Illustrated Tapes

♫ IT213: Edgelands ✎ @T_J_Bird Tune in ↴ illustratedtapes.com/IT213-Edgeland…

This is a nice project mixing illustration and music, featuring the #ColossiveCartographiesCrew’s very own @T_J_Bird

I included instrumental songs that I felt had a similar vibe, looking to bands on the Ghostbox and Clay Pipe Music labels who take inspiration from the urban landscape and filter it through hauntological reverberations.” -TB illustratedtapes.com/IT213-Edgeland…

I tried to pick a mix of songs that picked up on the atmosphere of these edgeland places. There are references to out-of-town retail parks, suburbs, and railway embankments. […]

♫ IT213: Edgelands ✎ @T_J_Bird Tune in ↴ illustratedtapes.com/IT213-Edgeland…

Bits of land on the edge of town – not part of the city or the countryside. The big post-industrial landscapes of decaying factories are often glamorised in music, but not so much the patch of nettles between Tesco and the motorway. […]

“I wanted to create a soundtrack for overlooked spaces. Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley wrote a great book called Edgelands – it's all about the places in between. Places you might pass through on your way to somewhere else but not notice. […]

AND sing both main and background vocals all at the same time. These songs are full of excitement and emotion, and they make you want to go somewhere, do something, or be someone (maybe all three!)." –MLCC illustratedtapes.com/IT212-Enjoy-Th…

"This is a fun playlist full of 80s rock songs that just make you feel good! The structure of the songs themselves, the borderline cheesiness, as well as the over the top instrumentals and vocals always make me want to play air drums and air guitar, [...]

♫ IT212: Enjoy The Ride ✎ Mad Love Creative Co. Tune in ↴ illustratedtapes.com/IT212-Enjoy-Th…

♫ IT211: Tinto ✎ @annabelhewitson Tune in ↴ illustratedtapes.com/IT211-Tinto-An…

The playlist is built around the song “Summer Wine” by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood and includes riffs on classic spy instrumentals and 60s/70s music with themes of love without commitment and fleeting encounters with a mysterious stranger." –AH illustratedtapes.com/IT211-Tinto-An…

"This is a playlist about a spy called ‘Tinto’, a character who crashes through life leaving behind broken hearts and conflicting stories. [...]

#NowPlaying️ 🎧 Wade through a sea of vehicles in the afternoon 🚗🚙🚕🚓🏍️🚴‍♂️🚴🚴🏻‍♀️ - illo.radio/Studio-Speaker… Tunes 〰️> @illotapes @davebainuk

♫ IT209: Star Child Going Home ✎ Luise Schaller Tune in ↴ illustratedtapes.com/IT209-Star-Chi…

I shared a song I love and talk a little update on my work for the latest episode of the radio show @illotapes by illustration pal @davebainuk . Illustrators from over the world share what they listen to in their studio. Listen to the mixtape here illo.radio/Studio-Speaker…

"It is a dreamy playlist, made for a trip with your spaceship through the stars. The songs encapsulate a feeling of loneliness, longing and freedom, but also a sense of childlike adventure." – LS illustratedtapes.com/IT209-Star-Chi…