Memory Tapes is one of the numerous recording aliases of New Jersey-based musician Dayve Hawk (also known as Memory Cassette and Weird Tapes). This musical project is mainly aimed at lovers of laid back psychedelic electronica (think Phantogram or Washed Out) who will enjoy its home-made, low-budget feel.
Player Piano is Hawk’s second full length as Memory Tapes, following his acclaimed 2009 debut Seek Magic, recorded in his home studio in rural New Jersey. Player Piano‘s The album works with sparse and dreamy soundscapes to build handcrafted tales of loneliness and bad romance that draw quiet power from Hawk’s charmingly reedy vocals. The layered synths of songs such as “Today Is Our Life” or “Wait In The Dark” resonate with nostalgia and ache.
Memory Tapes – Today Is Our Life
Memory Tapes – Wait In The Dark (Jensen Sportag Remix)
The new single “Offers” is another phenomenal example of Hawk’s production skills.
Player Piano is out via Carpark in the U.S., Something in Construction in Europe, and Inertia in Australia (that’s the disjointed, black-and-white cover art above). Check out Memory Tapes’ official site or Facebook for more info and buy the music on 
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WIM – SOMETHING FOR YOU (Indie/Electro – Australia)
December 3, 2011 at 2:18 pm (UTC 1)
[...] a four-to-the -floor remix of their new single “Something For You”. Dayve Hawk of Memory Tapes has lent his signature dreamy production to the track, listen [...]
TOURIST – PLACID ACID (Chillwave/SynthPop – UK)
February 15, 2012 at 6:47 pm (UTC 1)
[...] for a mostly instrumental blend of synth driven chillwave, somewhat reminiscent of Washed Out or Memory Tapes. With crisp beats and almost psychedelic melodies, his 4-track debut EP Placid Acid bridges the gap [...]