Bedlam Tapes

Bedlam Tapes
Information
Owner	OSCOB
Location	Germany
Opening Date	September 3, 2015
Status	Inactive
Years Active	2015 - 2018 2021
Sublabels	Bedlam Digital

Bedlam Tapes is a vaporwave record label formed in 2015 by OSCOB, oriented around the creation of high-quality physical releases. The label began with the release of the 死と音楽の復活 compilation and released multiple noteworthy projects within its first year of operation, including chris†††'s no lives matter and the republishing of early-genre albums Vacant Places and CONTEMPORARY. The label also had a penchant for publishing more experimental electronic releases and artists, including Reef Frequent, §E▲ ▓F D▓G§, Argiflex, Christa Lee (known in-scene as ショッピングワールドjp), and Japanese artist Jobanshi. The discography expanded further with physical pressings of select Bedlam Digital releases, and was finally "complete" in 2018 with the release of the "Spring Steeze" split.

Removals and Transformation

Bedlam Tapes remained dormant after its final 2018 release until mid-2021, in which label owner OSCOB began using the page to promote his own upcoming releases using Bandcamp's message system. This was generally benign, until a sudden message on December 2021 noting that the entire label would be deleted in the next day, alongside its digital sublabel. During this period, an unreleased ArtFluids album (Dream Injury) was published in its draft form, all albums were set to be unable to be downloaded freely (now each sporting a $5 price tag, or a $25 full-discography purchase), and a series of increasingly taunting messages were sent to email followers of the label.

On December 10th, it was revealed that the deletion would not be done due to "overwhelming support" from fans, and the label launched a series of parodic or "shock"-oriented albums, including a Floral Shoppe parody, the satirical broken transmissions album スーパーシグナルウェーブ!!!, a two-track single by HKE project THE DARKEST FUTURE, and a series of OSCOB remixes by haircuts for men. OSCOB would reveal on Twitter that the publicity stunt brought him at least $1,100 in profit from full-discography purchases alone, none of which would go to the label's cast. Hostilities rising, the label began rapid-fire releasing new submissions alongside archived OSCOB releases, another notable turn taking after Daniel Saylor (Windows 98の) used a Bandcamp DMCA appeal form to remove Spring Rain and The Dream Can't Last Forever Trilogy from the label. This sparked the removal of over a dozen albums from the label, including all but one sampler, the label's initial compilation, and various releases by artists that have come to distance themselves from its owner. The bittered relationships and spite-driven purges and expansion of the label mirror that of Dream Catalogue and night coverage, two labels in the vaporwave scene that received similar treatments even that same year.

Discography

Date	Cat #	Artist	Release
September 3, 2015	BEDLAM_01	The OSCMOB Collective	死と音楽の復活 (Offline)
October 1, 2015	BEDLAM_02	Pursuing Paradise	Adult Contemporary Novel
November 2, 2015	BEDLAM_03	ArtFluids	Proteus
December 7, 2015	BEDLAM_04	Chinese Hackers	( ｗｉｒｅｔａｐ )
December 18, 2015	N/A	Various Artists	Bedlam Sampler Year 1 (Offline)
January 4, 2016	BEDLAM_05	REZ X OSCOB	Virtual High End™
February 4, 2016	BEDLAM_06	Cobalt Road & STΛQQ ƟVERFLƟ	Biosphere (Offline)
March 10, 2016	BEDLAM_07	chris†††	no lives matter
March 24, 2016	BEDLAM_08	Windows 98の	The Dream Can't Last Forever Trilogy (Offline)
April 28, 2016	BEDLAM_09	Dante Mars Ajeto！	Celebrating Digital Artifacts
May 12, 2016	BEDLAM_10	Bonus Fruit	Dissatisfied (Offline)
June 9, 2016	BEDLAM_11	The Editor	It's Great To See You Again
June 23, 2016	BEDLAM_12	General Translator	CONTEMPORARY
July 20, 2016	BEDLAM_13	Hantasi	Vacant Places
July 20, 2016	BEDLAM_14	Hantasi	SQUID
August 18, 2016	BEDLAM_10	reef frequent	Emperor
September 1, 2016	BEDLAM_16	bl00dwave	contact
September 1, 2016	BEDLAM_17	회사AUTO	HyperMedia ~P☯P~
September 1, 2016	N/A	Various Artists	Bedlam Sampler Year 2 (Offline)
September 15, 2016	BEDLAM_18	s a k i 夢	夢の中で失われました
October 13, 2016	BEDLAM_19	§E▲ ▓F D▓G§	THROUGH THE FOG AND THE DRIFTWOOD
October 13, 2016	BEDLAM_20	§E▲ ▓F D▓G§	Rain Dance
October 31, 2016	BEDLAM_XX	Various Artists	Bedlam Tapes 2015-2016
November 10, 2016	BEDLAM_21	Argiflex	THROATLESS
December 8, 2016	BEDLAM_22	Kai Beckman	yin_yang
December 22, 2016	BEDLAM_23	Christa Lee	Welcome to the Fantasy Zone (Offline)
February 23, 2017	BEDLAM_24	General Translator	OPERATION ETERNAL ECSTACY
March 9, 2017	BEDLAM_25	Rez & ArtFluids	Brøderbund Software Library Deluxe
April 6, 2017	BEDLAM_26	Finlii	Skyscrapers
April 6, 2017	BEDLAM_27	Ben Zimmerman	PSYMULCASTER
April 20, 2017	BEDLAM_28	death's dynamic shroud.wmv	RPGウィンドウズ ビスタ
May 18, 2017	BEDLAM_29	ext.tmp	toggle god mode
June 1, 2017	BEDLAM_30	tech noir	齐
June 29, 2017	BEDLAM_31	Jobanashi	Koko
July 13, 2017	BEDLAM_32	ArtFluids	Umami Deluxe
August 9, 2017	BEDLAM_33	Hantasi	CA S T LE
August 9, 2017	BEDLAM_34	Vincent Remember	Culture Vulture
August 23, 2017	N/A	Various Artists	Bedlam Sampler Year 3 (Offline)
September 1, 2017	BEDLAM_35	Tsunxmi	Digital Paradise DX (Offline)
September 1, 2017	BEDLAM_36	Immaculate Emancipation	無原罪の解放 + Introduction to Riddles of The Revered Lady
September 1, 2017	BEDLAM_37	reef frequent	tru
September 1, 2017	BEDLAM_38	Boocanan	SWEDISHFISH xx MOONWALK
September 1, 2017	BEDLAM_39	Vincent Remember	Classic of Changes
September 1, 2017	BEDLAM_40	haircuts for men	ダウンタンブルと死にます ep
September 1, 2017	BEDLAM_41	Various Artists	Suffocation: The Throatless Remixes
September 1, 2017	BEDLAM_42	Dante Mars Ajeto！	Life Enterprises
October 5, 2017	BEDLAM_43	Daniel Saylor	Spring Rain (Offline)
November 9, 2017	BEDLAM_44	FIRE-TOOLZ	Interbeing (Offline)
December 21, 2017	BEDLAM_45	EIGHTXNIGHTS	LOTUSXEYES
December 21, 2017	BEDLAM_46	EIGHTXNIGHTS	RAINXMAKER
January 25, 2018	BEDLAM_47	bl00dwave	EGO
March 1, 2018	BEDLAM_48	EQ Why & Diamond Soul	Spring Steeze
December 10, 2021	BEDLAM_49	ArtFluids	Dream Injury (Offline)
December 10, 2021	BEDLAM_50	ＥＣＣＯＴＯＮＥＴＴＡ	ＶＯＬＵＭＥ　７７７
December 10, 2021	BEDLAM_51	天気予報 2	スーパーシグナルウェーブ!!!
December 10, 2021	BEDLAM_52	THE DARKEST FUTURE	Cold Winter / Divine Prizm
December 10, 2021	BEDLAM_53	haircuts for men	it will be alright
December 13, 2021	BEDLAM_49	OSCOB	Eating Yourself Alive β (Offline)
December 13, 2021	BEDLAM_49	OSCOB / Digital Sex	OVERGROWTH
December 13, 2021	BEDLAM_54	sigmawave	Trapping Out The Ediacaran Period
December 13, 2021	BEDLAM_55	Slave	Slave
December 13, 2021	BEDLAM_56	HKE	Punk
December 14, 2021	BEDLAM_57	13th Titan	Sports II
December 14, 2021	BEDLAM_58	PZA	IRON
December 14, 2021	BEDLAM_59	US Golf 95	GOLF
December 14, 2021	BEDLAM_60	Catalina, Ltd.	At The Edge of Time
December 15, 2021	BEDLAM_61	Wanderlust Caravan	Soviet Airways

External Links

• Bandcamp
• SoundCloud
• Twitter (Suspended)
• Facebook (Offline)
• YouTube
• RedBubble
• Rate Your Music
• Discogs