing it and you'll be fine, thats how we did it back in the day anyways ;0)

Or like Alex said above, cutting it and taping it and enjoy or re-use the tape again :)

Can you up that one Adam X, Frankie Bones - Welcome To The Sonic Groove Volume 1?

would love a digi copy of that djfrankiebones tape :)

fizzbomb1
Do you have any Dave Clarke?

Unfortunately not.I saw him play many many times back in the days...Incredible DJ skills!One of the absolutly best!!!
Maybe I know someone who has got a tape from him...
I have a lot of vinyl from him!On Bush,Red series,Skint and many many more incl.his remixes.
I the world service mix and he had a website with own radio and lots of mixes..
And of course Electro-Boogie etc. and didn´t he do an X-Mix on K7 - not sure anymore

BUNKERHEADZ
cutting it and taping it and enjoy or re-use the tape again :)

I used to fix tapes sometimes like that - open it with screwdriver and fix the loose ends together with scotch tape,it always worked fine!!!

Maybe you know the joke of the picture with a pencil and a tape on it - what you can do with it???
Most young people don´t know that anymore :-)

Maybe I will up something of that stuff...!

Here is more stuff

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/colin-dalesun-electric-live-1994

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/tanithpaul-elstak-1993

straight in your face Acid :

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/dj-esp-aka-woody-mcbride-comedytragedy

musicshaolin
Maybe you know the joke of the picture with a pencil and a tape on it - what you can do with it???
Most young people don´t know that anymore :-)

Aye, when I show my daughter my old walk or discman she looks at me in disbelief LOL

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/armando-presents-tales-from-the-trackside

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/carl-coxcave-club-salzburg-1994

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I really need to get round to getting these old mixes converted from my tapes :

https://discogs.desbloquearpagina.com/Dave-Angel-Juan-Atkins-Scorpio-Techno-Trance-Exposure/release/1159612

... I played them to death years ago but desperately need to get round converting them.. All 6 tapes are awesome mixes ...Not seen or heard them online anywhere.

would be great to hear them!
do you know how to convert them or have the possibility to do it?

Yes I think it's possible.. Leave it with me. I'll see what I can do... Once ripped they'll need some fine tuning.. Just hope the tapes themselves are still in good working order.. The tape player I have to hand right now isn't the best but I can just try it out and see how it goes... Got some free time at the moment so I'll get onto it ..I'll share here once they're done to hopefully a suitable standard audio wise ..watch this space!!

It took me ages to be able to do it in a proper way!
First I had audio tape converter like IOS.What a wobbling around!
And always problems with the software,and background noise....
In the early 2000s I used Goldwave for listening on an Mp3 Player.
I tried Audacity after I bought a used Technics tape-deck with Auto reverse.
(I threw 3 old tapedecks to the trash)
Problems with the cable (Cinch on USB).
I tried some converter from M-Audio...
Always problems/hassle with cable connections.
I have had it!But now with a normal Audio recorder on my Mac and Cinch to mini jack plug it works.
No professional audio conversion, but it works!
And you can use a cleaning tape for the deck just in case the tape head was under heavy use...

I use Acid Pro, just hook the cassette player up to the mic jack on the computer and use the record function to record a file.

Tapedeck > Mixer > PC > Cool Edit Pro = save in the desired format

some more mixes

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/baby-fordjeff-millsultraschall-munchen-sept-1994

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/lisa-neliaz-1993

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/erdem-tunakanmixmaster-morrisambient-festival-ultraschall-munchen-march-1995

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/adam-x-welcome-to-the-sonic-groove-1995

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/frankie-bones-welcome-to-the-sonic-groove-1995

I've loads of fairly rare early-mid 90's acid, techno & trance mixes, most of which I ed from a particular on slsk. He may have ripped his own tapes, seeing that nobody else had them. Should I SC pro unlimited and start ing them? I'm not sure if he's sharing them anymore or whether he even logs onto slsk these days, either.

I don't know what it was like in other countries, but in the US during the 90's, there used to be cassette vendors at all the raves, usually with a huge amount of various cassettes for sale. We need to get one of those guys up here to digitize their collection. You know the people I mean!

:)

We bought tapes at our (local) record dealers in the nineties!
Like Hard Wax/Berlin or here in Munich.Stuff like Bloody Fist and other mixes or promo tapes...
I haven´t noticed if tapes have been sold on raves in .
We traded them/ed them!

Hey there, you know you can enable s through soundcloud! Come on now!

Here is more

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/chemical-brothers-on-fm4-25596

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/cristian-vogel-on-fm4-la-boum-deluxe-199

I found a decent Techno mixtape from myself in a crate.
The story behind this mix is that I went bungee jumping before I recorded this mix in 1996 :)))

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/summer-of-96-after-a-bungee-mission

Enjoy!!

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/speedfreak-live-in-rotterdam-1993

Here is another mix for the hardcore fans

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/psychopath-fischkopf-hhe-de-cologne

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/dj-moonraker-on-fm4-la-boum-deluxe-1994

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/christophpraxis-on-fm4-1995

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/laurent-ho-on-fm4-la-boum-deluxe-1994

another one for the hardcore gourmets

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/e-de-cologne-live-in-hha-mix-from-bunker-berlin-1994

Hi musicshaolin,

These look very interesting, thanks.
Have you transferred them from tape to wav file (or flac), instead of mp3? Lossless is better :)

Hello,

I have transferred to M4a and mp3.
Wav files are too big,so are .aiff.
AAC would be possible too...
Let me know if it is not working!

Nice one m8! :)

@ Dsystem - mp3 is just fine, be glad someone takes the time and effort to do this big time consuming job!

Thank you mate!
To listen to all the music is like travelling through time and space!
So many good memories...
...and you notice how time goes by!
I just want to record these tapes as long as they are playable(it is said that a tape is playable about 30-40 years),
after that I can throw them to the trash,trade them or whatever.

BUNKERHEADZ
Nice one m8! :)

@ Dsystem - mp3 is just fine, be glad someone takes the time and effort to do this big time consuming job!

@ BUNKERHEADZ

In fact I am very glad. I just asked Musicshaolin in the case he has transferred them to wav before compressing. Great music should be preserved at the highest quality possible, in my humble opinion.

musicshaolin
Hello,

I have transferred to M4a and mp3.
Wav files are too big,so are .aiff.
AAC would be possible too...
Let me know if it is not working!

Ok, thanks for the mixes, Musicshaolin

Dsystem
@ BUNKERHEADZ

In fact I am very glad. I just asked Musicshaolin in the case he has transferred them to wav before compressing.

Fair enuff m8 :)

Utopian House Productions - Utopia 1990 I.mp3

(intro) Rebel MC - Coming On Strong
2 For Joy - In A State
2 Deeep - X-Pression
Frequency - Hey Hey Hey
Arkanoid - No Problem
Cybersonik - Technarchy
Rave Signal II - Golden Dreams
Frankie Bones - Call It Techno Remix
The End - Extasy Express (Techno Mix)
T.D.C. - Keep Groovin'
The Project - Understand(ing)
Mr. Monday - Future
No Smoke - Koro Koro

Utopian House Productions - Utopia 1990 II.mp3

(intro) Queen - Flash Gordon
Cubic 22 - Rave The Reflex
Atahualpa - La Furia Y El Condor
Musto & Bones - Tequiro
Musto & Bones - Dangerous On The Dancefloor
Kicksquad - Champion Sound
The End - Extasy Express (Underground Mix)
Rave Signal II - Heaven On Earth
Pierre Feroldi - The Beat
Fierce Ruling Diva - Rubb It In
Rhythm Masters - Think I'm Gonna Loose Control
Tina Joy - Hurry Make Love
Adamski - I Dream Of You
Baffa - Piano On

Not actual flyers of these tapes but same organisation -

https://ibb.co/mTu95v
https://ibb.co/cKHU5v
https://ibb.co/jAn7sa
https://ibb.co/ffVhQv

Here are some alltime techno favourites from 1992

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/alltime-favourites

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/tanith-cave-club-salzburg-1995

May as well start ing a bunch of sets, as well, I guess.

1993.xx.xx - More Strength For Less Murderous Wars - R36A - Seal Phüric

Roland Casper Live @ Ballhaus [Bonn] 13.10.1993

There is a big Facebook group for 'good ol' partytapes'. We would appreciate your participation!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/123598727667038/

All my mixtapes were stored in the basement of my brother's business because I couldn't bring them with me to the USA to live here. Ten years ago the basement was flooded and all the tapes damaged along with few vinyls. I was devastated with such waste, I had lives from French maxximum radio station on those tapes, you can't put a value on history.

Petrichoral

I quit FB for good reasons.I am here and on Soundcloud.Feel free to share your mixtapes or links here!

WiLd Dragon

That´s really bad if your tapes have been damaged!

Here is a tape I have very good memories with...
Unfortunately it is a bit twisted - sorry about that - I hope I can fix it somehow.

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/woodyloveparade-1992

A mix i did together with a DJ colleague

Jack is back pt.2

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/jack-is-back-pt2

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/dj-hell-mix-2006

here bro http://ravearchive.com/

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/freddy-fresh-trainspotters-dream-vol1

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/i-f-macho-music

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/intergalactic-gary-every-sunday-mix

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/flemming-dalum-the-amazing-run-in-the-tube-vol1

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/freddy-fresh-mpc-genius-trainspotters-dream-2

Got 1000's of mixes on tapes from all sorts of sources including some private demo's which up and coming dj's would issue.

Need to have a sort out as many I did transfer to digital.

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/freddy-fresh-mpc-genius-trainspotters-dream-vol3

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/i-f-on-wdisko

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/i-f-on-wdiskonet

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/i-f-wdisko_hotmix02-mixedautistic-sync

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/i-f-c-b-swdisko-exclusive-mix-o-rama-vol1

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/freddy-fresh-markthalle-kl-16_05_2007

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/freddy-fresh-millennium-mastermix-universal-radio-london

Techno/Trance/Hardcore from 1993

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/ertan-enemy-mine-651993

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/i-f-electric-baile-de-hemel

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/i-f-i-sing-the-funk-electric

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/freddy-fresh-all-mixed-up-smile-uk

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Legendary Warp label mix!

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/blech-ii-blechsdottir

Banging mix

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/dj-hell-mix-2005

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/dj-tlr-i-found-my-place-in-outta-space

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Underground Resistance Mix

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/dj-skurge-radio-ur-vol01

https://soundcloud.com/planet-disco/dynamix-ii-electro-megamix-from-1985-to-present

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What is frustrating actually with all those gorgeous mixes on YouTube is that there is no DL, and no alternative links to enable links.