Edition of 100 cassettes from Miles Devens aka Ignatz, with a charged set of mystery-soaked acid folk and iconoclastic electric blues that join the dots between Mark Fry, Sterling Smith and the revenant form of your favourite ghost.

Great collection of stray tracks from assorted cassettes released over the last few years by Bram Devens aka Ignatz. Ignatz plays a form of Central European blues that owes as much to the Corwood back catalogue as it does to the crackle and hiss of decades-old 78s and classic loner/lo-fi DIY psych moves. This one bundles tracks originally released on cassette by New Age Tapes, Scumbag tapes, Bennifer Editions, Goaty Tapes, Imvated and Bread & Animals. “‘What the hell’s wrong with this guy?’, that will probably be the first thought that goes through your mind when first listening to this mind frying fourth lp by Belgium’s most intriguing musician. Apart from the tree enigmatic vinyl releases on KRAAK Bram Devens also released a handful of tapes on different labels. This LP compiles the best tracks of his cassettes on Goaty Tapes, Bennifer Editions, Scumbag Relations, Imvated, Dreamtime Taped Sounds and New Age Tapes, plus a previously unreleased track from the Ignatz III demos, on which we hear the man as close as he ever came to the genious vibes of Lou Reed. “Selected songs from cassettes 2005-2009” shows Devens in all his different guises: from the crying sailor drowning in psychedelic mud to the melody addicted outsider balladeer choking on moonshine. This is Ignatz’ ultimate record and last step before his orchestrated concept album period. Cover drawing by Olivier Schrauwen.” – Kraak.